The document outlines the strategy and progress of OpenSplice DDS by PrismTech, including its transition to an open-source model and customer-centric values. It highlights advancements in product offerings, such as various deployment options, robust interoperability, and comprehensive support packages. The company emphasizes its commitment to innovation, excellence in customer support, and ethical business practices while addressing customer concerns about licensing costs.

1. The
-- Episode II --
Revolution
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2. Agenda
¨ Part I - OpenSplice Strategy - Keith Steele,
CEO, PRISMTECH
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¨ The progress of OpenSplice DDS since Open
Source Launch
¨ Product Licensing & Pricing Strategy
¨ The PrismTech Customer Charter
¨ Part II - The Future of OpenSplice DDS, Angelo
Corsaro, PhD, CTO, PrismTech
¨ The coming wave of OpenSplice Innovations

3. - Part I -

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5. Looking back 2 years…
¨ OpenSplice pedigree is unrivalled
¨ Originators of the DDS specification
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¨ High quality origins
¨ But later to market with COTS product…
¨ …intent to become market leader
¨ Limited window of Opportunity to exploit new technologies
¨ Security of supply a key issue for our customers in business and
mission critical applications
¨ Open Source innovators such as JBoss and MySQL, and ourselves
with TAO had proven the business model

6. Looking back 2 years…
DECISION TAKEN TO TAKE OPENSPLICE
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OPEN SOURCE AT THE BEGINNING
OF PRODUCT LIFECYCLE & WITH A HIGH
QUALITY COMMERCIAL PRODUCT

7. An Unparalleled Success
¨ OpenSplice DDS in now the most advanced, complete and
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widely used implementation of the OMG Data Distribution Service
¨ Well over 20,000 Developers are using OpenSplice DDS to reduce
the costs of developing, integrating & deploying their mission and
business critical applications
¨ DDS is now the most widely used standard for integrating high
performance and embedded real-time applications

8. Why are customers choosing
OpenSplice DDS?
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Op:mal
system
performance
configured
via
the
richest
The
fastest,
most
scalable
and
most
reliable
integra-on
set
of
Quality
of
Service
(QoS)
policies
in
any
DDS
technology
available. implementa-on.
No
vendor
lock
in
as
OpenSplice
DDS
is
fully
compliant
with
Field
proven
reliability.
OpenSplice
DDS
is
deployed
on
the
Data
Distribu-on
Service
(DDS)
Interna-onal
Standard. the
most
challenging
business
and
mission
cri-cal
systems
in
Defence,
Aerospace,
Transporta-on,
Complete
Security
of
Supply
through
an
Open
Source
Manufacturing
and
U-li-es.
Business
Model.
Full
support
throughout
the
development
and
Greatly
reduces
integra:on
:mescales,
complexity
and
deployment
lifecycle
with
OpenSplice
DDS’s
cost
by
enabling
loosely
coupled
architectures.
Comprehensive
Tooling
Suite.
Protects
exis:ng
technology
investment
whilst
enabling
OpenSplice
DDS
is
wriCen
by
the
creators
and
thought
future
transparent
extensibility
through
OpenSplice
DDS’s
leaders
of
the
DDS
standard
:
OpenSplice
IS
“The
unrivalled
Connec-vity
to
other
DDS
implementa-ons
and
source
of
DDS”
other
integra-on
technologies.

9. Who is using OpenSplice?
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12. What Customers want
ASPECT / Component REQUIREMENT / Feature
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INTEROPERABILITY “proven interoperability between OpenSplice and non-OpenSplice based systems”
DDSI2 Full support of the DDSI rev2.1 interoperable wire-protocol standard (proven at OMG interop-demo)
DEPLOYMENT “daemon-less’ standalone application deployment if/when needed”
SP Transparent runtime choice to deploy applications as a single-process (SP) or in a shared-memory cluster
EASE_OF_USE “Plug-and-Play out-of-the-box experience”
DDSI2/SP zero-configuration / auto-discovery deployment as supported by DDSI2-networking and SP-deployment
VALIDATION “Testing and validation aids for DDS-based systems”
OpenSplice Tester Automated testing and debugging tool for OpenSplice DDS based systems
INTEGRATION “transparent information bridging across communication technologies”
OpenSplice BlendBox Seamless integration of OpenSplice DDS based systems and 80+ other middleware technologies
INTERACTION “Single-technology Request/Reply interaction pattern alongside DCPS pub/sub”
OpenSplice RMI Remote Method Invocation supported transparently on top of OpenSplice

13. New Product Organization
From Predefined Editions
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Enterprise
Edition
Professional
Edition
Compact
Edition

14. New Product Organization
From Predefined Editions To Your Edition
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Enterprise
Edition
Professional Commercial
Edition Edition
Compact
Edition
Commercial Add-ons

15. New Product Organization
Commercial Edition
¨ No Cost Runtime Licenses
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¨ Your choice of licensing
¨ LGPL or Commercial
¨ Subscription or Perpetual
¨ Complete DDS Implementation
Commercial
¨ Comprehensive Developer and
Edition
Deployment Support Options with a
range of Service Level Agreements
Commercial Add-Ons
¨ Individually licensable technologies
¨ Rich ecosystem covering tools,
Commercial Add-ons
integration, testing, etc.

16. Embracing a Full Open Source Model
¨ PrismTech announces a full open source model
for OpenSplice DDS to include LGPL licensing for
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both its Community and Commercial Editions
¨ All Commercial Edition customers benefit from:
¨ No cost deployment licensing on all platforms
¨ Most up to date source code
¨ Value-adding tools and plug-in options
¨ Unlimited product support
¨ All product updates and upgrades
¨ Access to beta programs

17. No Run Time License Fees !
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¨ A compelling new business model to coincide with the
availability of OpenSplice™ DDS v5.6
¨ PrismTech’s customers are now able to deploy without
runtime license fees on all supported platforms
¨ PrismTech now offers full development and deployment
support packages to all users in the growing OpenSplice
DDS community

18. PrismTech Core Values
CUSTOMER
SUCCESS
:
Our
company
ethos
and
culture
is
based
en:rely
on
the
belief
that
our
customers
come
first
–
we
build
our
business
on
the
founda:on
of
sa:sfied
customers
returning
again
and
again
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INNOVATION
:
At
the
core
of
PrismTech
is
a
passion
for
innova-on
–
innova:on
based
on
interna:onal
standards
and
customers’
feedback
about
their
challenges.
Our
products
are
innova-ve
and
industry
leading
because
we
listen
and
then
act.
We
enable
our
customers
to
be
successful
across
an
increasing
set
of
use
cases
for
our
products.
EXCELLENCE
:
Commitment
to
excellence
defines
our
approach
to
product,
customers,
partners
and
our
team.
We
not
only
expect
to
be
beLer;
we
expect
to
exceed
expecta-ons.
We
are
not
perfect,
but
we
strive
to
improve
in
every
aspect
of
our
business.
Excellence
in
product
is
a
start,
but
excellence
in
how
we
assure
success
of
our
customers,
partners
and
our
team
sets
us
apart.
INTEGRITY
:
Our
interac-ons
with
customers,
partners
and
employees
are
open
and
honest.
We
expect
our
products
to
perform
as
adver-sed
–
or
beLer.
We
expect
our
partners
to
be
able
to
build
sound
businesses
around
our
products
and
solu-ons.
And
we
expect
our
team
to
be
treated,
and
treat
each
other,
with
respect.
We
are
an
open
company,
and
expect
to
share
our
knowledge,
our
innova-ons
and
our
experiences
to
make
our
customers
successful.
We
have
one
golden
rule
–
No
poli:cs
we
work
for
each
other
and
our
customers

19. Our Customer Charter
CUSTOMER
SUCCESS
:
We
aim
to
get
customers
returning
again
and
again
through
striving
to
provide
the
best
products
with
the
highest
quality
support
with
the
best
people
completely
ethical
in
approach,
going
the
extra
mile
to
make
our
YOU
our
customers
successful
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INNOVATION
:
Our
commitment:
We
are
a
soPware
products
company
and
we
commit
to
deliver
you
a
professional
soUware
product
not
a
work
in
progress
that
we
then
try
to
bill
you
endless
hours
of
consultancy
to
fix.
Our
business
model
is
plain
and
simple;
you’ll
find
no-­‐nonsense
pricing
and
contracts
to
match.
EXCELLENCE
:
As
well
as
excellent
high
quality
products
we
are
really
big
on
customer
support
and
support
to
us
means
support
–
not
idiot’s
guide
answers
to
your
problems
but
a
support
group
staffed
by
real
engineers
who
will
make
sure
you
get
your
problem
fixed
or
your
ques:on
answered
in
a
-mely
manner
backed
by
service
level
agreements
we
live
by
not
ignore
INTEGRITY
:
Our
price
promise:
We
ask
a
fair
price
for
a
fair
service.
We
aim
to
lock
you
in
with
good
product
and
good
service
not
low
cost
entry
deals
that
evaporate
once
your
development
is
under
way.
Remember
there
is
no
such
thing
as
a
free
lunch;
if
the
deal
looks
good
to
be
true
then
it
probably
is.
We
also
commit
to
delivering
products
100%
compliant
with
interna:onal
standards
delivering
complete
customer
vendor
flexibility.
We
back
this
up
where
appropriate
with
Open
Source
Business
Models
with
complete
security
of
supply
for
our
customers

20. SUMMARY
“We know that current and prospective DDS consumers
are concerned about deployment licensing costs. We
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have listened to those concerns and have acted. As of
today PrismTech’s customers can enjoy our market
leading open source product combined with our top-
rated commercial support. Our customers have
demanded no-cost deployment licensing and we have
delivered”
Contact us to discuss your needs: newdeal@prismtech.com

21. - Part II -

22. Angelo CORSARO, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
OMG DDS Sig Co-Chair
PrismTech
angelo.corsaro@prismtech.com

23. OpenSplice v5.6

24. Full DDS Implementation
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¨ Full DCPS + DLRL
¨ Full DDSI
¨ Field proven multi-vendor
Interoperability

25. Connectors
RDBMS Connector
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¨ Transparent two-way
connectivity to
RDBMS
SOAP Connector
¨ SOAP connectivity to
DDS
¨ XML API for DDS

26. Configuration Tools
Configurator
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¨ The reference tool for
configuring OpenSplice
DDS
¨ Rich online guide to
configuration options
¨ Context help and
parameter validation

27. Runtime Tools
Tuner
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¨ Inspect and Tune DDS
Entities
¨ Detect and resolve QoS
Mismatch
¨ Read/Write data for
arbitrary topics
¨ Inject Topic Definitions
¨ Externalize recorded data
in XML

28. Runtime Tools
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WireShark Packet Dissector
¨ Watch what goes on the
wire
¨ Inspect DDSI-RTPS and RT-
Networking packets
being exchanged
between applications

29. Modeling Tools
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Sparx Enterprise Architect
¨ Full support for the
UML4DDS profile
¨ DCPS+DLRL UML Modeling

30. Modeling Tools
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OpenSplice MDE PowerTools
¨ Domain Specific modeling
for DDS Applications
¨ Eclipse Based

31. Advanced Capabilities
¨ Data Compression: Minimize network bandwidth use
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¨ Quorum Writers: Block writer until a quorum has received the data
¨ Fault-Tolerant Reliability: All or none data delivery in face of writer crashes
¨ Shared Reader Cache: One Reader Cache for different readers even
across process => ideal for load-balancing over multi-cores
¨ Ultra-Large Scales Systems Discovery: Discovery protocol extensions to
deal with very large scale systems
¨ Security: Confidentiality and Integrity of DDS data

32. V5.6 Recap

33. OpenSplice v5.6
s
tor
SO e Secu
im rity
ec
A P l-T king
a r
nn
e o
¨ Full DDS + DDSI-RTPS Implementation R w
Co
t
Ne DDS
DBM C/C
S
¨ Connectors ++
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¨ DBMS + SOAP Connectors
Tuner Java
¨ Powerful set of Runtime Tools OpenSplice
¨ Tuner
fig. .NET
Con
Tool
¨ Configurator
s
¨ Wireshark Packet dissector r DDSI-RTPS
le
de
Mo
x
Modeling Tools Support
ws
nu
¨
Li
o
nd
S
RTO
Rich set of advanced capabilities
Wi
¨
¨ e.g. compression, ft-reliability, quorum writers, etc.
OpenSplice DDS v5.6 is the most advanced DDS
implementation available on the Market!

34. [Next Release]
Innovations

35. Setting the Standard
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more
complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of
genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the
opposite direction.”
– A. Einstein

36. Setting the Standard
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of
courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”
– A. Einstein
More Deployment Options

37. Supported Deployment Options
Applications Cluster Standalone Applications
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¨ Applications share a common
¨ Each application links the required
set of pluggable services DDS libraries
¨ Resources (e.g. networking)are ¨ Resources (e.g. networking) are
managed at a node-wide managed by each application
level
App App App
App App App
Shared Memory
DDS DDS DDS
RTPS RT-Net Persistence

38. Supported Deployment Options
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¨ The deployment mode can be changed by a simple
configuration parameter. No recompilation or relinking!
¨ <SingleProcess>true</SingleProcess>
¨ The deployment options can be mixed at will
¨ The same application can be deployed in cluster and library
mode—even on the same system
With OpenSplice DDS you can choose the deployment
options that makes the most sense for your use case!

39. Deployment Characteristics[1/3]
Cluster Stand-Alone
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Configuration One per node One per application
Shared copy kept in One copy per
Memory
Shared Memory (1) application (n)
Node-wide batching Per application
Networking
batching
Once per Topic Once per App
Scalability/ Marshalling
Performance
Per-Node Per Application
Discovery
Highly Optimized via Loopback interface,
Inter-Process
Shared Memory or custom SHM
Comms
transport

40. Deployment Characteristics[2/3]
Cluster Stand-Alone
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Node-Wide scheduling, Each application
traffic shaping and individually deals
prioritization with network
Networking resources making it
harder to impose
Resource global properties
Management
Easy to configure and Limits have to be set
control the maximum for each application
Memory amount of memory used
by all DDS applications

41. Deployment Characteristics[3/3]
Cluster Stand-Alone
MW Failures Node-wide loss of Application fails
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functionalities. Yet
OpenSplice DDS provides
automatic restarts and
replicated services
Application Failure / Application State is After a failure all
Fault-Tolerance Recovery maintained in the shared distributed state has to
memory thus allowing very be recovered, thus
short recovery time leading to longer
recovery times
Misbehaving Node-wide resource The effects of
Application management can misbehaving applications
contain the impact of are propagated to the
misbehaving applications distributed system

42. Setting the Standard
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of
courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”
– A. Einstein
Easier Integration

43. OpenSplice Blend-Box (B2)
¨ High performance, QoS- DD
Enabled, Extensible and S
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-I!
configurable protocol ULS
DD
gateway framework S-I!
Custom!
¨ Automatically bridging across REST!
communication technologies XM
PP
S! !
Exposes relevant data to over
W3
JM
P!
¨
AMQ
CW
80 communication protocols,
S!
without imposing changes into
existing systems!

44. Example: Simple Routing
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Simple routing can be used in the following cases:
¨ A topic has to be routed from one DDS domain to another (or
several) DDS domains
¨ A topic has to be renamed
val simpleRoute = new RouteBuilder {
“dds:Circle:1/ShapeType” to “dds:Square:2/ShapeType”
}

45. Setting the Standard
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of
courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”
– A. Einstein
More Interaction Patterns

46. DDS RMI
¨ Services can be defined
with IDL interfaces
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¨ Services can be
dynamically discovered
(taking advantage of DDS
dynamic discovery)
¨ Synchronous and
asynchronous invocations
are supported as well as
one-to-one and one-to-
may

47. Setting the Standard
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of
courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”
– A. Einstein
More Tools

48. Runtime Tools
Tester
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¨ Automated testing of DDS systems
¨ Domain-Specific scripting Language (DSL)
¨ Batch execution of regression tests
¨ Virtual topic-attributes
¨ System-browser of DDS entities
¨ QoS-conflict monitoring/detection
¨ Statistics-monitoring of applications and
services
¨ Syntax highlighting editor, script-executor
& Sample Logger

49. Setting the Standard
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of
courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”
– A. Einstein
[Coming Soon…]
More Innovations

50. Setting the Standard
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of
courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”
– A. Einstein
Ease of Use

51. New C++/Java API
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¨ The existing DDS API introduces some un-necessary
accidental complexity
¨ We’ve been working hard to standardize new C++/
Java API for DDS that makes using it as simple as
possible

52. API Example
API Highlight
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¨ Type-safe
¨ Orthogonal
¨ Efficient
¨ Simple, Compact, &
Elegant

53. Setting the Standard
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of
courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”
– A. Einstein
Simpler Integration

54. Extensible & Dynamic Topic Types
The DDS-XTypes Specification defines:
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¨ A polymorphic structural type system for DDS topic types –
which formalizes extends in several ways the DDS v1.2 type
system
¨ A set of standard concrete syntaxes for representing topic
types
¨ A set of serialization formats supporting extensible types
¨ A dynamic API for defining Topic Types and DR/DW operating
over these types

55. Example
Old Sensor
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¨ Suppose that we want to struct TempSensor {
@Key long Id;
float temp;
incrementally upgrade the }
TScale scale;
Temperature Sensor with one
that produces humidity New Sensor
estimates along with struct TempSensor {
@Key long Id;
float temp;
temperature TScale scale;
float hum;
}

56. [Before XTypes]
Topic Extension
¨ The Legacy DR continues to use the old topic, while new DR are made
aware of the extension topic
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Legacy DR
TTempSensor TTempSensor
DR struct TempSensor {
struct TempSensor {
@Key long Id;
@Key long Id;
float temp;
float temp;
TScale scale;
TScale scale;
}
}
TTempSensor
DW
DR
TTempSensorEx TTempSensorEx
struct TempSensorEx {
@Key long Id; TTempSensorEx struct TempSensorEx {
@Key long Id;
float hum; float hum;
} }

57. Assignable Topic Types
¨ With DDS-XTypes the system evolution does not introduce any burden
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¨ Types are projected through the assignability rules TTempSensor
struct TempSensor {
@Key long Id;
TTempSensor float temp;
TScale scale;
struct TempSensor { DR }
@Key long Id;
float temp;
TScale scale; DW TTempSensor
float hum;
} TTempSensor
DR struct TempSensor {
@Key long Id;
float temp;
TScale scale;
float hum;
}

58. DDS Interoperable Security
¨ Authentication and
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authorization
¨ Data tagging, signing, and
encryption
¨ Interoperable secure
transport (e.g. TLS/SSL)
¨ Portable interceptor APIs for
integration with program- or
platform-specific modules

59. Setting the Standard
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of
courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”
– A. Einstein
Timeline

60. Innovations Timeline
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61. Summing Up

62. Concluding Remarks
OpenSplice DDS v5.6 provides you with the most
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