According to Joe Polastre, co-founder and chief technology officer at Sentilla, the new software provides all of the comforts that Java programmers have come to expect, such as hardware abstraction, write-once, and run-anywhere portability.

Developers, he said, may also extend their applications through server software that allows for greater ease in management and integration at scale. To speed time-to-market, the platform also includes a hardware component that is specifically designed to run Sentilla's software.

Sentilla's Pervasive Computing Platform is available under a variety of flexible options. Customers and integrators may license the software directly from Sentilla as part of their own solution, or may purchase computer modules that combine software and hardware in a compact, scalable device suitable for an OEM.

Sentilla's platform is available as a Development Kit, which includes the Java Powered software pre-installed on eight low-power wireless computers, an Eclipse-based IDE, server software for management and integration, and a gateway device to connect the pervasive network to a PC.

The Sentilla Development Kit is available immediately for a price of $5000. To learn more, go to www.sentilla.com.www.sentilla.com.