Release of 08.07.2022
f.l.t.r.: Emir Causevic, Founder & CEO of Sleeve, Irmin Okic, Co-Founder & CTO of Sleeve, Thomas Arnoldner, CEO A1 Telekom Austria Group
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Sleeve is the latest addition to the A1 Start-up Campus: In a modern and decentralized business world, the efficient use of resources is one of the most important factors for scalable embedded software development. The most important milestone in achieving this goal is the full use of hardware resources for every developer in a company, no matter where the location is. If this is not possible, there will be additional costs and delays in the production and delivery of the product. This can lead to loss of competitiveness and even orders.
With the new app by Sleeve, it is now possible to remove such limitations to efficiently utilize hardware resources and gain fully automated, unrestricted hardware access - globally. This enables companies to significantly reduce hardware costs, software development costs and production delays.
But how does Sleeve work?
"Sleeve is a sophisticated service for remote software development, testing and deployment on embedded hardware. Sleeve is designed to reduce development time, increase availability, and provide scalability of development and operations regardless of project or company size. With Sleeve, our customers can increase team efficiency by up to 50% with the same hardware resources. By using Sleeve, they can reduce embedded hardware spend by 50%," said Emir Causevic, CEO and founder of Sleeve, explaining the benefits of the app.
Sleeve is offered as a flexible plug-and-play platform that ensures gradual growth of functionalities and services. This ensures that the platform can be adapted to the needs of the individual customer in a short time.
Embedded Software as a complex challenge
An internal company market study revealed that the increasing complexity of embedded software requires automated continuous integration and deployment. This also requires larger development teams, which are usually not based in the same location.
- Around 70% of companies operate in a multi-site environment
- Over 53% of respondents do not have efficient remote access to their hardware
- About 50% have no or very little automation in their development and test pipelines
- Logistical access to hardware is one of the most common problems in day-to-day operations
"The COVID-19 pandemic was a major challenge for embedded software companies. Secure remote access from the home office was often not yet possible. In addition, bottlenecks along the supply chain, especially in the chip market, have added to the demand for efficient and secure remote access. Sleeve offers an all-in-one solution for remote software development and testing. This enables the entry into agile and test-driven development in the area of embedded software in a secure way. I am sure that A1's cooperation with the start-up can offer added value for our customers," says Thomas Arnoldner, CEO of A1 Telekom Austria Group, about the new addition to the A1 Start-up Campus.
Market advantages over the competition
The Sleeve solution is unique in the market as it enables the entire development, test and deployment cycle without compromise and without special hardware or software. It is independent of the environment the customer uses in their daily work. Compared to competitors, this has extreme advantages for Sleeve customers:
- Very short installation time
- No additional costs for additional hardware
- No restrictions due to the constraint of using a specific software solution
- The learning curve is very low, as the customer continues to use his familiar environment
About Sleeve
Sleeve was founded in October 2021 by Emir Causevic and Irmin Okic. Sleeve is an international team of four people based in Vienna (Austria), Barcelona (Spain) and Tuzla (BiH). The founding team formed during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the need for remote and automated access to devices running embedded software increased dramatically. The team quickly realized the problem of accessing embedded hardware remotely, however, was not only caused by the pandemic, but was also one of the main issues preventing embedded software development from efficiently moving into agile and test-driven development. At that time, Sleeve received funding from the Vienna Business Agency and entered into a cooperation with Infineon Technologies AG as well as A1 Digital.
The Sleeve team is made up of people from industries involved in embedded software development, such as automotive, IoT, etc., as well as people with extensive knowledge of cloud computing and continuous integration and deployment. The fusion of knowledge from these two areas results in a perfect set-up for creating an all-in-one system for remote software development, testing and deployment on embedded hardware. Sleeve also partners with A1 Digital, a subsidiary of A1 Telekom Austria Group, in the area of security. Because Sleeve is ultimately an infrastructure solution, there are security challenges that need to be addressed once a customer decides to use Sleeve on their own infrastructure. Together with A1 Digital, an infrastructure security assessment can be offered and customers will be advised on best practices for the secure integration of Sleeve services into their infrastructure.
From start-up to scale-up with A1
A1 works closely with digital companies from all over the CEE region. Austria's communications market leader offers individual cooperation models for both start-ups and scale-ups:
The A1 Start-up Campus offers office space in Vienna's 17th and 20th districts. The 2000m² Start-up Campus in Treustrasse has been adapted to the needs of A1 Start-ups and equipped with state-of-the-art technology: for example, in addition to a multimedia whiteboard and professional presentation and video conferencing system, a 10 Gbit/s Internet connection is also available. A1 Start-up Campus is also the name of the A1 Start-up Program: In addition to the free office location, A1 supports the start-ups with the entire range of A1 business products, from tablets to data center services and cloud space. In addition, around 30 A1 employees from all divisions are on hand to provide advice and support to the young entrepreneurs in the most relevant business disciplines such as marketing, sales and controlling. Support for start-ups in media relations rounds off the A1 Start-up Campus offering. All details atwww.A1startup.net
With Division Z Partnering & Innovation, A1 addresses internationally operating companies that have already been able to place their digital B2C product in their markets and helps them enter the Austrian consumer market or internationalize in the CEE region. Partner companies benefit not only from the A1 Sales Channels but also from A1's excellent relationship with its customers and the wide reach of A1's marketing and communication activities. All details at www.A1partnering.com