RDCS (Real-time Distributed Computing Systems) was founded in 1999 with the focus on delivering professional solutions for customers with real-time requirements. The company is currently engaged in the following fields of competence: • Control, safety, signalling and information technology for the railway industry • Consulting, design and implementation for safety critical applications with respect to the common standards EN50126, EN50128, EN50129 and IEC61508 • Consulting, design and implementation of embedded system solutions • High availability computing systems and cluster technologies • Database systems and applications based on the relational database software Oracle™