WIND--Wind River Wins 'Rational Software Customer Choice Award' for Integrated E-development Solutions
Rational Software Customers Vote Wind River Technology as Best Complementary Product
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2000-- Today, Wind River Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq:WIND - news) was recognized as the top ``complementary product partner'' by Rational Software (Nasdaq:RATL - news), a leading e-development company, as part of Rational's Software Customer Choice Awards. These awards acknowledge excellence in e-development integrated partner solutions. Of Rational's community of more than 400 partners, Wind River received the greatest number of customer votes in the complementary products and technologies category for Wind River's Tornado® integrated development environment (IDE) and VxWorks® real-time operating system (RTOS).
``This award recognizes that our customers highly value the integration Wind River has built between the Tornado IDE, VxWorks RTOS, and Rational's products,'' said Eric Schurr, senior vice president of marketing and suite products for Rational Software. ``Wind River has been a solid partner with Rational, and we're pleased to have Wind River as a member of our Rational Unified Partners Program.''
``Wind River is committed to providing a wide-range of software solutions to our customers,'' said Curt Schacker vice president of corporate marketing and business development at Wind River. ``We are proud to be selected out of Rational's numerous product integration partners as the winner of 'The Rational Customer Choice Award.' Rational is a premier member of Wind River's WindLink(TM) partner program and our relationship is a fine example of how partnering with other leading companies can extend the Wind River technology value chain and help get joint customers to market faster.''
About Wind River Systems, Inc.
Wind River Systems, Inc., windriver.com, is a worldwide leader in embedded software. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is how smart things think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations in sixteen countries worldwide.
Note to Editors: Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, Tornado, and VxWorks® are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. WindLink is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or organizations. |
