Wind River Named Leading Embedded Software Provider In Independent Analysis By Gartner Dataquest
ALAMEDA, Calif., Dec 3, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today announced that it has been named the leading embedded software development tools vendor by Gartner Dataquest in the research firm's recent worldwide market analysis.
In its '2000 Worldwide Embedded Software Tools Marker Share' report, Gartner Dataquest estimated the total market size for embedded software was $866 million in 2000, up 37% from $623 million in 1999. Wind River accounted for more than 30% of the market, more than double the market share of its closest competitor. For the report, Gartner Dataquest's design and engineering group looked at the worldwide sales of real-time operating systems (RTOS), compilers, debuggers, simulators, system-level tools, integrated development environments (IDEs) and in-circuit emulators (ICEs). According to Gartner Dataquest, Wind River is the leading embedded tools vendor across all microprocessor architectures.
The report states that the top five vendors worldwide for embedded software development tools in 2000 were: Wind River (31.2%); Rational Software (15.3%); Palm Computing (5.1%); Green Hills Software (4.3%); and Applied Microsystems (3.5%). |
