12/17 10:03 NETsilicon's NET+ARM Wins IndustryWeek Technology Award; NET+ARM
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NETsilicon's NET+ARM Wins IndustryWeek Technology Award; NET+ARM Named One of the Top 25 Technologies for 1998
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 1998--NETsilicon, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Osicom Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:FIBR) today announced that NET+ARM has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Technologies of the Year in IndustryWeek's sixth annual Technology and Innovation Awards Program.
The NET+ARM family provides single product plug-n-play solutions for connecting devices to the Internet or Ethernet. These devices include digital cameras, printers, multi-function peripherals, medical devices, point-of-sale devices, building controls, security systems and industrial control systems. The NET+ARM series is the first standards-based networking system to offer a single product solution that, in conjunction with the physical interface and memory, encompasses all of the required hardware and software necessary to network-enable electrical devices. The editors of IndustryWeek, a leading manufacturing management magazine, selected NET+ARM based on reader nominations designed to recognize outstanding achievement in technology. To be eligible, candidate technologies must relate in a significant way to accomplishments and achievements in the current year. Pete Peterson, president and CEO of NETsilicon said, "We are extremely proud that IndustryWeek's readers recognized our efforts as the industry's innovator in device networking."
Winners of IndustryWeek's Technology and Innovation Awards span the entire range of science and engineering. The editors seek developments that show high potential for redirecting business opportunities and creating new growth in the manufacturing world. Represented among the winners are software and hardware solutions for manufacturing, new computer-aided systems for management decision-making, R&D developments with the potential for creating new industries, as well as commercial products that represent bellwethers for fundamental change. A profile on NET+ARM will be featured in IndustryWeeks' December 21 issue and at , beginning today. About NET+ARM
NETsilicon's NET+ARM is an embedded connectivity system that allows engineers to add Ethernet and Internet connections to their products by consolidating all the hardware and software subsystems onto a single product. The integration of proven hardware and software helps OEMs speed time-to-market, cut unit costs, and simplify design when network-enabling their products. NET+ARM's hardware and software subsystems combine the power of Advanced Risc Machines, Ltd.'s (ARM's) 32-bit RISC processor, optionally Integrated Systems, Inc.'s (ISI's) pSOS real-time operating system (RTOS), and NETsilicon 's complete networking and web-enabling software. Specifically, the software includes 10/100BaseT Ethernet and Internet protocols, HTTP Web Server and FTP client and server, web browser, mail servers, and a host of drivers and interfaces in a single product.
For additional product information, please visit the NET+ARM website, or call toll free 888-NETARM4. For calls originating outside the United States, call 781-647-1234. Availability and Pricing
NET+ARM is available in two models. NET+ARM pSOS includes TCP and Internet networking - a comprehensive networking platform, so that designers can focus their expertise on developing their own embedded applications. NET+ARM pSOS is priced at $27.50 for units of 10,000. NET+ARM NCC includes full NOS support (Novell, TCP/IP, Apple, Windows, Internet, and others) and full print/imaging server applications. Pricing is available upon request. NETsilicon is planning to begin shipments of the NET+ARM pSOS-15 (15 MIPs) and NET+ARM pSOS-40 (40 MIPs) in Q1 calendar year 1999. About NETsilicon
The Company is a designer, manufacturer and supplier of embedded networking systems. The Company's networking silicon product products and the accompanying networking software may be incorporated into the basic design of a wide variety of electrical devices, thereby enabling those devices to be connected to a Local Area Network ("LAN") and the Internet. Such network connectivity makes it possible for those devices to be monitored and controlled from a remote location. The Company believes its family of embedded networking system products, the NET+ product line, is the first standards-based networking system to offer a single product solution that, in conjunction with the physical interface and memory, encompasses all of the required hardware and software necessary to network-enable these electrical devices. About IndustryWeek
IndustryWeek, which is the flagship publication of Penton Media, is a management magazine that helps senior executives in manufacturing and its supporting industries build, safeguard, and expand the wealth of their companies. Now in its 28th year, Industry Week has an audience of more than 800,000 readers. NET+ARM is a trademark of ARM Limited and is exclusively sublicensed to Osicom Technologies, Inc.'s NETsilicon's subsidiary. NETsilicon is a trademark of NETsilicon, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially due to a variety of factors, including without limitation the company's ability to develop, produce, and market products that incorporate new technology on a timely basis, that are priced competitively and achieve significant market acceptance; higher expenses associated with the development and marketing of new products; changes in product mix; risks of dependence on third-party component suppliers; inventory risks due to shifts in market demand; the presence of competitors with broader product lines and greater financial resources; intellectual property rights and litigation; needs for liquidity; and the other risks detailed from time to time in the company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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