Red Herring Honors Industry Leadership, Sound Business Model
Gruettzi Anthony,
Here is a very favorable review of WRS. Note the mention of Digital
Camera's as well as some other products I hadn't heard about before.
biz.yahoo.com
PS. Did you get your degree in Zurich?
Monday May 17, 8:02 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Wind River Systems Selected to Red
Herring Magazine's List of Top Technology Firms for Ability to
Affect Change in New, Digital Economy
Red Herring Honors Industry Leadership, Sound Business Model
ALAMEDA, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND - news), the world leader in
embedded development software for the post-PC era, today announced that is has been named to the Red Herring 100.
Red Herring magazine's annual list of the top private and public technology companies, the Red Herring 100,
www.redherring.com, is comprised of the most visionary, innovative and financially solid technology companies that
are drastically affecting change in the new, digital economy.
Red Herring is one of the premier monthly business magazines focusing on trends in technology and the companies
driving them. Featured in the June 1999 Digital Universe issue, the Red Herring 100 honors companies that have
defined new standards, defended their business models, and developed the products and services that will change the
way business gets done.
''While other firms are just beginning to realize the importance of embedded technology in the post-PC era, Wind
River has been honing its expertise for almost 20 years,'' said Jerry Fiddler, co-founder and chairman for Wind River
Systems. ''Our people have always been excited by the myriad of computers in every day life, rather than just the one
on the desktop. That is why we have been able to continuously develop innovative technology anticipating the needs of
our customers and their end users.''
''We hold technology companies to an entirely different set of standards. Standards that prove to us that they are
innovators, agents of change, and leaders truly affecting the construction of the digital economy,'' said Jason Pontin,
editor of Red Herring. ''We see that the emerging economy is one that requires vision, innovation, and proven
expertise, and we think our list encapsulates the companies that have put these qualities to work.''
Wind River's success can be attributed to both sound financial management and innovative technology. Wind River
announced record revenues of $129.4 million for fiscal 1999, a 40% increase over last fiscal year. According to the
1998 Electronic Engineering Times Embedded Systems study, Wind River's Tornado(TM) development environment
with its VxWorks® operating system is the most-used commercial solution for developing and deploying embedded
computers. The firm also recently began shipments of Tornado II, the first major upgrade to the Tornado platform.
In December 1998, as the importance of embedded software was becoming more apparent, Red Herring chose Wind
River as one of the four companies that will change life in the post-PC era. An example of how Wind River is already
affecting change while meeting customer needs is the number and caliber of the awards that companies using Wind
River technology have won. Award-winning customers and products include:
* Accelerated Networks' Accelerator product line -- "Best of the Best" New
Product Honors, 1998 Networld+Interop (N+I) Conference
* AirNet Communications' AirSite(TM) Backhaul Free Base Station(TM) and
software-defined, broadband BTS System Solution -- 1998 GSM "Best
Technical Innovation Award"
* AudeSi Technologies' Mini ATM -- 1999 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
"Best of Show"
* Euphonix's Euphonix R-1, a 24-track disk-based recorder -- "Best of
Show" at the Audio Engineering Society Show (AES) in September 1998.
* HP DeskJet 895Cse Professional Series printer -- 1998 PC Magazine's
"Editor's Choice" award
* Kodak's DC260 Zoom Digital Camera -- 1998 Home Office Computing
"Editor's Gold Award" and the 1998 Popular Science "Best of What's New"
* Telestream's ClipMail Pro digital media delivery technology -- National
Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 1999's "Editor's Pick of Show"
''As the quality and variety of these awards attest, one of the reasons for Wind River's unparalleled position in the
embedded software development market is our ability to give customers the cutting-edge enabling technology they
need,'' said Curt Schacker, vice president of marketing for Wind River Systems. ''Our technology, though hidden
from the end user and often a competitive advantage for the customer that we cannot discuss publicly, is absolutely
critical to the success of customer products across a wide variety of industries. We are proud to be one of the key
'building blocks' our customers turn to during development and proud to be part of shaping the new era of
computing.''
Wind River Systems, Inc.
An ISO 9001 registered company, Wind River Systems, Inc., is the leading provider of integrated software
development tools for real-time embedded applications in the Internet, telecommunications, data communications,
office automation, networking, computer peripherals, medical, automotive, industrial, aerospace/defense and
multimedia markets. Through the industry's most comprehensive and technically advanced product line, Wind River
enables over 30,000 developers worldwide to develop and reuse application software across a variety of products and
platforms, giving developers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) competitive advantage through shortened
development cycles and improved time-to-market. Incorporated in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda,
California and has over 320 partners worldwide. Wind River reported revenues of $129.4 million in fiscal year 1999, a
40% increase from fiscal year 1998.
NOTE: Wind River Systems and the Wind River Systems logo are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc.
Tornado II is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. Other names are registered trademarks or trademarks of the
respective companies or organizations.
SOURCE: Wind River Systems, Inc.
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