Wind River Systems Gives Developers Single Source For
Complete Embedded Solutions Through Wind River Direct
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1999--
Embedded Development Leader, Partners Offer Industry's First Program of Integrated, Certified
Tornado-Compatible Embedded Solutions
Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), the leader in development software and services for
the post-PC era, today announced Wind River Direct(TM), the industry's first one-stop shopping
center of integrated solutions to expand Wind River's Tornado(TM) development platform.
An extension of the industry-leading WindLink(TM) Partner Program, Wind River Direct allows
customers to purchase integrated development tools and accessories developed by premier level
partners and certified as Tornado-compatible directly from Wind River. Initial products offered
through Wind River Direct include debuggers, compilers, 3D graphics components, networking
protocols and scheduling software. New Tornado- certified products will be added to Wind River
Direct on a quarterly basis with the next update available in November 1999.
As more devices requiring embedded technologies are produced across a variety of vertical
market segments, an increasing number of developers are searching for ways to improve their
time-to-market. With Wind River Direct, developers can purchase a previously disparate group of
building blocks on one purchase order. And because the Wind River Direct partner products have
passed the interoperability requirements for Tornado certification, the effort required by the
customer to expand the Tornado platform to meet specific development requirements is minimal.
"Wind River is committed to providing the best solutions possible to every embedded developer,"
commented Tracy Butler, director of strategic programs for Wind River Systems. "Our WindLink
Partner Program is key to that effort. By working together with the industry's best product and
service providers, we are extending the Tornado platform so that we can offer solutions for virtually
any embedded application in the post-PC era.
Wind River Direct is one element in our strategy to make increasingly complex embedded
technology easy to use and readily available. And it is a program no one else can offer -- the best
technology on the market, from Wind River and our industry-leading partners, available in one
place."
Leading-Edge Solutions From WindLink
Wind River's WindLink Partner Program is the largest partner program in the embedded market
with over 350 members and more joining daily. It already includes many of the leading providers
of embedded technology and services. With this program, partners can take part in strategic
marketing initiatives that help to promote their leading-edge solutions while meeting the
embedded needs of Wind River's 30,000+ developers.
Wind River also works with partners to develop and penetrate new industries and build solutions
for vertical markets. With the introduction of Wind River Direct, premier-level members can now
market their products directly through Wind River's distribution channels, gaining greater
exposure and ultimately increasing sales. For more information, visit
wrs.com
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Wind River Systems, Inc. is the 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 fifteen countries worldwide.
This news release contains forward-looking statements that include statements regarding the
market potential of our business. Actual results or outcomes could differ materially from those
contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such
differences include, but are not limited to, fluctuations in the market price of the company's
common stock and other factors described in the company's most recent Form 10-K and other
periodic filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Wind River undertakes no
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise.
Wind River Direct Partner Quote Addendum
Aisys
"Wind River Direct offers embedded system designers an integrated
development solution and -- for the first time -- makes these
best-of-breed tools available from one vendor," says Shaul Gal-Oz,
president and CEO of Aisys Inc. "Customers benefit from a simplified
purchasing process and, more importantly, greater ease in setting up
their development environment.
For example, they are assured that the software synthesized by
DriveWay to interact between the application and the hardware in their
system will provide a set of fully tested and documented drivers, boot
code and test code tailored specifically to Wind River Systems'
VxWorks operating system. The program also offers significant
advantages for participating partners by expanding our distribution
capabilities to help us reach a much broader set of potential users."
Aisys develops and markets design automation tools and services
that significantly reduce software development time in embedded system
design.
Contact: Monica Nascimento, Marketing Manager
(408) 327 8825
monica@aisysinc.com
aisysinc.com
Criterion
"We have identified 3D graphics in embedded systems as a crucial
growth market, and therefore we are delighted at the opportunity to
become one of the few new Wind River Direct partners," said David
Lau-Kee, Criterion Software's CEO. "With this new program, Wind
River's customers will be assured of getting a very tightly
integrated, Tornado-certified, technology solution that will precisely
meet their requirements, whilst the opportunity to deliver through
Wind River's channels ensures that RenderWare will reach as large an
audience as possible."
Criterion is the maker of RenderWare, a middleware component that
provides developers with all they need to build cutting-edge 3D
applications.
Contact: Lisa Perrett
Sales Coordinator
lisap@csl.com
+44 1483 406 200
csl.com
Embedded Support Tools (EST) Corporation
"We are very excited about Wind River Direct and EST's
participation in the program. It is another innovative initiative from
Wind River to support the embedded development community who can now
acquire a comprehensive and integrated tool suite from a single
source," said Steve Blackman, Director Strategic Relationships for
EST. "We foresee Wind River Direct quickly becoming a major channel
for products into the embedded community. Customers get a highly
integrated solution closely supported by both vendors, with the
ultimate result being faster time-to-market for our customers," added
Dan McGillivray, EST vice-president of sales.
EST Corporation provides complete hardware development and
debugging solutions.
Contact: Steve Blackman, Director Strategic Relationships
(781) 828-5588 ext. 267
steveb@estc.com
estc.com
Real-Time Innovations, Inc.
"We're very excited about the Wind River Direct program," said
Stan Schneider, president of Real-Time Innovations, Inc. "Not only can
RTI present our ControlShell and NDDS products to a larger audience,
but Wind River's customers can get Tornado-certified products through
one source. It's a great program for everyone. It allows the partners
to reach a fast-growing embedded market and Wind River to offer
industry-leading tools through their very capable sales force. Most
importantly, it provides Wind River customers the integrated solutions
they need to get to market faster."
Real-Time Innovations, Inc. (RTI) is the developer of
ControlShell, the tool for intelligent control and NDDS, networking
middleware designed for real-time data distribution over Ethernet.
Contact: Stan Schneider, President
(408) 720-8312
stan.schneider@rti.com
rti.com
Tri-Pacific Software
"As makers of the first commercially available Real-Time CORBA
1.0 Scheduling Service, RapidSched, we are happy to participate in the
Wind River Direct program. With this program, Wind River is once again
leading the industry with a solution that addresses the concerns of
today's embedded systems developers," said Peter Kortmann president of
Tri-Pacific Software. "Through a single source our customers will have
access to a variety of products and be able to purchase more complete
solutions with the added security of Wind River's official Tornado
certification. Everyone wins with Wind River Direct." Continued
Kortmann.
Tri-Pacific Software provides real-time development tools,
including PERTS - RMA and scheduling software, as well as training,
and consulting worldwide.
Contact: Peter Kortmann, President
(510) 814-1775
peter@tripac.com
tripac.com
Green Hills Software: Ada compilers, Multi Debugger
Lucent/Elemedia: H.323 stack for voice over IP Spider Software: WAN
protocols
Note to Editors: Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo and VxWorks are registered
trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. Tornado and WindLink are trademarks of Wind River
Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service
marks of their respective companies or organizations.
CONTACT: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Tabitha Steager, 510/749-2470
tabitha.steager@windriver.com
windriver.com
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