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Check this out; SOURCE: Insignia Solutions, Inc. Insignia Solutions Poised to Deliver Embedded Virtual Machine Technologies For the Java Platform Beta Roll-out Major Milestone in Company's Business Strategy FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Insignia Solutions(R) (Nasdaq: INSGY - news), a leading provider of virtual machine/emulation technology, today announced it will formally introduce JENE(TM), Insignia's implementation of Java(TM) specifically designed for embedded systems, at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, California on November 3, 1998. As its cornerstone technology, JENE includes the highly efficient Embedded Virtual Machine(TM) (EVM(TM)), and qualified developers can sign up to receive beta shipment of this and other key technologies later this quarter. 00 JENE (pronounced ''gene'') is scheduled to ship in the first quarter of 1999. Insignia will hold a press conference to reveal technical details and features to press and analysts on November 3. In addition, financial analysts and press are invited to participate in the company's earnings release conference call on October 22, 1998 in which more detail will be provided. Analysts can call 719-457-2625 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. ''The roll out of JENE represents a significant milestone in Insignia's history and a crucial strengthening of this part of our business strategy,'' said Richard Noling, president and chief executive officer of Insignia Solutions. ''For several months we have been meeting with key companies in the U.S., Europe and Japan. The feedback we have received in these meetings has been overwhelmingly positive. It has validated our vision and product initiatives to address the specific requirements of embedded developers to make Java truly viable for the embedded systems market for the first time. We believe this is the start of Insignia becoming a significant player in the embedded software market.'' Embedded systems are specialized pre-programmed computers that can be found in automobiles, cellular phones, personal digital assistants, pagers, set-top boxes, and laser printers. New uses for embedded systems are emerging daily -- in digital cameras, digital TVs, Web appliances, and many other consumer devices. Insignia has systematically met with a number of companies developing various types of embedded products. Several companies, including Fujitsu, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Nortel, Philips Electronics, Psion, Sharp, Sony, and Toshiba have publicly expressed their intent to utilize Java in their products, and many were pleased to learn about Insignia's new implementation of Java technologies for embedded devices.