ALAMEDA, Calif., May 16, 2002 -- Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND) and Ada Core Technologies today announced that they are teaming with Smiths Aerospace to deliver a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software solution compliant with the Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC) 653 avionics application software standard. The solution features Wind River's new Tornado for Safety Critical Systems platform, supporting the development of a wide range of safety/mission-critical embedded and desktop systems including aerospace avionics applications, military ground vehicle platforms, military and civil ground control stations as well as automotive and telecommunication devices. As part of the agreement, Smiths Aerospace is providing funding, market expertise and project management. Ada Core Technologies is providing support with its GNAT Pro environment, enabling developers working in the Ada programming language to fully leverage this solution.

The Tornado for Safety Critical Systems platform combines Wind River's securely partitioned VxWorks AE653 real-time operating system (RTOS), Tornado III integrated development environment and safety-critical features necessary to fully support robust partitioning of applications. Robust partitioning enables applications at different safety and criticality levels to be safely integrated onto a single processor fully protected from each other running on the same RTOS kernel. This saves significant time and certification costs without compromising safety when developing new or expanded safety critical systems.

"Smiths is applying the AE653 product to the Boeing C-130 Avionics Modernization Program, the Boeing 767 Tanker Transport, and other programs throughout the Smiths organization," said John Armendarez, Smiths Programs Director - Military Transport. "Collaboration with Wind River and Ada Core Technologies provides a mechanism to produce an FAA-certifiable commercial partitioned operating system that provides value to our customers by reducing the cost, size, power consumption and weight of our avionics products."

Smiths Aerospace is an industry leader in developing software applications and integrating systems utilizing software partitioned architectures. For the C-130 AMP and 767 Tanker Transport programs Smiths is integrating several avionics software applications, including the Smiths Flight Management System (FMS) and the Communication Management function, onto a single PowerPCTM processor hosting the Tornado for Safety Critical systems environment.

"Open Systems Architectures are key to Boeing's strategy of providing flexibility for future capability additions to the warfighter, as well as mitigating the ongoing effects of parts obsolescence prevalent in military avionics today," said Daryl Pelc, Boeing Director of the C-130 AMP Air Vehicle Integrated Product Team.

Tornado for Safety Critical Systems
Tornado for Safety Critical Systems is a complete COTS certification solution that provides developers with spatial and temporal partitioning in accordance with the ARINC653 standard. It includes a wide range of software development tools, a certifiable version of Wind River's VxWorks AE653 RTOS and the documentation required to support the certification process for DO-178B, Level A the highest degree of safety-critical certification for manufacturers of avionics equipment as well as requirements for lower levels.

The solution also enables avionics equipment manufacturers to mix and certify applications created in C and / or Ada languages, applications based on the POSIX and ARINC standards or existing Wind River VxWorks-based applications in an avionics system to different DO-178B levels fully protected from each other running on the same COTS-certifiable kernel. Once each individual application is developed and certified, it becomes a reusable software component that can be placed alongside other applications developed for Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) systems. This has significant benefits in the cost of development, reuse of components and system maintenance. Additionally, proprietary legacy applications can be easily ported to the platform using a visible adaptation layer.

GNAT Pro for Tornado for Safety Critical Systems
Ada Core Technologies is developing a set of software tools that supports various levels of safety-certified applications on Tornado for Safety Critical Systems. Its adaptation of the GNU Visual Debugger allows debugging of mixed language applications in Ada and C, as well as simultaneous debugging of several applications in different partitions. Since one of the main economic benefits of a partitioned operating system is to support differing levels of certification in partitions, GNAT Pro will provide Ada runtime systems suitable for various levels, along with a full Ada runtime system. Each of these profiles provides a reasonable tradeoff between language restrictions and the cost of certification for a given level. The GNAT Pro compiler rejects the compilation of program units that violate a given profile. The compiler is also built to allow the specification of special purpose profiles so that only the corresponding runtime system need be built, without requiring compiler changes to enforce the new profile.

Availability
Tornado for Safety Critical Systems will be available for beta customers in August 2002. The platform will be made fully available in Feb. 2003 for Motorola's MPC74xx and MPC750 processors, with documentation to support certification to DO-178B, Level B. Documentation for support of DO-178B, Level A will be available in Dec. 2003. Wind River is also providing a transition package for customers wishing to start early development.

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity software for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, VxWorks, Tornado and How Smart Things Think(tm) are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc.

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ALAMEDA, Calif., May 15, 2002 -- Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected devices, has announced that its VxWorks embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) has been officially approved by the Federation Internationale De LAutomobile (FIA) for use in the Formula One World Championship.

The FIA is the worldwide governing body for motor sport including the Formula One World Championship, World Rally Championship, Formula 3000 International Championship, GT Championship, European Touring Car Championship, and Sportscar Championship. To ensure safety and a level competitive environment amongst the racing teams, the FIA conducts one of the most rigorous inspections of engine system software in the world. This is the first time a commercially-off-the-shelf operating system has been approved for Formula One or any type of motor sport.

"Approval of the use of VxWorks in the Formula One cars shows both that a commercial off-the-shelf operating system can meet the stringent demands of the FIA organization and that Wind River is meeting the needs of the Formula One motor sport car manufacturers," said Tom St Dennis, president and CEO of Wind River. "Our involvement with Formula One racing is just one example of Wind River's innovative work in the automotive industry worldwide."

Approved use of commercial embedded technology brings innovation to motor racing
The FIA approved the use of programmable electronics, or embedded systems, to aid the driver in Formula One racing, subject to exact traceability of the source code. For the 2002 season the FIA has allowed two-way telemetry between the car and pit lane, enabling the electronics set-up of the car to be modified during a race.

A Formula One car contains dozens of microprocessors, or embedded computers. Until now Formula One teams have had to develop their own operating system and application software for each of these microprocessors and submit each system to FIA scrutiny. Now that Wind River's VxWorks operating system has been FIA approved, teams will be able to focus solely on the development of applications to improve the performance of the car.

Wind River Partnership with Magneti Marelli Motor sport
Magneti Marelli Motor sport, the supplier of engine and vehicle management systems to the leading Formula One teams, collaborated with Wind River to assist the FIA in reviewing the VxWorks source code. The inspection was carried out at Wind River offices in Turin, Italy.

"Magneti-Marelli telemetry systems, powered by the VxWorks operating system, are currently used by the Ferrari, Renault, Toyota, and Minardi Formula One racing teams," said Giancarlo De Angelis, director, Magneti Marelli Motor sport. "Our development teams chose Wind River's technology because of its proven functionality, reliability, and value. In order to quickly develop systems to be used in Formula One, we needed a strong, robust solution that would allow us to be up and running quickly and easily, while providing the technology needed such that we could leverage off the shelf components."

"VxWorks' built in networking connectivity enabled systems monitoring and control of different sub-units on the Formula One car, making data automatically available to the race engineers in real-time through the standard and open TCP/IP protocol," said DeAngelis. "This connectivity may be via a wired connection between sub-units on the car, a radio link between the car and the race engineers located in the pit lane, or even through the use of a satellite from the garage to the design group at the team headquarters."

Wind River's development tools are already widely used in the development of software by many teams competing in Formula One. Wind River software can also be found in a wide range of commercial applications including engine control and in-car infotainment.

Additional notes for non technical press
Wind River develops operating systems and tools that allow customers to create complex, robust, real-time software applications for embedded computers. An embedded computer is a microprocessor that is incorporated into a larger device and is dedicated to responding to external events by performing specific tasks quickly, predictably and reliably. Embedded systems provide an immediate, predictable response to an unpredictable sequence of external events. Wind River's products enable customers to enhance product performance, standardize designs across projects, reduce research and development costs and shorten product development cycles.

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity software for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, VxWorks, and Tornado are registered trademarks, and How Smart Things Think is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

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LAS VEGAS, Nev., May 9, 2002 -- Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND - news), a leading provider of software and services for connected devices, today announced that its Tornado for Intelligent Network Acceleration (TINA) for iSCSI Initiators platform was named the winner for best networked storage technology at the Best of Interop Awards competition during NetWorld + Interop (N+I) 2002. The judges for this prestigious award -- editors from leading technology magazines including Network Computing, InformationWeek and EE Times -- reviewed over 250 submissions overall and determined that Wind River's TINA for iSCSI Initiators deserved the top honor based upon their rigorous evaluation.

"We are extremely pleased that TINA for iSCSI Initiators has been named a Best of Interop winner, and believe it signifies great opportunity for Wind River in the IP-based storage networking market," said Glenn Flinchbaugh, director of marketing for Wind River's Networks business unit. "Our customers are increasingly turning to iSCSI-based storage networking. This award serves as validation from industry experts that Wind River's solution in this market is truly best in its class."

By identifying innovative products debuted at N+I, the Best of Show awards assist in the quest for technology-enabled solutions. The Best of Interop judges recognize only a select few groundbreaking products each year that will significantly impact and enable the future of business. Products awarded this honor signify to IT executives and managers that they are the best solutions to support an efficient and competitive business.

"Every year we must review some of the best and most promising new technology solutions, and it is always challenging to determine the winner. Using our very thorough evaluation process, Wind River's TINA for iSCSI Initiators was selected as a Best of Interop winner because it is the most innovative solution in the networked storage category," said Ron Anderson, lab director for Network Computing and lead judge of this year's awards.

About TINA for iSCSI Initiators
TINA for iSCSI Initiators is a development platform for IP-based storage networking devices, and was introduced this week at N+I (see previous release, Wind River Releases TINA for iSCSI Initiators for Development of iSCSI-Enabled Storage Networking Devices). It bundles Wind River's TINA TCP/IP offload engine with an Internet SCSI (iSCSI) protocol layer, providing network equipment manufacturers with all necessary hardware and software components needed to develop iSCSI-based storage networking devices.

The product is comprised of Wind River's Tornado integrated development environment, including the IxWorks(TM) real-time operating system (RTOS), which shares the same kernel and full application programming interface (API) as the VxWorks RTOS, and is specifically designed for high-throughput I/O environments. It also includes a draft standard 0.8 compliant version of the iSCSI protocol, and will support the 1.0 version when ratified. TINA for iSCSI Initiators also includes a specifically modified TCP/IP stack and drivers to support GbE.

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity software for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, and How Smart Things Think are trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc.; Tornado and VxWorks are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

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NETWORLD + INTEROP, LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Booth 3015), May 8, 2002 - Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected devices, today introduced the WindNet 802.1X network security solution. WindNet 802.1X provides a port-based network access control framework that enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to develop and deploy products with an enhanced level of security. By leveraging the security features of WindNet 802.1X alongside Wind Rivers wireless and broadband access product suite, customers can quickly and affordably build reliable and secure networked devices.

Network security is a major issue for both wired and wireless local area networks (LANs). The IEEE 802.1X security standard is a widely accepted solution for this problem, giving network operators knowledge of every network component and the ability to control which components have access to which services. WindNet 802.1X allows network OEMs to meet the security requirements of their customers by leveraging the 802.1X protocol and giving them out-of-the-box interoperability. It supports wireless key distribution and dynamic key management extensions, key benefits for scaling and maintaining network security for todays highly mobile workforces and the growing number of wireless LANs.

As witnessed by the growth of Wi-Fi access points as hot-spots in cafes, broadband cable and DSL modems in the home, and interactive digital set-top boxes in the living room, connectivity is becoming a de-facto feature of all smart devices. This is also driving the key requirement that the devices communicate with each other in a fully secure environment from the establishment of secret encryption keys to the actual encryption and transmission of the data, said Joerg Bertholdt, director of marketing for Wind Rivers Digital Consumer group. The WindNet 802.1X framework and components like WindNet RADIUS, WindNet 802.11b DDK and Tornado for Home Gateways provide integrated support for companies developing secure wireless access points and multimedia gateways.

"802.1X is essential for realizing cost-effective security for access points and wireless LAN installations. Funk Softwares Odyssey WLAN access control and security solution which is based on 802.1X will be fully interoperable with Wind Rivers products, providing assurance to WindNet customers that their products will be compatible with industry-leading WLAN products and strong security methods, said Eugene Chang, vice president of strategic business development at Funk Software. The availability of WindNet 802.1X will play a significant role in accelerating the deployment by the enterprise of secure WLAN access based on 802.1X.

WindNet 802.1X A Secure, Flexible Framework
The IEEE 802.1X protocol uses the extensible authentication protocol (EAP) to pass messages to RADIUS authentication servers. WindNet 802.1X supports various flavors of EAP including fast EAP-TLS, LEAP, EAP-TTLS, and EAP-GSS. The WindNet 802.1X EAP implementation is vendor neutral, as demonstrated at Networld Interops iLabs, to work with EAP implementations from leading equipment vendors. This is a key benefit for network OEMs that need to provide their customers with interoperabilty for a range of clients and authentication servers.

In addition, WindNet 802.1X enables current Wind River customers to easily upgrade network security for their access devices. Since it is based on Wind Rivers device driver model, WindNet 802.1X can be integrated with both wired and wireless devices drivers for Wind Rivers VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS). Customers already using the VxWorks RTOS can use WindNet 802.1X, WindNet RADIUS client, and WindNet 802.11b DDK to upgrade existing products with secure wireless LAN features without having to upgrade their hardware.

Availability
The WindNet 802.1X framework is available for early access customers and will be available for beta customer shipments in June. It is being demonstrated at the HotLabs booth at the Networld + Interop (N+I) show in Las Vegas as well at Wind Rivers N+I booth (# 3015). For more information on WindNet 802.1X, please contact your local Wind River salesperson.

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity software for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, WindNet and How Smart Things Think are trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc., and VxWorks is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

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NETWORLD + INTEROP, LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Booth 3015), May 7, 2002 - Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected devices, today released Tornado for Intelligent Network Acceleration (TINA) for iSCSI Initiators a development platform for IP-based storage networking devices. TINA for iSCSI Initiators bundles Wind Rivers TINA TCP/IP offload engine with an Internet SCSI (iSCSI) protocol layer, providing network equipment manufacturers with all necessary hardware and software components needed to develop iSCSI-based storage networking devices. Wind River has leveraged its expertise in TCP/IP offload and applied it to the rapidly growing IP-based storage network market, enabling manufacturers to quickly build iSCSI-based storage networking devices including IP-based host bus adapters (HBAs), storage routers and other iSCSI-enabled devices.

iSCSI-based storage networking enables block storage data to be transmitted via TCP/IP and Ethernet locally or globally via the Internet. By leveraging the reduced costs, superior interoperability and long-term performance curve of Ethernet and TCP/IP, iSCSI promises to find wide adoption in the storage networking market. Gartner predicts that the iSCSI initiator market will increase from a 2002 market value of $590 million to $1.22 billion in 2005. TINA for iSCSI Initiators provides both complete gigabit Ethernet (GbE) TCP/IP offload support and a draft standard version 0.8 compliant iSCSI protocol layer, enabling storage networking manufacturers to quickly and easily develop iSCSI-enabled storage devices.

iSCSI is a key storage networking technology that will become increasingly important over time, as more OEMs adopt it in their IP-based devices, said James Opfer, Chief Analyst, Gartner Dataquest. The cost savings and overall user benefits of iSCSI create substantial market opportunities for companies that can bring to market high value technologies enabling complex IP-based storage networks.

As a natural extension of our TINA product line, TINA for iSCSI Initiators integrates the technology found in our original TCP/IP offload platform and applies it directly to the rapidly growing storage networking market, said Dave Fraser, group vice president and general manager of Wind Rivers Networks business unit. TINA for iSCSI Initiators delivers significantly reduced development time and expense, allowing manufacturers to quickly get products to market and establish an early position in the emerging IP-based storage market. It also provides an ideal solution for SAN vendors migrating their product lines from costly Fibre Channel transports to the much more affordable and increasingly widespread TCP/IP and Ethernet networking technologies.

TINA for iSCSI Initiators includes the TINA Reference Platform supporting the Intel 80310 chipset and 80321 I/O processor based on Intel XScale Microarchitecture. It also supports the Intel 82543 and 85244 integrated MAC/PHY controllers, providing superior performance and reliability. The TINA Reference Platform, included with the TINA for iSCSI Initiators software package, enables storage networking device manufacturers to quickly and easily begin development of iSCSI-based storage networking products.

About TINA for iSCSI Initiators
TINA for iSCSI Initiators is comprised of the Tornado integrated development environment, including the IxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS), which shares the same kernel and full application programming interface (API) as the VxWorks RTOS, and is specifically designed for high-throughput I/O environments. It also includes a draft standard 0.8 compliant version of the iSCSI protocol, and will support the 1.0 version when ratified. TINA for iSCSI Initiators also includes a specifically modified TCP/IP stack and drivers to support GbE.

Best of Interop Finalist
TINA for iSCSI Initiators has been named a finalist in the Best of Interop Awards in the category of networked storage. Editors from Network Computing, InformationWeek and EE Times selected TINA for iSCSI Initiators as one of the best in its category. Over 250 products were entered in this years competition.

Availability
TINA for iSCSI Initiators is currently available for beta customers and will be made fully available in June of this year, supporting Windows NT / 2000 and Linux-based host systems. To see a live demonstration of TINA for iSCSI Initiators, please visit Wind Rivers booth, #3015 at the Networld + Interop conference in Las Vegas, May 710th. For more information, please contact your local Wind River salesperson or visit our website at www.windriver.com.

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity software for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, and How Smart Things Think are trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc.; Tornado and VxWorks are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

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ALAMEDA, Calif., May 6, 2002 - Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices, today announced that its Tornado for Managed Switches (TMS) software platform now supports IBM's ASO 1.3.1a microcode environment for the IBM PowerNP NP4GS3 Network Processor. The integration of these two products gives networking customers a powerful foundation on which to build advanced networking devices. The product availability is another milestone toward achieving the goals set forth in the Wind River / IBM joint agreement announced in February of last year.

The coupling of Wind River's TMS with IBMs NP4GS3 provides us a quality solution baseline that we can build upon. This technology integration means that we spend more time tackling the issues that differentiate our product. The support and communication with Wind River and IBM has been excellent, commented Jerry Pate, senior vice president of engineering, SVA Networks, Inc.

The IBM PowerNP NP4GS3 network processor is the latest in a suite of network processors and fixed function ASICs to be supported by TMS. Integrated together, TMS and the IBM PowerNP NP4GS3 network processor bring a significant time to market advantage in the development of advanced networking devices used in enterprise and service provider applications. The maturity, stability and flexibility of a commercial software product such as TMS provide significant risk reduction for product entry.

Today's networking customers are demanding complete development and application solutions. IBM has teamed with Wind River to provide OEM customers with the critical tools they need to exploit the capabilities of IBM's network processor and deliver leading-edge networking solutions to the marketplace, said Dr. Armando Garcia, vice president, network processing IBM Microelectronics.

The creation of advanced network devices continues to hold interest for many companies and getting them to market quickly and with minimal risk is a primary goal for most of our customers, said Dave Fraser, group vice president and general manager, Wind River Networks business unit. Wind River is the only embedded software company that has both the organization and resources to continue to build strong relationships with companies like IBM, deliver powerful products in a short time frame and provide engineering services to assist our customers with faster design cycle times. This technology integration, completed by the Wind River Services team, will enable our customers to meet both their product and time to market goals.

Availability
Wind River's Tornado for Managed Switches is now available for IBM's PowerNP NP4GS3 Network Processor. Please see your local Wind River representative for pricing. More product information can be found at www.windriver.com.

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity software for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, and Tornado for Managed Switches are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or organizations.

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ALAMEDA, CA, May 1, 2002 - Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected devices, today announced the release of its WindManageTM device management product suite. WindManage enables manufacturers of networked devices to quickly and easily incorporate a wide range of remote management capabilities into their products, providing a complete set of pre-integrated, standards-based technologies. WindManage will be debuted next week at Networld + Interop 2002 in Las Vegas, booth number 3015.

Device management has emerged as a crucial requirement for todays networked devices, from carrier class switches and connected consumer electronics to industrial control and automotive telematics devices, said Dave Fraser, group vice president and general manager of Wind Rivers Networks business unit. The range of products requiring device management is extremely diverse, with different requirements existing within each market segment. WindManage enables our customers to implement remote management capabilities into their products for virtually any networked device.

As networks grow in size and complexity, the need for strong device management capabilities is essential. Building reliable and advanced device management capabilities into new products from scratch is both costly and time consuming. Development teams do not have the luxury of developing in-house expertise with technologies outside of their core business competencies, including device management. WindManage accelerates the development process by enabling manufacturers to build a variety of management layers quickly and to systematically upgrade and customize management interfaces across multiple product releases and product lines.

As a Wind River WindLinkTM partner, the WindManage open API will allow us to create custom interfaces for devices using Wind Rivers VxWorks and BSD/OS operating systems, and extend the WindManage backplane to new management standards, said Alan Grau, president of Icon Laboratories. Icon Labs SNMP IQ Application Builder and Iconfidant SSH security software leverages WindManage and provides an optimum programming environment to create SNMP, Web and CLI-managed network devices.

WindManage integrates Wind Rivers EnvoyTM simple network management protocol (SNMP) implementation and RapidControlTM device management product lines into a single, unified device management framework. It supports Wind Rivers VxWorks, VxWorks AE and BSD/OS operating systems, Tornado integrated development environment and its extensive suite of network protocols. In addition, the suite is bound together by an IDE-based graphical interface and comprehensive tool set that speed development time through ease of use. Other key WindManage features include:

• Integrated device management technology Bundles external management interfaces including SNMP, Web server, command line interface (CLI), as well as custom interfaces, with an easy-to-use development framework.


• Unified Access and Security Provides a single set of data objects that normalize data access and security for multiple external management technologies simultaneously. Unified Tools - WindManage Integration Tool ties all of the device management products together and makes unified access a reality.


• Extensibility Enables the addition of custom and future management technologies through an open architecture.

Market Focus
Carrier class networking companies are able to use the WindManage solution to extend their currently implemented SNMP management solution to seamlessly add Web and CLI management capabilities, extending the wealth of SNMP management information bases (MIBs) already implemented to these other interfaces. Maintenance personnel of carrier class systems use Web and CLI as interfaces to interact with network equipment using a laptop computer. By using WindManage, maintenance personnel can use the same control parameters as the SNMP console in the carrier control and monitoring site without re-engineering more management interfaces.

In addition to carrier class equipment, networked consumer products such as printers and DSL routers can use WindManage to implement Web-based management systems. Consumer device manufacturers have discovered that a Web browser can be used as a universal management console, allowing graphical, easy-to-use management capabilities without having to build and deploy a proprietary application. Some high-end printers require SNMP management as well, making the WindManage unified access architecture indispensable. When new management technologies, such as XML-based management, become a requirement in printers, the WindManage open API will allow management capabilities to be extended quickly and easily, without re-engineering from the ground up.

Best of Interop Finalist
WindManage has been named a finalist in the Best of Interop Awards in the category of Embedded Networking Technology. Editors from Network Computing, InformationWeek and EE Times selected WindManage as one of the best in its category. Over 250 products were entered in this years competition.

Availability
WindManage is currently available for beta customers. The WindManage SNMP agent will be made available for general shipments in July of 2002. WindManage Web Server and WindManage Command Line Interface will be available in Q3 of 2002. For more information, contact the local Wind River salesperson in your area or go to www.windriver.com.

About Wind River
Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity software for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide.

Wind River Systems, the Wind River Systems logo, WindManage, and How Smart Things Think are trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc.; Tornado and VxWorks are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

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