NEWS

Embedded Leader--Wind River--Attending N+! 2003, Las Vegas

WHERE:
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nev.
Booth #5743


WHEN:
April 29 - May 1 Show Floor Open

WHAT:
Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND), the worldwide market leader in embedded software and services will participate in Networld+Interop Las Vegas. Wind River will showcase three of its market-specific integrated embedded platforms.

WIND RIVER PLATFORM for Consumer Devices(PLATFORM CD) is a market-specific integrated embedded platform for digital consumer device development. End applications include digital imaging devices, broadband access, interactive digital TV and multimedia information appliances. PLATFORM CD includes features commonly required in consumer products such as graphics, Web services, wireless Internet access security and management.

WIND RIVER PLATFORM for Network Equipment (PLATFORM NE) enables rapid development of reliable network infrastructure equipment. End applications include enterprise networking, wireless infrastructure, broadband carrier access, and voice over IP. Platform NE includes the industry’s most proven and advanced routing stack (including RIP, IGMP, and OSPF), SNMP, Web and CLI management, Layer 3 technology and remote access.

WIND RIVER PLATFORM for Server Appliances (PLATFORM SA) based on Wind River's BSD/OS 5.0, enables developers to build server appliances and storage networking devices quickly and easily. End applications include dedicated servers, network attached storage (NAS), storage area networks (SAN), Web caches, load balancers and network security equipment. PLATFORM SA has the capability to run Linux applications and integrates security, management, advanced networking and high performance file systems.

Wind River spokespeople will also be available during the show for media and analyst appointments. To schedule a meeting, please contact windriverpr@windriver.com.

Wind River Systems and the Wind River Systems logo 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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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

NEWS

Embedded Leader--Wind River--Attending Telematics Update, Detroit

WHAT:
Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND), the worldwide market leader in embedded software and services will participate in Telematics Update in Detroit, showcasing Wind River's market-specific integrated embedded platform for the telematics industry -- WIND RIVER PLATFORM for Car Infotainment--and end user products.

A Maserati Spyder will be on display in the Wind River booth, sporting the Telematics and Infotainment System information services node, the latest in a line of innovations from Ixfin Magneti Marelli Sistemi Elettronici. The telematics system was built on Wind River's technology and integrates a satellite navigator, a dual-band GSM telephone, voice recognition, text-to-speech, a radio and CD player supporting MP3.

WHERE:
Cobo Center, Detroit, MI
Booth # 10 and 11

WHEN :
April 29 — 30, 2003 Show Floor Open

WHY:

  • The amount of silicon in cars is rapidly increasing. The Telematics Research Group predicts there will be more than 105 million telematics-enabled automobiles on the roads worldwide between 2006-2010.

  • WIND RIVER PLATFORM for Car Infotainment, announced on Wednesday, April 23 in San Francisco, is an integrated embedded platform that serves as the software foundation for developing car infotainment and telematic devices.

  • Using PLATFORM for Car Infotainmnet, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can standardize on a single, market-specific integrated embedded platform across product lines, reducing their engineering costs and speeding development cycles.


For more information on WIND RIVER PLATFORM for Car Infotainment, please see http://www.windriver.com/platforms/platformci/index.html

Wind River spokespeople will also be available during the show for media and analyst appointments. To schedule a meeting, please contact windriverpr@windriver.com.

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

NEWS

Wind River Unveils WIND RIVER PLATFORM FOR CAR INFOTAINMENT

  • Wind River representatives will be available at the Embedded Systems Conference, San Francisco--Wind River Booth 718--to speak about WIND RIVER PLATFORM FOR CAR INFOTAINMENT.
  • Come view the Maserati Spyder, which includes Wind River's car infotainment technology.

Embedded Systems Conference (Booth 718), San Francisco, Calif.--April 23, 2003-- Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND), the worldwide market leader in embedded software and services, today announced WIND RIVER PLATFORM FOR CAR INFOTAINMENT (PLATFORM CI), a market-specific integrated embedded platform that serves as the software foundation for developing car infotainment and telematic devices. Using PLATFORM CI, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can standardize on a single, market-specific integrated embedded platform across product lines, reducing their engineering costs and speeding development cycles.

The Telematics Research Group predicts there will be more than 105 million telematics-enabled automobiles on the roads worldwide between 2006-2010. To support the multitude of services that can be provided to the driver and passengers and ensure an affordable device cost, car infotainment and telematic device developers must use a proven and integrated software. By standardizing on a software platform like PLATFORM CI, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can effectively eliminate baseline development concerns and focus on their core business of developing new, innovative and affordable devices.

PLATFORM CI offers OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers an automotive market-specific embedded platform that pre-integrates the industry's most reliable real-time operating system (RTOS), Wind River's VxWorks®, with development tools, multimedia APIs and connectivity protocols. Using PLATFORM CI, manufacturers have all the foundation to develop highly reliable car infotainment products.

Key features of PLATFORM CI include:

  • Operating System, Embedded Development Tools and Automotive Hardware Support: PLATFORM CI relies on the support of the VxWorks RTOS, embedded development tools and hardware bring-up tools for leading car infotainment processors and companion chipsets.

  • Automotive Connectivity: PLATFORM CI provides drivers and protocols for devices connected to other in-vehicle devices, consumer electronics devices and the network infrastructure. Support such as CAN, MOST, USB, 802.11 is included.

  • Multimedia Support: PLATFORM CI includes WIND® ML (Wind River multimedia library), which provides support for graphical user interfaces and multimedia functionality.

  • Services and Training: PLATFORM CI includes credits that can be applied to services and training offerings in a flexible way. PLATFORM CI also features a customizable WIND SPRINT installation and orientation service - a two-day program at the customer's site designed to help accelerate project start-up and provide a context-specific introduction to PLATFORM CI.

  • Partner Technologies: To ensure a complete range of integrated technologies, Wind River has partnered with leading companies to address technology areas such as OSGi, speech recognition and synthesis, IDB-1394 networking, Bluetooth, browser and email technologies.


Ixfin Magneti Marelli Sistemi Elettronici, a global leader in the design and production of high-tech components and systems for the automotive industry, has worked with Wind River for more than five years on different iterations of its car-infotainment systems.

"The introduction of WIND RIVER PLATFORM FOR CAR INFOTAINMENT proves to Ixfin Magneti Marelli Sistemi Elettronici that Wind River is a true collaborative partner for the automotive industry," said Antonino Damiano, Telematics Design Manager, Ixfin Magneti Marelli Sistemi Elettronici. "We are impressed that Wind River has listened and taken on board the design challenges Ixfin Magneti Marelli Sistemi Elettronici has faced to build a software solution that anticipates our future development needs for taking to market innovations in car-infotainment quickly and at the right cost. By providing a completely pre-integrated development environment built specifically for the automotive industry with extensive source code and service credits, WIND RIVER PLATFORM FOR CAR INFOTAINMENT, is a winning idea".

"With the burgeoning consumer demand for vehicle services and functionality, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers developing car infotainment devices face an increasingly competitive market and a myriad of development challenges associated with increased device complexity," said Tony Tryba, vice president and general manager, automotive, industrial, defense and aerospace for Wind River. "By standardizing on WIND RIVER PLATFORM FOR CAR INFOTAINMENT, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can rely on proven integrated technologies and automotive expertise allowing their developers to focus on their competitive value added technologies in order to satisfy consumer demand."

PLATFORM CI adds to the growing number of market-specific integrated embedded platforms from Wind River, the first six of which are currently available. For more information on PLATFORM CI please visit www.windriver.com/platforms/platformci/index.html.

About the WIND RIVER PLATFORMS
Wind River is going beyond the operating system by offering the most reliable integrated embedded platforms. With WIND RIVER PLATFORMS, manufacturers can now quickly build more complex and efficient products while delivering increased intelligence, connectivity and security without jeopardizing reliability. All WIND RIVER PLATFORMS tightly integrate a rich set of Wind River's market-leading operating systems, tools, connectivity software and management features with reference hardware and service credits to provide a complete foundation that meets the specific requirements of a vertical market. WIND RIVER PLATFORMS also include extensive source code. The depth of these platforms reduces project risk and enables developers to focus on differentiation and enhanced product performance. For more information on WIND RIVER PLATFORMS please visit www.windriver.com/platforms/index.html.

About Wind River
Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It provides market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

Wind River Systems and the Wind River Systems logo 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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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

NEWS

Wind River Continues Commitment To Embedded Community With the Introduction of the Wind River Developer Network

  • Wind River is providing its developers with worldwide conferences and a centralized, online resource for technical information, online chats and other technical resources plus much more.
  • Developers can register for the Wind River Developer Network this week at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco or online at developer.windriver.com.

Embedded Systems Conference (Booth 718), San Francisco, Calif.--April 22, 2003--Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND), the worldwide market leader in embedded software and services, today announced the introduction of the Wind River Developer Network, a community designed to offer a myriad of educational resources, worldwide conferences and tools specifically for developers of embedded systems. The Wind River Developer Network aggregates Wind River's twenty years of embedded development expertise to provide the developer community with an organized resource for the best and most reliable information and technology in embedded development.

In addition to illustrating Wind River's commitment to the embedded development community through a formal Network, Wind River will sponsor developer conferences around the world during the Fall time-frame. These conferences provide a forum where embedded developers and technical decision makers can come together to learn about Wind River's corporate and product strategy, partnerships as well as key technology and business trends. In addition, keynote speakers will address industry issues and developers can participate in technical workshops.

"With the introduction of the Wind River Developer Network, we are bolstering our commitment to the developer community by providing the tools and resources they need to be successful," said Jerry Fiddler, founder and chairman of Wind River Systems. "Wind River's Web site has long been considered a resource for developers, and it regularly logs two to four times the number of page views per month than the leading embedded development online news sites. Therefore, we wanted to increase our value even further with a formal Developer Network program."

Developers will have the opportunity to sign up for the Wind River Developer Network during the Embedded Systems Conference. Embedded developers will also be provided the opportunity to see first hand the resources that will be available through this Network. By joining the Wind River Developer Network, embedded developers will have access to:

  • Worldwide developer conferences

  • White papers and technical articles

  • Evaluation software

  • Online technical chats with other developers

  • Technical Web casts presented by experts

  • Technical presentations

  • User groups

  • Feedback forum

  • Graduate and embedded developer resume database


Wind River customers will also have exclusive access to:

  • Board support package resources

  • Architecture previews

  • "Sneak peak" product roadmap reviews

  • Online support

  • Training


Wind River executives and technical staff will be at Embedded Systems Conference to speak with attendees about Wind River technology, WIND RIVER PLATFORMS, services, customer education and more. Specifically, Wind River's Founder, Jerry Fiddler, will be at Wind River's booth# 718 on Wednesday, April 23 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. to address embedded industry or Wind River questions.

Also, come meet Wind River Senior Member of Technical Staff, Qing Li, who will be at Wind River's booth #718 on Thursday, April 24 from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. to speak about his upcoming book, "Real-Time Concepts for Embedded Systems." Embedded developers can get a "sneak peak" of the book at the Wind River booth as well as CMP's booth #420.

The Wind River Developer Network is free of charge to all developers and will go live to the developer community in June.

About the WIND RIVER PLATFORMS
Wind River is going beyond the operating system by offering the most reliable integrated embedded platforms. With WIND RIVER PLATFORMS, manufacturers can now quickly build more complex and efficient products while delivering increased intelligence, connectivity and security without jeopardizing reliability. All WIND RIVER PLATFORMS tightly integrate a rich set of Wind River's market-leading operating systems, tools, connectivity software and management features with reference hardware and service credits to provide a complete foundation that meets the specific requirements of a vertical market. WIND RIVER PLATFORMS also include extensive source code. The depth of these platforms reduces project risk and enables developers to focus on differentiation and enhanced product performance.

About Wind River
Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It provides market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

Wind River Systems and the Wind River Systems logo 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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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

NEWS

Redlake Delivers High-Speed, High-Resolution Camera Using Wind River

  • Redlake's MotionXtra HG-100K digital camera will be on display at the Embedded Systems Conference, San Francisco -- Wind River Booth 718.
  • Footage demonstrating the camera's ability to capture high-speed movements will also be available for viewing.

Alameda, Calif.--April 21, 2003-- Wind River (Nasdaq: WIND), the worldwide market leader in embedded software and services, today announced that Redlake, an acknowledged leader in high-performance digital imaging, utilized a combination of Wind River integrated embedded technology and services to deliver the MotionXtra™ HG-100K -- a network-based, high-speed digital camera designed to capture extreme events in harsh environments such as automotive airbag deployment and vehicle impact testing. Wind River's expert services team worked closely with Redlake and helped speed time to market for this breakthrough camera by providing Redlake with the technology and services to meet their specific business needs and timeframe.

By using the MotionXtra HG-100K, automotive manufacturers such as Honda, Autoliv and Saab are quickly able to capture and analyze data obtained during rigorous crash tests. The camera, which is about the size of a lunch box, can withstand physical forces of up to 100G, and is capable of capturing 1,000 frames per second (fps) with a razor sharp resolution of 1504x1128 pixels ¾ the highest resolution at 1000 fps available on the market today. Frame rates of 100,000 frames per second are also available at reduced resolutions. The data obtained from this extremely reliable camera helps automotive engineers evaluate all aspects of vehicle design and occupant safety, so leading car manufacturers can evaluate and enhance vehicle safety features.

"Faced with a tight project timeframe, Wind River's professional services worked directly with our engineers to deliver highly customized technology that met the specific requirements of the HG-100K," said Mike Gioseffi, President of Redlake, a subsidiary of Roper Industries (NYSE:ROP). "Now, with a reliable, reusable software development foundation in place, we are able to control development costs while focusing our efforts on delivering next generation imaging technology that helps our customers enhance the safety and reliability of their products."

Wind River technology is used throughout the HG-100K System, which consists of three main components: the camera, MotionCentral Software and an optional Hub Sync Unit, which functions as an industrialized Gigabit Ethernet hub that allows remote camera control and rapid download of TIFF or compact format images to servers and handheld devices. Key WIND RIVER PLATFORM components included in the development of the Redlake MotionXtra HG-100K Camera include the industry's leading real time operating system (RTOS), Wind River VxWorks®, Wind River's Tornado® development environment, TFFS and Network stack.

Wind River's services team aided in the overall design and development of the hardware and software as well as prototyping and production for the camera. With pre-integrated technology developed and tested by Wind River, Redlake was able to focus on their core expertise in imaging and bring this innovative camera to market faster.

"The successful delivery of the HG-100K illustrates how Wind River's professional services team can serve as a strategic partner to address our customer's business needs and tailor technology specifically designed to meet their current and future development requirements," said Brad Murdoch, vice president and general manager Wind River Services. "As Redlake's trusted advisor, we look forward to providing the most reliable technology and ongoing support to meet and exceed Redlake's unique and ever-changing needs."

Visit Redlake's website to learn more about Redlake's MotionXtra HG-100K.

About Wind River
Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It is the only company to provide market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

NEWS

Embedded Leader--Wind River---Attending Embedded Systems Conferece, San Francisco

WHAT:
Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND), the worldwide market leader in embedded software and services will participate in the Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco, showcasing Wind River technology, market-specific integrated embedded platforms -- WIND RIVER PLATFORMS -- and end user products.


WHERE:
Moscone Center, San Francisco, Calif.

WHEN:
April 22-26, 2003- Technical Conference
April 23-25, 2003- Show Floor Open

Show Floor Hours:
Wednesday, April 23: 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Thursday, April 24: 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Friday, April 25: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

WHY:



  • Learn: Why the embedded industry is moving beyond the operating system to market-specific integrated embedded platforms.
  • Consult: Come chat with Wind River executives and engineers about the latest technology and WIND RIVER PLATFORMS.
  • Meet: Qing Li, senior member of technical staff for Wind River, and the author of "Real-Time Concepts for Embedded Systems."
  • Join: The Wind River Developer Network, a community that provides educational resources, conferences and tools for developers.

Wind River executives will also be available during the show for media and analyst appointments. To schedule a meeting, please contact windriverpr@windriver.com.

About Wind River
Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It is the only company to provide market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market.


Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at http://www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

NEWS

Wind River Continues to Expand the Sales Channel--Reseller Agreement Inked With Spectrum Signal Processing

  • This partnership represents the first true Wind River Value Added Reseller (VAR) relationship in the aerospace and defense industry.
  • Partnership provides integrated platform for software defined radio and signals intelligence development applications

Alameda, CA and Burnaby, BC--April 16, 2003 --Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIND), the worldwide market leader in embedded software and services, and Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. (NASDAQ: SSPI / TSX: SSY), a leading provider of high performance solutions for wireless signal and packet-voice processing, today announced that they have entered into an agreement whereby Spectrum's Wireless Systems Group is a VAR of Wind River products in the Americas, Europe, and Japan. The agreement allows Spectrum to resell Tornado® development seats, VxWorks® OEM licenses, and VxWorks run time licenses when bundled with Spectrum’s flexComm signal processing subsystems.

The combination of Spectrum's subsystems with Wind River's industry-leading real-time operating system (RTOS) results in a joint solution that is ideal for real-time applications such as software defined radio (SDR) and communications gateways. Software defined radios require reconfigurable hardware, an applications programming interface (API) for interprocessor communications and code portability, an RTOS for scheduling, CORBA middleware to ensure interoperability, and a Software Communications Architecture Core Framework for building and tearing down the waveforms - all technologies which are now sold as an integrated solution through this reseller partnership.

"Wind River is committed to working with our partners to provide complete, integrated technology solutions that help our customers get to market faster," said Steve Blackman, aerospace & defense director of business development for Wind River. "Wind River's depth of embedded software and services, when combined with Spectrum's focus on software-defined radios and wireless infrastructure, provides the first commercial off the shelf solution ideally suited for the SDR market. Spectrum provides significant value as a channel to reach and support our customers. It is our expectation that together, Spectrum and Wind River will further penetrate the SDR and signal processing markets"

Wind River's VxWorks is the most widely adopted RTOS in the embedded industry. With a reputation for reliability, performance, flexibility, compatibility and scalability, VxWorks provides an extremely reliable runtime platform for embedded application development. In addition, VxWorks supports the POSIX-profile required for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) and other military communications programs. Wind River's Tornado is the Integrated Development Environment for VxWorks. It provides a visual, automated environment that enables developers of all experience levels to quickly and easily create applications.

"Becoming a Wind River VAR allows us to provide a more complete solution, which is consistent with our strategy of being a signal processing subsystems provider," stated Sean Howe, vice president and general manager of Spectrum’s wireless systems group. "Our software architecture is a key enabler of our subsystems, and VxWorks is a critical component as the RTOS. Having the industry leading RTOS as part of our subsystem offering provides us and our customers with a competitive advantage."

Spectrum's flexComm signal processing subsystems are targeted at wireless infrastructure applications such as military communications gateways, signals intelligence receivers, smart antenna, and commercial wireless prototyping. These subsystems offer unparalleled choice in combinations of signal processing devices, communications paths, and layers of software development. Spectrum's quicComm API is a key element of the software stack as it enables code portability across Spectrum subsystems while providing interprocessor communications at near hardware performance. The combination of quicComm and VxWorks enable a powerful multiprocessor subsystem that is optimized for real-time applications.

About Wind River
Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It is the only company to provide market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at http://www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

Wind River Systems and the Wind River Systems logo 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. This news release contains forward-looking statements related to the Value Added Reseller agreement between Wind River, Inc. and Spectrum Signal Processing, Inc. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including the status of the relationship between the two companies, timely execution of joint activities, changing market conditions and the other risks detailed from time to time in other company filings. These forward-looking statements represent the company’s judgment as of the date of this release and may or may not be updated in the future.

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Global Corporate Communications

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Wind River Inks Partnership with The PTR Group

ALAMEDA, CA and Ashburn, VA, Apr. 15, 2003 - Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), the worldwide market leader in embedded software and services, today announced that it has formed a partnership with The PTR Group, a recognized leader in embedded systems development, engineering services and training, to provide Wind River training. Through this partnership, The PTR Group will work closely with Wind River to market and deliver training classes to Wind River customers throughout the United States and Canada. Wind River customers will continue to receive the most up to date Wind River courseware while experiencing the PTR Group's teaching and training expertise.

"The PTR Group has proven experience with Wind River’s products and the delivery of Wind River's engineering training," said Brad Murdoch, vice president and general manager of Wind River Services. "To ensure the best training quality, Wind River looked for a partner that offered a strong engineering skill set and years of experience delivering training to the embedded and real-time market. PTR met our criteria, and we look forward to working closely with them to deliver new courseware to Wind River customers."

PTR will begin delivery of Wind River's training in May 2003, and training quality will be maintained by a strict certification process and regular feedback and monitoring of delivered courseware. Wind River will continue to develop new courseware for existing and forthcoming products.

"We are pleased to take on this important function for Wind River", said Todd Brackett, President/CEO of The PTR Group. "We have a proven track record for delivering training on behalf of Wind River, and this relationship formalizes our continued commitment to provide quality training services. We are confident that our experience and expertise will provide added value to Wind River’s customers."

About Wind River
Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It is the only company to provide market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

Wind River Systems and the Wind River Systems logo 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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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications

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Wind River Takes Home "Best Product of Show" Award at RTS Embedded Systems 2003

Alameda, CA--April 9, 2003--Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND), the worldwide market leader in embedded software and services, today announced that its market-specific integrated embedded platforms - WIND RIVER PLATFORMS - won "Best Product of Show" at RTS Embedded Systems in Paris. Beating out products from LynuxWorks, MontaVista, OSE and Rational Software, WIND RIVER PLATFORMS were selected as the best product by show exhibitors, speakers and attendees - a group that included both embedded developers and technical decision makers.

Attendees cast their vote for Wind River's commercial off the shelf real-time integrated embedded platforms, demonstrating the embedded market's commitment to commercial products rather than "open" operating system products. Wind River continues to set new standards for the embedded industry by providing strategically priced platforms specifically tuned for vertical markets that are readily available through multiple channels.

"Wind River is honored that our market-specific integrated embedded platforms - WIND RIVER PLATFORMS - gained audience attention as the most innovative new product at the show," said Federico De Sario, Regional Director for South Western Europe at Wind River. "This award is excellent recognition of Wind River's commitment to build and deliver the best and most innovative technology and solutions in the embedded industry."

About the WIND RIVER PLATFORMS
Wind River is going beyond the operating system by offering the most reliable integrated embedded platforms. With WIND RIVER PLATFORMS, manufacturers can now quickly build more complex and efficient products while delivering increased intelligence, connectivity and security without jeopardizing reliability. All WIND RIVER PLATFORMS tightly integrate a rich set of Wind River's market-leading operating systems, tools, connectivity software and management features with reference hardware and service credits to provide a complete foundation that meets the specific requirements of a vertical market. WIND RIVER PLATFORMS also include extensive source code. The depth of these platforms reduces project risk and enables developers to focus on differentiation and enhanced product performance.
Market-specific platforms available today include:

  • WIND RIVER PLATFORM for Consumer Devices (PLATFORM CD)

  • WIND RIVER PLATFORM for DO-178B (PLATFORM DO-178B)

  • WIND RIVER PLATFORM for Industrial Automation (PLATFORM IA)

  • WIND RIVER PLATFORM for Network Equipment (PLATFORM NE)

  • WIND RIVER PLATFORM for Server Appliances (PLATFORM SA)

  • VxWorks Developers Toolkit (general purpose platform)


For more information about these PLATFORMS, please visit: http://www.windriver.com/platforms/.

About Wind River
Wind River is the worldwide leader in embedded software and services. It is the only company to provide market-specific embedded platforms that integrate real-time operating systems, development tools and technologies. Wind River's products and professional services are used in multiple markets including aerospace and defense, automotive, digital consumer, industrial, and network infrastructure. Wind River provides high-integrity technology and expertise that enables its customers to create superior products more efficiently. Companies from around the world turn to Wind River to create the most reliable products and to accelerate their time to market.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, call Wind River at 1-800-872-4977.

Wind River Systems and the Wind River Systems logo 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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Jessica Miller
Global Corporate Communications