May 23, 2005

ENCIRQ and Wind River Partner to Deliver on Device Software Optimization

ENCIRQ and Wind River Team to Help Device OEMs Develop Better Products  ENCIRQ CTO to Present at Wind River 2005 Worldwide User Conference
BURLINGAME, California—May 23rd, 2005—ENCIRQ Corporation, the leading provider of high performance data management solutions for embedded systems, announced today that ENCIRQ and Wind River (NASDAQ: WIND) will work together to provide enhanced, integrated solutions that reduce the complexity, risk and cost of developing intelligent, data-centric devices.

 

“Great products are the result of innovation and optimization. Getting such products to market is increasingly complex and is forcing device manufacturers to seek out new technologies for simplifying and accelerating product development” said Mark Vogel, chief executive officer, ENCIRQ Corporation. “ENCIRQ’s customers have found it easier to develop award-winning products in record times. And now the combination of the ENCIRQ Data Foundation Framework together with the Wind River Workbench IDE and its market-leading platforms will enable Wind River customers to deliver new data-driven product capabilities and services while reducing development costs and time.” the first results of the ENCIRQ – Wind River partnership is the availability of the ENCIRQ^® Data Foundation™ Framework with integrated support for the Wind River Workbench IDE. This enables Wind River customers to leverage the powerful data management capabilities provided by ENCIRQ within the familiar Wind River Workbench environment. In addition, the ENCIRQ Data Foundation Framework has been tested with the Wind River General Purpose Platform, VxWorks Edition. As ENCIRQ products are designed to be platform-independent, support for other VxWorks Edition and Wind River Linux Edition platforms are planned.

 

“We are pleased to have innovative companies like ENCIRQ work with us to deliver on Wind River’s vision for device software optimization,” said John Fanelli, vice president, product planning and management, Wind River. “As the complexity of software development soars, device manufacturers need a rich ecosystem of synergistic partners dedicated to helping them meet the challenges of providing new, more innovative and more reliable products to their customers.”

 

Solutions from both companies support a wide range of microprocessor architectures and help abstract software development away from underlying hardware platform details. This enables device OEMs to migrate away from proprietary, in-house software implementations and take advantage of the benefits provided by robust commercial solutions form ENCIRQ and Wind River. As a result, OEMs can focus more of their software development efforts on optimization, differentiation and innovation.

 

ENCIRQ’s chief technology officer, Eugene Buechele, a recognized expert on data management strategies for embedded systems, will be presenting at the Wind River 2005 Worldwide User Conference (May 22-24, Orlando, Florida). Mr. Buechele’s session titled, “High Performance Data Management Solutions for Intelligent Devices,” will demonstrate ENCIRQ’s integration with Wind River Workbench and will help attendees learn how to reduce software development time while leveraging the data that flows in and through their devices to create new capabilities and services. More information on the conference is available at:
http://www.windriverevents.com/userconference05/

 

About ENCIRQ
Based in Silicon Valley with offices in Detroit and Tokyo, ENCIRQ Corporation is leading the transition to data-centric development for embedded systems. The company’s flagship product, the ENCIRQ Data Foundation Framework, is a high performance data management solution designed to reduce the cost and complexity of building and deploying intelligent devices.

 

ENCIRQ’s technology is used to develop applications and products that integrate complex, real world information in order to create new functionality, new business models, and unique customer experiences — all within the challenging constraints of a fiercely competitive marketplace. From car radios and navigation systems to consumer electronics devices, from advanced telecommunications equipment to wireless handsets, ENCIRQ customers are delivering performance-optimized solutions faster, with better reliability and reduced engineering effort. For more information, please visit www.encirq.com, email info@encirq.com or call +1 (650) 292.3535.