FSMLabs Establishes EMEA Presence and Hires Software Veteran as Managing Director.

New Operation Headed by Jason Whitmire

SOCORRO, N.M. -- FSMLabs (http://www.fsmlabs.com), a leading provider of hard real-time enabling technology for Linux and BSD embedded and enterprise products, today announced the addition of Managing Director Jason Whitmire to the FSMLabs management team. Mr. Whitmire is a 15-year veteran of the software and systems solution industry, most recently with Infineon Technologies, and will lead FSMLabs' Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and worldwide wireless organizations.

FSMLabs also announced the formal creation of the EMEA office, located in Munich, Germany, to complement the company's strong growth in Europe by establishing a sales, marketing and support organization in partnership with the company's global reseller network. "Jason is a recognized voice in the communications software and system solutions industry," said FSMLabs CEO Dr. Victor Yodaiken. "His experience in the wireless industry is a crucial asset to FSMLabs' next phase of growth as we continue our leadership in hard real-time enabling technologies for Linux and security solutions."

Mr. Whitmire's experience at Infineon's software business unit was marked by rapid growth. During his tenure, he was instrumental in founding the software business unit and was a key contributor to growing the unit's revenue from $7M to more than $95M within four years, where he was responsible for promoting the company's advanced software to silicon vendors, system manufacturers OEMs and ODMs worldwide.

Prior to Infineon, Mr. Whitmire's roles included Director of Product Management at Group3G UMTS GmbH (the former mobile operator venture of Telefonica and Sonera), Director of Business Development at Telegate AG (acquired by Telecom Italia and Seat Pagine Gialle "SEAT" for $925M), and Head of VAS Projects at Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM). Mr. Whitmire was also a Technology Advisor, under the Clinton Administration, to the US Department of State.

"FSMLabs enjoys a stellar reputation for offering proven Linux technology and support for its core RTCore[R] product family in a broad range of industry segments," said Mr. Whitmire. "I am pleased to join the FSMLabs team and build upon the significant worldwide growth and demand for secure hard real-time Linux and BSD. RTLinux[R] has changed the face of computing for the wireless simulation, aerospace, industrial control, financial services and robotics markets. No other company offers our time-to-market advantages, cost savings, and security."

Join Mr. Whitmire and the FSMLabs team at the Embedded World 2007 Conference in Nurnberg, Germany February 13-15. Come and see Carrier Grade RTLinux as well as other RTLinux technologies. Furthermore, FSMLabs will also be showcasing the RTLinux development kit on Windows and other RTLinux technologies at the RTECC show in San Jose, California January 25.

About FSMLabs

FSMLabs is the leading provider of secure hard real-time performance enabling technologies for Linux and BSD operating systems running on Mobile, Enterprise and Embedded Systems devices. When failure is not an option and security is a must, FSMLabs' patented RTCore, turns Linux and BSD GPOS's, such as, Red Hat, SUSE, NetBSD and FreeBSD into a NSA compliant, secure high nanosecond/low microsecond deterministic hard real-time operating systems (RTOS). By combining the best-in-class enterprise operating systems (Linux and BSD), with FSMLabs' responsive hard real-time threading, scheduling, networking and virtualization technology (RTCore), technology companies can develop, deploy and deliver to market unbeatable robust, secure and performance products on-time and under budget.

FSMLabs was founded in 1996 and is privately held, with headquarters in New Mexico and sales and engineering staff worldwide. FSMLabs products include RTLinux, RTCoreBSD, LNet real-time networking, PSDD protected memory real-time, VxIT legacy emulation, Carrier Grade RTLinux, RTCore Eclipse IDE and ControlsKit XML/RPC interface builder. For more information, visit www.fsmlabs.com or email [e-mail].

RTLinux, RTCore, LNet, PSDD, ControlsKit, and FSMLabs are registered trademarks of Finite State Machine Labs Inc. "Embedded Enterprise" is a trademark of FSMLabs. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.