MontaVista Software and Zentek Technology Join Forces Focusing on the Wireless Devices Market.Business Editors and High Tech Writers JavaOne 2002 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2002 MontaVista Software MontaVista Software develops systems software, development tools and Embedded Linux-based software targeting embedded systems such as automotive electronics, communications equipment, and television set-top boxes and other connected devices and infrastructure. Inc. and Zentek Technology Japan Inc. today announced they would join forces to provide embedded developers with innovative solutions targeting applications in the wireless devices market. A rapidly increasing number of embedded system developers are considering Linux for application development, and they require a robust yet flexible Linux platform for their wireless and mobile applications. Zentek will meet these market needs by supporting one of the leading embedded Linux platforms on the market today, MontaVista(TM) Linux(R). As a new member of the MontaVista Partnering Program, Zentek will adopt and promote MontaVista Linux as its standard embedded Linux platform. MontaVista Software will reference and leverage Zentek's browser and Java application solutions as part of its vertical offering for wireless devices. "Our customers' interest in embedded Linux is ramping up significantly," said Shozo Ohtani, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Zentek Technology Japan Inc. "We are pleased to be able to recommend MontaVista Linux to them as our platform of choice." Zentek provides leading edge software solutions, including the Z-API, a platform for digital consumer products; the JADE series of complete development environments for Java-enabled cellular phones and wireless devices; and NBJ NBJ Nutrition Business Journal , a cHTML pure Java browser for digital consumer devices. Zentek's Z-API will be the first of its products that will be ported to run on MontaVista Linux. "MontaVista Software has sharpened its focus on the consumer electronics market and the wireless segment is one of the most important and interesting areas. We are very pleased to have Zentek as a partner, since Zentek has a leading Internet browser and solid Java application solutions," said Hitoshi Arima, vice president of sales, MontaVista Software, Japan. "We expect to see this partnership yield many innovative wireless application solutions for our customers." The two companies will be displaying their Java solutions at the JavaOne(SM) 2002 Conference in San Francisco, March 25-29. MontaVista Software products are on display in the IONA booth #1436 and Zentek Technology is in booth #632. They will also be demonstrated during the worldwide MontaVista seminar tour under the theme "Embedded Linux and Java." For more information on seminar dates and locations, visit http://www.mvista.com/wwseminars/seminar.html. About Zentek Technology Japan Inc. Zentek has offices in Tokyo and Osaka in Japan and in Redwood City in California. It develops software for the consumer electronics market and concentrates on two areas: development tools for makers of wireless device applications and digital television middleware. Zentek originated in California and was founded to bring Silicon Valley computer expertise to the consumer electronics industry. Zentek went public on NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on Japan on August 31, 2001. Zentek's customers include major consumer product manufacturers such as Matsushita, Sanyo, Sharp, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. and Fujitsu. For more information about Zentek, please visit http://www.zentek.com. About MontaVista Software Inc. MontaVista Software Inc. powers the embedded revolution by providing open-source systems software solutions for embedded system developers. Founded in 1999 by real-time operating system (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. (RTOS (1) (RealTime Operating System) An operating system designed for use in a real time computer system. See real time system, embedded system, process control and OS-9. ) pioneer James Ready, MontaVista's principal products include MontaVista(R) Linux(R), a Linux-based embedded source and binary distribution, cross development platform and a set of tool kits for x86/IA-32, PowerPC, StrongARM, MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. , SH, ARM, XScale and other microprocessor architectures. MontaVista offers developers a family of products and services for embedded design and development targeted for applications ranging from communications infrastructure to consumer devices. MontaVista Software also provides several technology add-on products addressing specific customer needs such as the Java development environment, High Availability technology, powerful graphics toolkits and more. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, Calif., MontaVista Software is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. funded by leading investors such Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE RRE Red Rock Eater (News Service) RRE Road Race Engineering RRE Remote Roof Easy RRE Residential Real Estate RRE Rise-And-Run-Length Encoding RRE Royal Radar Establishment (Great Britain) Ventures, WR Hambrecht + Co WR Hambrecht + Co. is a full service investment bank with headquarters in New York and San Francisco. It specializes in using its unique auction process called OpenIPO to compete with the traditional methods of larger and more established banks. ., IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel Capital, Panasonic and Sony Corporation. For more information about MontaVista Software, please visit http://www.mvista.com or email to info@mvista.com or call (408) 328-9200. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista is a trademark of MontaVista Software, Inc. Java is a trademark and JavaOne is a service mark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. |
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