New Software from BSQUARE Will Drive Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 Intelligent Devices.Business Editors NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2000 BSQUARE to upgrade products, offer services to ramp up Ramp Up To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand. Notes: A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product. See also: Demand, Economies of Scale the development of intelligent devices based on the new Windows CE 3.0 embedded operating system An operating system used in special-purpose applications (embedded systems). Embedded operating systems are typically very compact and often designed for real time operations. See embedded Linux, QNX, OS-9, Windows XP Embedded, Windows CE, VxWorks and Symbian OS. BSQUARE Corporation (Nasdaq:BSQR) announced today that it will continue to fuel the explosive growth of intelligent devices with software solutions based on the new version of Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. 3.0, announced by Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) today. Over the next several months BSQUARE will introduce new versions of its software products and services to be compatible with the new version of Windows CE. BSQUARE will be previewing some of these upcoming solutions in booth no. 110/112 and in the Microsoft Embedded and Appliance Partner Pavilion at this conference. "Windows CE 3.0 is uniquely suited to run all types of intelligent devices due to its familiar Windows-based programming environment and integral web functionality," said said William Baxter William Baxter may refer to:
(2) (windows-based; lower case "w") Having resizable windows. Same as "graphics based" or "GUI based." Graphical user interfaces are all windows based. Contrast with text based. terminals, and handheld computers, to name a few." "BSQUARE has provided software solutions for Windows CE since version 1.0 in 1996, and we are pleased that it will continue to provide innovative software solutions for tomorrow's devices based on Windows CE 3.0," said Bill Veghte, vice president of the Embedded and Appliance Platform Group at Microsoft. "The rich functionality of Windows CE 3.0, combined with BSQUARE's software tools, infrastructures, technologies and applications, will provide a powerful, fast development solution for OEMs of intelligent devices." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report published by Venture Development Corporation in 1999, the number of intelligent computing devices utilizing the Windows CE platform will increase from just under a million units in 1999 to more than 14 million units by 2003. BSQUARE Software Will Offer Innovative Solutions for Developing Devices Based on Windows CE 3.0 BSQUARE will offer tools, technologies, and services to OEMs to reduce the development cycle and speed devices to market. BSQUARE's new BlueWater Systems WinDK(TM) Xpress Kit Suite, announced today, combines the best of BlueWater Systems' WinDK and BSQUARE's CE Xpress(TM) Kits to provide essential software infrastructures and tools for developers to quickly begin development projects. With the features of the CE Xpress Binary Kits and Microsoft's Platform Builder, developers benefit from a proven infrastructure for platform evaluation, application development and driver development. BSQUARE will also offer the BlueWater Systems' Time Critical Extension(TM), a tool that allows very low latency Low latency allows human-unnoticeable delays between an input being processed and the corresponding output providing real time characteristics. This can be especially important for internet connections utilizing services such as online gaming and VOIP - VOIP is not as important as interrupts and timers on Windows CE. TCX TCX Thomas Cook Airlines, UK (ICAO code) TCX Twin Cities Experience (Campus Crusade for Christ) TCX Trans-Compression TCX Turbo Cad Drawing as Text solves the problems of long and non-deterministic IST latencies that developers face in developing their device drivers for Windows CE-based applications. Project engineering services for Windows CE 3.0-based devices will be offered to customers interested in porting Windows CE 3.0 to a device, integrating software or applications onto a device running Windows CE 3.0, writing custom applications, and developing customer user interfaces for 3.0 devices. BSQUARE will also provide quality assurance testing services for devices running on Windows CE 3.0. BSQUARE's CEValidator(TM) family of quality automation tools provides fast, complete quality assurance testing in an off-the-shelf configuration. The CEValidator Application Tester is tested and verified to accurately test applications running on Windows CE 3.0, and it includes specific support for the Pocket PC platform. The CEValidator Platform Tester, which tests the port of Windows CE to target hardware, is also compatible with Windows CE 3.0. BSQUARE will upgrade the product to include new tests to cover the new functional areas included in Windows CE 3.0. BSQUARE's line of connectivity and application solutions for intelligent devices will also be upgraded to include Windows CE 3.0 compatibility. These include off-the-shelf applications for faxing, printing, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , and other utilities, as well as CE Remote Updater, BSQUARE's in-field remote update solution for updating applications, data, and device and operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. configuration from the remote Windows CE-based device. BSQUARE's offering of the Microsoft Official Curriculum training course for Windows CE will be amended for future sessions to reflect information on the new operating system. BSQUARE expects to roll out these upgraded products and services for Windows CE 3.0 over the next several months. About BSQUARE BSQUARE Corporation (Nasdaq:BSQR) is a dynamic software company working with Fortune 500 companies to enable the age of intelligent computing devices. Specializing in Windows CE and Windows NT Embedded See Windows XP Embedded. , BSQUARE supplies software products and services for the development and use of PC Companions, Internet appliances, industrial automation devices, Windows-based terminals, and other intelligent computing devices. BSQUARE's expertise in embedded Windows See Windows XP Embedded. is derived from years of contributing to the development of the Windows CE operating system, from serving as a Microsoft preferred provider of Visual Tools for Windows CE, and from in-depth experience with Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . BSQUARE is a Microsoft-sanctioned systems integrator and distributor. For more information, visit BSQUARE at http://www.bsquare.com or call 888/820-4500. BSQUARE is a registered trademark of BSQUARE Corporation. All names, product names, and tradenames are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Pricing is subject to change without notice. This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc our sales that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," variations of such words, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect BSQUARE's actual results include the failure of the market to accept these produts and services, adverse changes in BSQUARE's relationship with Microsoft, a decline in the market for Windows -based intelligent computing devices or the failure of such market to develop as anticipated, delays or announcements of delays by Microsoft of Windows product releases, competition and intellectual property risks. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in BSQUARE's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , in the section entitled "Risk Factors." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. BSQUARE undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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