eCosCentric Bundles eXtremeDB™ with eCosPro® Developer's Kit, Helps eCos Users Kick 'Homegrown' Database Habit

Cambridge, UK -- April 8, 2008 -- eCosCentric, provider of
the fast-growing open source eCos embedded operating system, is
extending its eCosPro Developer's Kit to help developers break the
'homegrown' database habit. The kit will include a royalty-free
version of McObject's eXtremeDB in-memory embedded database
system, so that users can move beyond coding their own data
management and gain the reliability, scalability, and development
ease of a full-featured, tiny-footprint embedded database.

eCosCentric will bundle eXtremeDB starting with ARM9 processor
versions of the eCosPro Developer's Kit. The initial release of
which coincides with the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Silicon
Valley (Both companies are exhibitors at ESC, McObject in booth
839 and eCosCentric in booth 3012).

The combination results in a complete and highly cost-effective
toolset for developing embedded database enabled products. The
bundled eXtremeDB[1] database system is limited only by the number
of classes (tables) that it supports. If data management needs
expand, an upgrade is available to an eXtremeDB system with
unlimited classes, and specialized editions such as eXtremeDB
High Availability and eXtremeDB Fusion (McObject's hybrid embedded
database that combines in-memory and on-disk data storage).

eCosCentric Chairman Paul Beskeen emphasized the stability and
simplified development gained by using eXtremeDB with eCos:
"eCosPro gives developers impressive stability, features and
support. But database algorithms are notoriously difficult to
code, and increasingly vital in today's data-intensive embedded
systems. Why should developers have to build this piece from
'scratch'?"

"eXtremeDB significantly boosts end-product stability, and it
reduces development and QA cycles, often by months", McObject
CEO Steve Graves said. "Our customers tell us repeatedly that
integrating eXtremeDB has paid for itself many times over. Now
eCosPro users can have these benefits at no cost, for both
development and run-time eXtremeDB licenses", Graves said.

The eCosPro Developer's Kit and its eCos RTOS release benefit
from eCosCentric's rigorous testing and quality assurance. A
comprehensive automated test infrastructure typically runs over
21,000 tests for each eCosPro release. Full support is available
from the company, and developers can count on reliability that
equals or exceeds any commercial RTOS - but with licensing that
allows unlimited, royalty-free operating system distribution.

"The royalty-free eXtremeDB embedded database software bundled with
eCosPro perfectly complements the reliability and cost-effectiveness
of eCos and the eCosPro Developer's Kit. We look forward to this
technology combination's rapid adoption within the embedded systems
developer community, and to its emergence as the foundation of new
state-of-the-art consumer electronics, industrial control systems,
telecommunications and network communications equipment, and other
advanced embedded devices", Beskeen said.

The eCosPro Developer's Kit brings to the joint product offering
all the necessary elements for eCos application development,
including Eclipse-based IDE, GNU compiler toolset and utilities,
GUI based Configuration Tool, RedBoot debug and bootstrap firmware -
and eCos, the open source RTOS found repeatedly by surveys to be
among the most widely-used embedded operating systems (see CMP's
and EDC's 2007 embedded market surveys, for example).

In addition to certifying eXtremeDB on the latest version of eCos,
McObject has integrated eXtremeDB with the eCosPro Configuration
Tool. The database system becomes one of the many "building blocks"
that can be specified for inclusion at design time, when developers
select the required RTOS functionality and characteristics, and
create an application-specific version of the operating system
that is ideally suited to the requirements of a particular device.

About eCosCentric

Founded in April 2002, eCosCentric is the leading provider of
eCos and RedBoot support, training, development and consulting
services worldwide. Staffed by the original eCos creators and
highly experienced embedded system and software engineers,
eCosCentric provides complete solutions consisting of run-time
systems, complementary host tools and certified third party
applications. The company can be reached on +44-1223-245571,
or visit [2]http://www.ecoscentric.com.

About McObject

Founded by embedded database and real-time systems experts,
McObject offers proven data management technology that makes
real-time systems smarter, more reliable and more cost-effective
to develop and maintain. McObject counts among its customers
industry leaders such as Chrysler, GigaSpaces, Siemens, Phillips,
EADS, JVC, Tyco Thermal Controls, F5 Networks, CA, Motorola and
Boeing. McObject, based in Issaquah, WA, is committed to providing
innovative technology and first-rate services to customers and
partners. The company can be reached at +1-425-888-8505, or visit
[3]http://www.mcobject.com.

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