Apogee Demonstrates Three Advanced Java(TM) Runtime Environments Based on IBM's Java Technologies at ESC West

Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley 2006

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2006--Apogee Software is proud to demonstrate three of its latest Aphelion(TM) Java Runtime Environments (JREs), created by Apogee for IBM from IBM's J2ME-compatible WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environments (WEMEs) Java technologies, in Wind River's and IBM's booths at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose April 4 through 6.

The first JRE targeted at the VxWorks/x86 platform includes the ports of: (i) IBM's J2ME-compatible J9VM, Foundation Class Library, Personal Class Library, and JIT compiler; and (ii) Apogee's SWT-based support for advanced Java graphics, which works with Wind River's WindML graphics library.

The second JRE targeted at the VxWorks/IXP465 platform includes the ports of: (i) IBM's J2ME-compatible J9VM, Foundation Class Library, and JIT compiler; and (ii) IBM's WebSphere RFID Device Infrastructure (WRDI), which allows a device having this JRE running on it to be used as an RFID "edge server" (a device capable of collecting and processing the radio signals sent by RFID "chips" placed, for example, on various parts in a warehouse).

The third JRE targeted at the RedHatLinux/x86 platform includes the ports of: (i) IBM's J2ME-compatible J9VM enhanced to be compatible with the Real-time Specification for Java(TM) (RTSJ); (ii) IBM's Foundation Class Library; and (iii) Apogee-created RTSJ Class Library. This JRE has been officially certified by IBM as compliant with the latest specification of RTSJ and with the JCP CDC J2ME platform, which means that it passes all tests in the latest RTSJ TCK test suite and in the JCP J2ME TCK test suites for the CDC VM and Foundation Profile. Presently, there is no other commercially available JRE that has been officially certified as compliant with RTSJ and CDC J2ME platform.

About Apogee

Founded in 1988, privately held Apogee Software specializes in high performance programming environments for development and deployment of Java applications targeted at a wide range of embedded systems. Apogee is located in Campbell, one of the cities in California's "Silicon Valley." For more information about Apogee and its products, please visit www.apogee.com or call +408-369-9001.

Java, RTSJ, J2ME, and other Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks of Sun Microsystems. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. VxWorks and WindML are trademarks of Wind River Systems. WebSphere, WEME, and WRDI are trademarks of IBM Corporation. Aphelion is a trademark of Apogee Software.