Kontron to bundle MontaVista Linux Carrier-Grade Edition with TCA platforms

KONTRON TO BUNDLE MONTAVISTA LINUX® CARRIER-GRADE
EDITION WITH NEXT-GENERATION ADVANCED TCA PLATFORMS

OEM licensing deal supports ³Top 10² telecom equipment manufacturer¹s OEM
carrier-grade development platforms based on AdvancedTCA standards

SAN DIEGO, CA‹November 2, 2004‹Kontron, a market leader in embedded
computing technology, today announced the signing of a landmark OEM
agreement to license MontaVista® Linux® Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) for
inclusion with Kontron¹s next generation of Advanced Telecom Computing
Architecture (ATCA) and Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) platforms. With first
shipments scheduled for the end of 2004, the integrated hardware/ software
solution will support the rapidly growing customer demand for highly
available, standards-based platforms for AdvancedTCA applications
development across a spectrum of carrier-grade environments.

As the emerging de facto standard for communications and network equipment,
growth in the AdvancedTCA segment is projected to reach several billion
dollars within the next two years. Signaling its intention to become an
industry leader in the new carrier-grade system standard, Kontron recently
rolled out a complete line of AdvancedTCA-compliant platforms including
system chassis, high-performance AdvancedTCA processing blades and
high-availability base fabric switches. The basic platform
elements‹hardware, Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
firmware, Hardware Platform Interface (HPI) support, operating system and
applications software‹are complemented by the recent licensing arrangement
that will see the installation of MontaVista¹s carrier-grade Linux in all
current and next-generation Kontron ATCA platform solutions.

An advanced Linux-based development platform engineered specifically for
robust carrier-grade application requirements, CGE is used in
telecommunications and data communications networking applications,
including SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node), GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support
Node), RNC (Radio Network Controller), and VoIP (Voice over Internet
Protocol). CGE enhances standard Linux with added real-time,
high-availability and high-reliability features based on the Open Source
Development Labs (OSDL) Carrier-Grade Linux Specification as well as the
Service AvailabilityTM Forum specifications.

³Integrating MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition into our next-generation
platforms greatly enhances our design-win prospects with our customers, the
top tier of telecom equipment manufacturers,² said Benoit Robert, Kontron¹s
executive director of product management. ³Kontron¹s OEM partnership with
MontaVista enables us to provide highly available, application-ready
platforms to simplify the overall product development effort and speed
time-to-market of our customers¹ next-generation telecom equipment
solutions.² 

 ³We¹re excited to be working with Kontron to deliver state-of-the-art,
carrier-grade solutions that will offer scalable, application-ready
development platforms to our mutual telecom equipment customers,² said
Robert Monkman, senior product marketing manager for MontaVista Linux
Carrier Grade Edition Linux. ³CGE clearly addresses key telecom availability
needs in compliance with all standards-based feature requirements considered
critical benchmarks by our top-tier customers.²

About Kontron: A leading global embedded computer technology company,
Kontron supplies a diversified customer base of OEMs, system integrators and
application providers in the communications, automation, transportation,
medical, military, aerospace, and test and measurement markets. The company
helps its customers to considerably reduce their time-to-market and to gain
a competitive advantage with products including high-performance open
computer platforms and systems, single board computers, man-machine
interfaces and mobile computers. Kontron employs more than 1,800 people
worldwide and has manufacturing facilities in Europe, North America and Asia
Pacific. The company is listed on the German TecDAX 30 stock exchange under
WKN: 605395. Kontron is a member of the Intel Communications Alliance. For
additional information on Kontron, please visit: www.kontron.com.

About MontaVista Software:
MontaVista Software provides an Open Source platform allowing system
designers to innovate across a wide range of inter-connected intelligent
devices and communications infrastructure. MontaVista enables software
developers with a commercial-grade Linux-based operating system. MontaVista
Linux is a universal development platform that helps customers differentiate
their products and get them to market faster at lower overall development
costs. MontaVista Linux is the preferred choice of some of the world¹s
largest corporations. For more information about MontaVista Software, please
visit http://www.mvista.com.

For Further Information, Editors Contact:
Benoit Robert 
Executive Director, Product Management
ATCA & CPCI
Phone: 450-437-4661-2269
Benoit.Robert@ca.kontron.com

Media Relations

Lisa Baker, Vice President, Marketing Communication
Kontron America 
Phone: 858-405-3010
lisa.baker@kontron.com

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