Sensoria Corporation Brings IBM Embedded Java(TM) Technology and OSGi to Remote Gateway Devices

         New Relationship Complements Sensoria Telematics Environment

    LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 6 Sensoria Corporation, a leader
in wireless connectivity solutions announced today at DEMOmobile 2001 in La
Jolla, Calif. a strategic association with IBM to execute Open Services
Gateway Initiative (OSGi) standards for delivering Java applications to remote
gateway devices in vehicles, homes and industrial equipment.
    The relationship provides Sensoria with VisualAge(TM) Micro Edition
development tools and J9(TM), J2ME "Java Powered" Java compatible class
libraries, custom class libraries, IBM's best-in-class embedded virtual
machine technology and OSGi frameworks.  Sensoria will perform gateway
platform integration for customers interested in IBM's technology.  This
delivers an advanced operating environment for applications and services
delivered to remote gateways in vehicles, homes and factory environments.
    Embedded computing platforms are often resource constrained, requiring
great engineering attention to memory, power and heat related parameters.
Sensoria and IBM's expertise in software for embedded systems has resulted in
the powerful integration of gateway platforms with Java technology designed
from the start for embedded deployment.
    OSGi is an industry consortium of 85 companies collaborating to define
specifications for how to use the Java programming language to simplify the
process of developing applications for limited memory devices and resource
constrained clients.  The specifications give a framework for writing code for
managed devices that are continuously running.  Applications get swapped in
and out, are updated on the fly, and communicate dependably with other
applications.
    "As a result of this partnership, it will be easier for independent
software vendors to develop and deploy Java-based applications on a variety of
remote gateways," says Dave Gelvin, president and CEO of Sensoria Corporation.
"IBM's easy to use VisualAge Micro Edition cross-platform development
environment enables third parties to quickly and easily develop and deliver
innovative applications and services to our platforms."
    "Sensoria's abstraction technology makes it easy for the service providers
to securely manage application and service delivery to a variety of platforms
without worrying about the complexities of the ever-changing wireless
infrastraucture," explains Skip McGaughey, director of the IBM embedded
systems group.  "Their integration of our J9 virtual machine and the SMF OSGi
framework will further simplify application integration with remote gateway
platforms."
    IBM's Java technology is long recognized by the industry as robust, fast,
scaleable and stable.  As proof of this leadership, all four high volume
distributors of Linux recently chose to ship IBM's Developers Kit for Linux,
Java Technology Edition, with their products.  IBM's virtual machine
implementations are rated the highest performing and most scaleable by
industry benchmarks like VolanoMark and SpecJVM98.  VisualAge Micro Edition
and the J9 virtual machine now extend this great technology lineup to embedded
platforms.  For more information on IBM's support of Java 1.3, go to:
http://www.developer.ibm.com/java/j2/.  For further information on VisualAge
Micro Edition, see: http://www.ibm.com/embedded.
    The Sensoria Telematics Environment is a standards-based platform for
delivering next-generation telematics services over conventional cellular,
Bluetooth and wireless LAN connections.  It enables telematics service
providers to quickly and easily deploy new voice and data applications
remotely to in-vehicle information systems.  It consists of three components:
the Telematics Communication Server, the Telematics Client Platform software,
and the mGate Modular Vehicle Gateway.  Sensoria has simplified the
complexities of wireless and proprietary vehicle interfaces into a common set
of APIs and web-based interfaces to support third-party software development
for the Sensoria Telematics Environment.

    About Sensoria Corporation
    Sensoria Corporation is a leader in wireless and wire-line connectivity
solutions that network the systems embedded in vehicles, homes and industry
with the Internet.  Sensoria's technology enables access to advanced
telematics, telemetry and location-based services from the car, workplace or
home.  Founded in 1998, Sensoria Corp. is a private company based in San
Diego, California.  For more information, visit http://www.sensoria.com/ or
call (858) 673-4460.

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