Art & Logic to work with Ubicom to reduce time-to-market for internet device developers

Collaboration promotes ease-of-use for market-specific interfaces.

Glendale, Calif. - February 22, 2001 - Art & Logic, Inc., a provider of embedded Internet engineering services, and Ubicom, Inc. (formerly Scenix), the leading supplier of Internet Processors and networking software that enable ubiquitous communications, today agreed to work together to enable OEMs to bring embedded Internet devices to market faster.

Many experts agree that for the embedded Internet to grow, devices must be as easy to use as a kitchen toaster. Combining the Art & Logic Advanced JavaScript Control Suite (AJCS) and control interface engineering services with the Ubicom Internet Processors, an OEM can tailor device interface to specific market needs, delivering a better device in less time.

Art & Logic designs and develops management and control software for embedded devices. These devices include home Internet appliances, industrial controllers, medical monitoring equipment, and such infrastructure devices as media servers, bridges and gateways. Ubicom’s Internet Processors are the engines that drive device communication. They are uniquely programmable and reprogrammable, eliminating costly ASIC development for the OEM. Together, the two firms offer OEMs flexibility by allowing design teams to both implement and change the control software any time during development.

“The control interface is critical in device communication. What good is building a device that people can’t figure out how to use?” said Bulent Celebi, Ubicom’s President and CEO. “Art & Logic brings elegance to controls for device management. We look forward to working together.”

Engineers at Art & Logic are trained in the technologies used in the embedded Internet. They assist in every phase of device control development, including specification writing, design, implementation, maintenance, and support of the system throughout its life. The company has delivered over twenty device management systems, most within aggressive time lines.

“We continue to be excited about the growth of the embedded Internet,” said Paul Hershenson, President of Art & Logic. “The programmability of Ubicom’s product is a big plus, and I know Art & Logic can help their customers bring great devices to market.”

The benefits of the collaboration to OEMs are:

Faster time-to-market
Increased end-user ease-of-use
Customized interfaces for application - or geographic - specific markets

Art & Logic’s proprietary Advanced JavaScript Control Suite for web-based device management embodies five years of development of real-time event display, alarm monitoring, and cross-browser compatibility, and has been ported for use with Ubicom’s Internet Processors. The library shortens the development time of embedded web-based projects, while providing a low memory footprint, high performance, and impressive-looking displays.

The core of Ubicom’s technology is its high-performance, deterministic Internet Processors, which feature on-chip flash memory into which are programmed pre-built software to configure or reconfigure the chip. The processors are optimized to support communications, Internet protocols, and control functions that are implemented in software, thereby providing the flexible platform necessary to support a wide range of applications.

Art & Logic, Inc.

Established in 1991, Art & Logic, Inc. provides web, GUI, and embedded software engineering services to hardware companies throughout the world. The company was a pioneer in web-based Device Management in 1996 and has since provided web-based solutions for Nortel Networks, Hewlett-Packard, Broadcom, Redback Networks, and others. Art & Logic can be found on the web at www.artlogic.com.

Ubicom, Inc.

Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Ubicom, Inc., enables ubiquitous communications. Ubicom is the leading supplier of Internet Processors and networking software that will connect billions of devices to the Internet. Ubicom implements communications and control functions as pre-built software modules that run on its Internet Processors. This approach reduces time to production and system cost, while providing greater flexibility, compared to traditional design approaches. Additional information on Ubicom and its products can be found on the web at www.ubicom.com.

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