Joint Effort Provides Customers With Comprehensive VxWorks(R)-based Security Solutions

FREMONT, Calif. - Oct. 1, 2003 (Send2Press Newswire) -- TeamF1, Inc. (www.TeamF1.com), the leader in high performance and low-resource embedded security solutions, today announced a multi-year alliance with Wind River Systems (NASDAQ: WIND) to advance the mutual goal of providing secure networking technologies to customers. This strategic technology and marketing agreement combines TeamF1's expertise in embedded security with Wind River's worldwide market leadership in embedded software and services.

Under the alliance agreement, the two companies have worked to jointly develop and market advanced security technologies including IPsec and IKE support for IPv4/IPv6 in Wind River's market and customer specific platforms. On VxWorks-based platforms that do not include IPsec, and on stand-alone versions of VxWorks, TeamF1 now offers the next generation of the WIND(R) NET IPsec in the form of its V-IPSecure for VxWorks product. V-IPSecure is tightly integrated with the native IPv4 stack provided with Wind River's operating systems. Additionally, Wind River has transitioned support for existing users of WIND NET IPsec and IKE 1.0 to TeamF1.

TeamF1 also becomes the preferred security provider for the VxWorks platforms and expands the reach of its security portfolio to new Wind River products. As part of the broader cooperation, TeamF1 has enhanced its SSLimSecure SSL product to serve as an effective replacement for Wind River's WIND(R) NET SSL. TeamF1 is also certifying its market-leading AuthAgent Kerberos and SSHield SECSH products for use with Wind River's Market Specific Platforms.

"TeamF1 is a natural choice for a joint development alliance with Wind River to provide our customers with leading edge embedded security solutions for Wind River's integrated embedded platforms - WIND RIVER PLATFORMS Market Specific Platforms," said Tony Tryba, vice president of automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, digital consumer and network infrastructure at Wind River. "We have had great success working with TeamF1 as a key Premier Partner for the past four years. I am confident that our ongoing strategic engineering and marketing efforts with TeamF1 will provide our customers with leading edge, high quality solutions that they have come to expect of Wind River."

"This alliance is another exciting milestone for TeamF1 and demonstrates our commitment to the growing embedded security market," said Vinai Kolli, Vice President of Engineering for TeamF1. "This strategic partnership with Wind River combines our best of breed technologies to provide our mutual customers with superior security solutions enabling them to accelerate their product development."

TeamF1 and Wind River are actively collaborating on further technology development and the seamless integration of TeamF1's security portfolio on Wind River products. The two companies are in discussions to extend the agreement to encompass additional technologies, making it easier for joint customers to secure their embedded devices using leading edge protocols.

Availability
All of TeamF1's security products including V-IPSecure (IPsec and IKE), SSLimSecure (SSL), SSHield (SECSH) and AuthAgent Kerberos are immediately available for Wind River's platforms and can be licensed directly from TeamF1 under flexible licensing terms, including royalty-free full-source distributions. For more product details, please refer to http://www.TeamF1.com/products.htm.

About TeamF1
TeamF1, Inc., founded in 1996, is a privately held corporation headquartered in Fremont, CA. TeamF1's products enable secure management of telecom/datacom and industrial equipment, and provide the infrastructure components needed for switching and wireless products in various market segments. For more information visit the company's website at http://www.TeamF1.com or contact TeamF1 Public Relations at 510-505-9931 or email pr _at_ TeamF1.com.

Company Website: www.TeamF1.com
Source of News: TeamF1, Inc.

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