ErgoTech's Virtual Instrumentation Beans Certified as 100% Pure Java By Sun Microsystems

Business Wire, August 3, 1998

LOS ALAMOS, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1998--ErgoTech Systems Inc., a leading independent developer of component software and technology for manufacturing integration and plant floor control, has been awarded 100% Pure Java certification from Sun Microsystems Inc. for its Virtual Instrumentation Beans (Single Development Edition) product.

The VIB product is used to develop Java technology-based graphical user interfaces for industrial and laboratory control applications. The suite of JavaBeans components includes meters, strip charts, annunciators, active input devices (buttons, knobs, sliders), and seven-segment displays.

This product is characterized by its ability to connect to live data sources for real-time updates by simple extensions of the basic VIB Data Servers provided in the package. 100% Pure Java certification ensures that this VIB product is portable across all environments and platforms that are Java compatible. This certification ensures that this product is writtenentirely in the Java language and has been certified by an independent testing center on multiple platforms.

"The complete portability of JavaBeans components combined with the very strong Java platform network model makes Java technology a natural match for distributed factory automation applications," said Jim Redman, president of ErgoTech.

"The 100% Pure Java certification of our VIB product assures our customers that these components can be placed anywhere on the network as part of fully distributed integrated solutions running from the plant floor to the front office," Redman continued.

"We are delighted to award ErgoTech 100% Pure Java certification," said George Paolini, director of corporate marketing at Sun Microsystems' Java Software. "This edition of their VIB product is an excellent package of components for visualizing real-time data. We are pleased to see such a product on the marketplace to promote Java technology in factory and laboratory automation."

About ErgoTech Systems Inc.

ErgoTech is a leading independent provider of quality distributed object technology and component software for manufacturers, research organizations, and OEMs for machine and equipment control. ErgoTech is committed to providing turn-key solutions as well as toolkits and components for developing distributed plant-floor and enterprise systems.

ErgoTech's premier object-oriented product, Enterprise ErgoCim, is based on an open architecture framework with both Java language and CORBA technology to provide shop floor automation, machine control, and enterprise-wide manufacturing information access. ErgoCim allows the integration of tools and equipment and other information, allowing the creation of an integratable manufacturing execution system (IMES).

The Virtual Instrumentation Beans components can be used to create stand -alone Java applications or applets, or can be used with ErgoTech's open Java technology-based industrial framework to create distributed component-based software for machine control, factory automation, and enterprise-wide integration.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Virtual Instrumentation Beans, VIB, and Enterprise ErgoCim are trademarks of ErgoTech Systems Inc. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java, JavaBeans, and 100% Pure Java, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective companies.

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