Wind River Honored as Leader on the SD Times 100 List for Fifth Consecutive Year

Business Wire, June 4, 2007

Wind River Named Winner in the "Embedded" Category

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- For the fifth year in a row, Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), has been named a winner of the SD Times 100, which recognizes the leaders and innovators of the software development industry. The 2007 list, which posted on June 1, notes, "Already the leader in embedded development, Wind River is getting the open standards religion in a big way."

This past year, Wind River extended DSO into the verification and validation phase of the development life cycle with the availability of Wind River Lab Diagnostics. Wind River also upgraded Wind River[R] Workbench, On-Chip Debugging Edition, offering multicore device developers a more fully-supported, standards-based development environment. In addition, Wind River announced partnerships with Texas Instruments, RadiSys, OpenClovis, Esterel Technologies and Curtiss-Wright.

"We are delighted to once again be named to the prestigious SD Times 100 list," said John Bruggeman, Chief Marketing Officer of Wind River. "The recognition of our device software efforts over the past year reaffirms Wind River's position as the global leader in DSO."

"The winners of this year's SD Times 100 awards have demonstrated their leadership in shaping the software development industry," said David Rubinstein, Editor-in-Chief of SD Times. "We took into account each nominee's products and services, its reputation among development managers, and the new ideas it brought out. These select individuals and organizations are the ones we've identified as helping to move the art of development forward."

For more information on the SD Times Annual 100 list please go to: www.sdtimes.com.

About Wind River

Wind River is the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop, run and manage device software faster, better, at lower cost and more reliably. Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process, from concept to deployed product.

Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com or call 1-800-872-4977.

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