News & Press SBS Technologies Teams with Green Hills Software to Enhance Embedded System Security and Reliability April 08, 2003 -- SBS Technologies® (Nasdaq: SBSE) today announced a newly formed agreement with Green Hills Software, Inc. to provide support for Green Hills Software's INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS) on SBS single board computers.   "SBS has long been recognized as a supplier in the defense and aerospace marketplace providing embedded solutions for applications that demand optimal security, reliability and deterministic response", said Frank Willis, Vice President of Government Business Development for SBS. "With INTEGRITY, our customers can develop systems that deliver even more security and reliability than previously possible. INTEGRITY support with SBS' single board computers affords our customers the ability to boost productivity so that systems can be brought to market faster and with lower development costs and no royalty fees", continued Willis.   "Green Hills is pleased to be collaborating with SBS Technologies, a company that successfully supplies a winning mix of embedded computing hardware for aerospace/defense, medical, commercial and telecommunications applications," said Dan Mender, INTEGRITY's Director of Business Development at Green Hills Software. Mender continued, "Combining the INTEGRITY RTOS with SBS single board computers provides a high-performance integrated embedded solution that is extremely reliable and secure."   The royalty-free INTEGRITY RTOS is available immediately on SBS' RL4, K2, CK3 and VG4 single board computers. In order to provide products for applications that require enhanced system security and reliability, INTEGRITY has a software architecture that utilizes the hardware memory protection facilities of the processor's MMU. INTEGRITY builds a firewall between the kernel and user tasks that prevents errant code from corrupting user data, the kernel, interprocess communications, device drivers and other user tasks. INTEGRITY also enhances reliability by running with interrupts continuously enabled and guaranteeing access to the CPU and memory for critical tasks.   About SBS Technologies   SBS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBSE), founded in 1986, designs and builds open architecture embedded computer products that enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to serve the commercial, communication, enterprise, and government markets. SBS products are integrated into a variety of applications, including communication networking, medical imaging, industrial automation, and military systems. The portfolio includes an extensive line of CPU boards, computer interconnections, avionics, telemetry, and fully integrated systems and enclosures. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, SBS maintains eight primary operating locations, has regional sales offices throughout the United States and has international sales offices in four countries. More information on SBS is available at www.sbs.com   More on Green Hills Software   Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software Inc. a technology leader for real-time operating systems and software development tools for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. Our royalty-free INTEGRITY® RTOS, compilers, MULTI® and AdaMULTI Integrated Development Environments and Green Hills Probe, offer a complete development solution that addresses both deeply embedded and high-reliability applications.   Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom. For more information on Green Hills Software products, call 805-965-6044, email sales@ghs.com.   Green Hills Software, the Green Hills logo, INTEGRITY, and MULTI are registered trademarks, and AdaMULTI and INTEGRITY-178B are a trademarks of Green Hills Software Inc.   Green Hills Software, MULTI and INTEGRITY are registered trademarks. Brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.   This new product announcement contains forward-looking statements concerning SBS' product strategy, technology capability, competitive leadership, product capabilities, and the timing of introduction of new products and services. These statements reflect the perspectives and expectations of SBS management as of the date of this release. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risk factors, including sales and product strategy within SBS; changes in the general economy and in SBS' business, including disruptions of cash flow that may impact investment in research and development activities; changes in demand for SBS' products; technological difficulties and resource constraints encountered in developing new products; the impact of rapid technological and market change; availability of qualified personnel; and other risk factors listed from time to time in SBS' SEC reports, including those listed under "Risk Factors" in SBS' Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports.