PRESS RELEASE e-F@ctory Alliance partner provides embedded for Mitsubishi iQ platform Controller CPU

Birdstep Technology’s Division is a new member of the Mitsubishi Electric e-F@ctory Alliance partnership ecosystem providing embedded database technology to run on the iQ Platform’s C Controller CPU. Raima’s RDM Embedded technology provides an industrial grade database platform that allows data to be stored, managed, and accessed directly within the controller rather than via a higher-level PC database, offering huge potential for increased performance and easier system integration.

Raima is the leading provider of high performance, high availability database solutions for critical real-time applications. With its RDM Embedded database technology, Raima provides a network database on a local device which has a predictable performance, unlike traditional relational whose performance is negatively affected at an exponential rate as the volume of data being managed increases. RDM Embedded has been successfully deployed in millions of business critical applications over the past 25 years, providing users with safe and reliable data management solutions for today’s complex interconnected devices and applications.

Joining the Mitsubishi Electric e-F@ctory Alliance partnership ecosystem, Raima has released a version of RDM Embedded that runs on the C Controller CPU. Users can take advantage of both the real-time , along with the C programming environment of the CPU, to customize RDM Embedded to their specific application requirements. Data can be stored in memory or on-disk on the optional compact flash memory card. Raima also provides a web-based interface through their microHTTP server, as

well as a powerful replication server that allows data to be moved to and from Raima’s RDM Server database or any other 3rd party data store (such as a SCADA systems, ERP systems, enterprise database, etc). These two key features make remote access to the database simple yet extremely powerful, allowing for more complex deployment of monitoring & control industrial applications.

Commenting on the selection of Raima to provide an embedded database platform for the C controller, Mitsubishi e-F@ctory Alliance originator, Chris Hazlewood, says:

“Raima has more than 25 years of experience developing embedded databases with over 20,000 developers worldwide that have created and deployed in excess of 20 million RDM based applications. RDM Embedded is a high-performance, real-time, small footprint embedded database that has been thoroughly tested and proven in some of the world’s most demanding applications. It says a lot about a product when it is considered reliable enough for use in many stock exchanges across the globe. Now, with RDM Embedded on the C Controller, we are able to offer a rugged and local solution for the safe handling of large amounts of data directly on a shop-floor controller, without the need for higher level IT support.”

“Being a Mitsubishi Electric e-F@ctory Alliance partner will create a brand new distribution channel for Raima within the Industrial Automation market.” “Working with Mitsubishi Electric we will be able to provide a more complete solution to customers within Industrial Automation,” says Steinar Sande, Chief Executive Officer of Raima.

The C Controller operates on an iQ platform backplane with other System Q CPUs. Embedding the database on a local controller rather than on a higher-level PC increases the speed with which shop floor control systems can access application data, opening the door for a large performance boost for critical production operations.

In addition, users will benefit from an increased transparency of production data and information. With the e-F@ctory automation concept assuring seamless data flow across the enterprise, the replication technology within RDM Embedded will allow easy distribution of data from the C controller to networked PLCs and to higher-level business systems.

About Birdstep Technology’s Raima Division Birdstep Technology, Inc. (Raima Division) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Birdstep Technology ASA, and a leading provider of high-performance embedded database solutions known as the product-line. Since 1984, the company has been focused on solving data management problems in a wide variety of verticals such as Mil/Aero, Telecom, Financial, Consumer Electronics, Medical, Industrial Automation, Business Automation and more. With over 20,000 application developers, resulting in over 20,000,000 deployments, Birdstep continues to lead in the worldwide demand for embedded database technology.

About Mitsubishi Electric With over 80 years of experience in providing reliable, high-quality products to both corporate clients and general consumers all over the

world, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TSE: 6503) is a recognized world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and electronic equipment used in information processing and communications, space development and satellite communications, consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation and building equipment. The company recorded consolidated group sales of 3,665.1 billion yen (US$ 37.4 billion*) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.

Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan, and represents over a 30 year history of sales, service and support of automation products within the European market place.

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