Insyde Software and ZD Technologies (Beijing) Limited Announce Technology Partnership for UEFI Firmware Solutions

BEAVERTON, OREGON, APRIL 07, 2009 - Insyde Software, a leading provider of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) based firmware and engineering services and ZD Technologies (Beijing) Limited, a software and services provider, today announced a strategic technology partnership for the purpose of delivering advanced UEFI firmware solutions to ZD Technologies' customers.

ZD Technologies (Beijing) Ltd., a technology services provider with headquarters in Beijing, China has an established market position providing software solutions in industries that have high information security requirements. The partnership will give ZD Technologies access to a market-ready UEFI firmware solution (InsydeH2O) that they will in turn customize and support for their customers in Chinese market.

InsydeH2O™, the most widely deployed UEFI BIOS shipping today uses the latest BIOS software technologies to provide an industry-standard, modern interface between operating systems and platform firmware. InsydeH2O which integrates UEFI specifications and the Intel? Platform Innovation Framework for EFI to provide a high quality, production-proven, mature "Hardware-2-OS" (H2O) interface, is available on tens of millions of notebooks, netbooks, servers, and embedded systems worldwide.

"ZD Technologies is well positioned to customize and support our UEFI technology in their targeted customer base which needs information security across numerous computing segments including netbooks, notebooks, servers, desktops and embedded systems," said Jonathan Joseph, EVP, Insyde Software Corp. "This partnership combines their engineering expertise and customer relationships with our industry-leading UEFI firmware to extend their product and support offerings," commented Joseph.

"We are very pleased to be working with Insyde Software, the leader in UEFI firmware-based computers shipping today," stated Li Weiwei, President, ZD Technologies (Beijing) Ltd. "Our goal through this partnership is to establish ZD Technologies as a trusted provider of UEFI technologies and engineering support services for our growing customer base and target market segments," added Li.

Insyde Software (www.insydesw.com) is a leading global provider of BIOS, UEFI-based firmware and engineering services for companies in the desktop, mobile, server and embedded computing industries. The publicly held company's customers include among many others Acer, Compal, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Inventec, Lenovo, Malata, NEC, Quanta, Sony, Toshiba, and Wistron.

ZD Technologies (Beijing) Limited is a well-established software solution and service provider for the Chinese market, focusing primarily on E-government and financial sectors.

Insyde is a registered trademark and InsydeH2O is a trademark of Insyde Software.
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