Anyware Technologies receives the “INPI Innovation 2008” Award

Anyware Technologies has been rewarded by the INPI for its dynamic policy on innovation and industrial property

Labège, December 2008 –As a result of globalisation and the increase in trade, industrial property is becoming increasingly strategic. If offers competitiveness, growth and wealth for companies and the economy alike. Anyware Technologies has achieved commercial success by introducing industry to technological innovations and by exploiting the potential of industrial property as a lever of genuine growth. We were awarded a regional prize on November 19 by the National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) and will compete at the national level on January 20, 2009.

Open source technology and technological innovation for new business models Anyware Technologies is a market leader in machine-to-machine solutions and an expert in open source technology. It is a rapidly expanding, moderately-sized company which, since 2004, has filed four patents and six trademarks, which were then extended abroad with the company’s international expansion. “From the day it was set up eight years ago, Anyware technologies has banked on the potential of open source, with the help of a team of experts that have actively participated in open source communities such as Apache or Eclipse. The company also launched its machine-to-machine business in 2005 when the market had barely even emerged. Today, we are very happy that we have been recognized for our policy on innovation” said Emmanuel Walckenaer, CEO of Anyware Technologies

Innovation and an industrial property strategy are significant factors in its competitiveness Since it was set up in 2000, Anyware Technologies has experienced continuous growth in terms of both turnover and staff. The company’s added value lies in its ability to suggest innovative solutions and to exploit new technologies to enhance client performance. Since becoming a fully-owned subsidiary of Wavecom in February 2008, Anyware Technologies has expanded its range of products and services and has taken full advantage of the new market dynamics, enabling it to take on new technological challenges and to open up more opportunities abroad. Drawing on Wavecom’s expertise and its own, Anyware Technologies has created a full service platform and specialised development tools for the machine-to-machine market, which provide solutions to many of the challenges arising from equipment fleet management. “The judges liked the fact that Anyware Technologies sees itself as very much part of the Open Source world. Anyware Technologies has a team of Open Source experts as well as a considered approach to protection issues, which shows that industrial property is at the heart of the company’s strategy” declared Mr. Comte, regional INPI representative

About the INPI: The National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) is a public institution, which is completely self-financed and operates under the auspices of the Ministry for the Economy, Industry and Employment. It issues patents, trademarks, drawings and models and provides access to all information pertaining to industrial property and companies. It actively participates in developing and implementing public policy in the field of industrial property and anti-counterfeiting measures. To learn more: http://www.inpi.fr About Anyware Technologies: Anyware Technologies offers advanced software solutions, tailor made applications and development tools to leading companies and small and medium sized companies in various business sectors. Internationally recognised for its expertise in the field of open source technology and machine-to-machine solutions, it is a subsidiary of the French company Wavecom. Its technological skills focus on two complementary business sectors:

Open Source Solutions & Services: development of web applications, open source CMS Ametys, applications based on the Eclipse platform

Machine-to-Machine Solutions: Centralised management of remote equipment based on a comprehensive services platform : M2MOperatingPortal™

To learn more: http://www.anyware-tech.com

Press Contact: Aygline Hoppenot – 06 71 92 89 48 – rphoppenot@yahoo.fr