Empower Technologies™ Partners with Jogtek to Enter the Fastest Growing September 10, 2008 – Richmond, BC, Canada – Empower Technologies (TSX.V: EPT) is pleased to announce their first customer Jogtek Corp of Taiwan for the yet to be announced new Single Board Computer – SBC3530, Empower’s most powerful Single Board Computer with wireless options and features that cover a wide range of commercial and industrial applications. Jogtek is a developer and manufacturer of RFID products and technologies. Empower has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Jogtek to partner and to develop Jogtek’s latest mass market RFID based Interactive Marketing System (IMS) for the retail and hospitality industry. Under the MOU, Empower will customize and license their latest SBC35x to Jogtek to integrate into their new line of RFID based IMS product. Upon completion and further agreements, Empower will license Jogtek the right to use, manufacture, and integrate the customized version of SBC3530 and its associated software including LEOs (Linux Embedded OS) into Jogtek’s new IMS product. Empower and Jogtek expect to complete this project by the end of this year and unit shipment to Jogtek’s customers in the first half of 2009. “Empower is very excited to have a strong customer and partner like Jogtek who is breaking new ground in the retail and hospitality sales and marketing technology. Their rich RFID and Interactive Marketing System (IMS) product lines and technologies combined with Empower's advanced embedded technologies are going to make great stride in their target market,” said Paul Leung , President and CEO of Empower. “This is an excellent opportunity for Jogtek to leapfrog ahead of our competitors. By deploying Empower's Rapid Productization Methodology, it shortens our product development time by months as well as realizing a huge saving in engineering cost, time and material. For our existing installed base and new customers in our target market, this is very good news. They don't have to wait very long for our new line of Interactive Marketing System (IMS) to help improve their in-store sell through and on premise real time marketing efficiency,” said Jackson Huang , President and CEO of Jogtek.
About Empower Technologies™ Founded in 2000, Empower Technologies (TSX.V: EPT) is an innovative company that brings the power and flexibility of the LEOs® (LinuxDA™ Embedded Operating System) to the dynamic embedded computing Industry and the emerging Intelligent Appliance Market, through their development of Linux-based operating software, embedded system technologies and solutions. The products and services that form the base of its business activities include an embedded system development platform for LEOs®, based on Texas Instruments™ embedded CPU platform, that fulfill the needs and demands of developers and the embedded computing Industry. Empower is continuing to develop LEOs® and newer versions of embedded CPUs in line with Texas Instruments™. By uniting top professionals from within the computer industry and developing quality partnerships and strategic alliances, Empower is committed to being the leading developer of Linux-based operating software and embedded system technologies and solutions for electronics manufacturers and developers. Empower’s brands are “LEOs®”, “LinuxDA™”, Linux-based embedded operating systems and “PowerPlay™”, smart consumer electronics.
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