Released on: September 1, 2008, 6:18 am

Press Release Author: econ Systems

Industry: Semiconductors

Press Release Summary: Acknowledging e-con contribution towards Windows Embedded,
Microsoft has awarded Gold Level partner status to e-con. highest level of partner
status for MS WEPP

Press Release Body: St. Louis, USA/Chennai, India - September 2’ 2008

e-con Systems Inc., a leading Embedded Design Services company based out of St
Louis, USA & Chennai, India today announced that it has been escalated by Microsoft
as a GOLD LEVEL Partner with Windows Embedded Partner Program (WEPP), a premium
level status in strategic worldwide initiative that provides partners with increased
business opportunities, market awareness and technology advice.
\"It is an honor to be selected by Microsoft as a Gold-level Member of its Windows
Embedded Partner Program,\" said Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems.

Commenting on how GOLD Partnership benefits customers Ashok highlighted “e-con
Systems as a System integrator strives hard to get the latest technology to its
customers and assist them in meeting their goals. Being a gold partner e-con
leverage the following advantages to its customers i.e.

• Close business relationship with Microsoft
• Full access to product roadmaps
• Early access to product releases
• Premium access to Windows Embedded CE source code

Hence they can migrate to advanced features quicker and before the competition,
which helps them to add more value to their products and in turn adds value to their
customers”

\"We are pleased to award the Gold Level Partner status to e-con Systems of Chennai,
India,\" said John Boladian, Lead Product Manager for Windows Embedded in Asia
Pacific & Greater China, Microsoft Corp. \"The Gold Level is the highest achievable
in the Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program and recognises those partners
committed to excellence in Windows Embedded technologies\"
e-con’s strength lies in working with customers to help shorten product development
cycles and reduce the total time-to-market, and by using flexible solutions coined
“Productized Services” around Windows CE, e-con has pioneered in addressing customer
requirements and feels proud seeing their products in the market and make sure that
customers and e-con create a value for everyone.

About Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Partner Program:

Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Partner Program (WEPP) is a strategic worldwide
initiative dedicated to providing partners with increased business opportunity,
market awareness and technology advice for Windows Embedded CE, .NET and Windows XP
Embedded computing solutions. WEPP goes beyond proving sales and marketing services
by establishing relationships between developers, software and hardware
manufacturers, training firms, silicon vendors, and more. For more information,
visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/partners/program/default.mspx.


About e-con Systems:

e-con Systems, an Embedded Product Development Partner offers World-class design
services in embedded domain with a passion for “Productizing ideas” e-con realizes
the concept of the customers in to final products. E-con has so far developed Video
conferencing equipments, Smart phones, Industrial data loggers, Loyalty terminals,
Video surveillance equipments and Point of Sale terminals for it’s customers.

contactin@e-consystems.com or vsanghi@e-consystems.com

Windows Embedded, Gold Partner, Windows CE Gold Partner, Windows Embedded Partners


Web Site: http://www.e-consystems.com

Contact Details: e-con Systems Inc. I St. Louis I Missouri I USA; +1-408 625 7267
e-con Systems India Pvt. Ltd. I Chennai I India; +91 98840 54104