Insignia Solutions joins DVB Project; Company aims to make its accelerated Jeode platform the premier Java solution for digital set-top box and TV applications.

M2 PRESSWIRE-21 March 2000-INSIGNIA SOLUTIONS: Insignia Solutions joins DVB Project; Company aims to make its accelerated Jeode platform the premier Java solution for digital set-top box and TV applications (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Fremont, CA -- Insignia Solutions (NASDAQ:INSGY) announced today that its has joined the Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) Project to aggressively market its accelerated Jeode platform as the premier Java solution for digital set-top box and television applications.

"Participating in the DVB Project is an important part of our strategy for the digital set-top box and television markets," said Jon Hoskin, chief technology officer of Insignia Solutions. "It will allow us to have full access to technical specifications for emerging standards and provide us with the opportunity to serve on technical committees to review and refine future specifications. By bringing our Java technology expertise to the table, we can ensure that, as we bring new products to market, there is a close integration between our Jeode platform and the DVB technology for advanced set-top box and digital television."

"We`re very pleased to welcome Insignia to the DVB Project," said DVB Chairman Theo Peek. "Like Insignia, the DVB is strongly committed to Java technology."

The DVB unanimously selected Java technology for its digital interactive broadcasting standard late last year. The landmark agreement, which was announced by Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW) on November 22, 1999, is expected to enable completion of the DVB Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) specification by early this year, accelerating the availability of rich interactive content running on a wide variety of digital television products from many vendors.

The DVB Project

The Digital Video Broadcasting Project is a consortium of more than 200 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators and regulatory bodies in more than 30 countries worldwide, committed to designing a global standard for the delivery of digital television. Numerous broadcast services using DVB standards with millions of compliant decoders are now operational in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Equipment compliant to DVB standards dominate the marketplace and DVB transmissions are on the air in five continents. The DVB System provides a complete solution for digital television and data broadcasting. All DVB systems are based on MPEG-2 video compression and include the necessary elements to bring digital broadcast services to the home through cable, satellite, and terrestrial broadcast systems.

The Multimedia Home Platform API consists of a software specification which will be implemented in set-top boxes, integrated Digital TV receivers and Multimedia PCs. The MHP will connect the worlds of broadcast television, Internet computing and telecommunications through these devices and their associated peripherals.

Insignia Solutions

Insignia Solutions is the leading provider of accelerated Java solutions that dynamically optimize the use of available system resources.

The Jeode platform is Insignia`s accelerated implementation of Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW) PersonalJava and EmbeddedJava specifications tailored for Internet appliances and embedded devices. At the core of the Jeode platform is the "Sun Authorized Virtual Machine", the Jeode Embedded Virtual Machine (EVM), an accelerated runtime engine that delivers an optimal balance of performance and predictability in a smaller memory footprint. Using a proprietary technique called adaptive dynamic compilation, the Jeode EVM can execute Java applications on average six times faster than interpretive VMs.

The Jeode platform is designed to run with a wide range of operating systems and target processors. It currently supports operating systems such as Windows CE, Windows NT, VxWorks and Linux, and processors such as MIPS, ARM, Intel x86, PowerPC and Hitachi SH.

Insignia Solutions is publicly-held with headquarters in Fremont, California, and its main R&D facilities in High Wycombe, England.

Sales and marketing departments are located in Fremont and High Wycombe. For additional information on Insignia and its products, call 800/848-7677 in the United States, +44 (0)1628 539 500 in Europe, +81 3 5404 3440 in Japan or visit the company's website at http://www.insignia.com.

Insignia and Insignia Solutions are registered trademarks and Jeode, EVM and Embedded Virtual Machine are trademarks of Insignia Solutions, Inc. Sun, Java, EmbeddedJava, and PersonalJava are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). All other trademarks are property of their respective holders.

Forward-Looking Statements

The statements in this press release relating to matters that are not historical are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include the anticipated timing of product releases, the expected customer demand for existing and new products, the expected revenue from product sales, the growth of the market for the Company's products, and the market demand for Jeode. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to market and support an Embedded Virtual Machine (EVM) product or that such product will be accepted by customers. The Company's business is subject to a variety of other risks and uncertainties that include, but are not limited to, rapid technological changes in the industry, increased competition, and timely introduction and customer acceptance of the Company's products. These and other risks and uncertainties are further described in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 and will be described from time to time in the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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