For those who don’t know it yet, Dual Recording function allows you to simultaneously record videos with 13 mega-pixels rear facing camera and 2.1 megapixels front one. New add-ons like LG Quick Memo, QSlide 2.0 and Live Effects further enhance the real life experience. QSlide drives multitasking, letting you add personal comments to the photos shared on social media via Quick Memo and edit your videos through Live Effects at the same time. Also, no matter what your in-built flash storage is, thanks to Tuxera exFAT you can boost your phone’s memory capacity to the maximum with an external SD or SDXC memory card.

This 5.5-inch phablet received a lot of buzz in the news recently. After its launch in Korea, national sales reached 500,000 in just 40 days. It is not as surprising when we look at the smartphone replacement rate in the country, which is currently on the level of 70%. Even though the market is nearing maturity, the South Korean smartphone industry is expected to grow further 8% this year. Think-tank ROA Holdings estimates that the mobile penetration rate will reach 112 % with 33.8 million units sold in 2015.

Helsinki, Finland and Seoul, South Korea – May 7, 2013 – Tuxera Inc., the market leader in interoperable file system technologies announced today a new partnership with LG Electronics under which Tuxera exFAT file system is integrated into LGE Mobile flagship products. Tuxera’s file system solution already ships in the latest LGE smartphone lines.

LGE has ranked consistently among the Top global smartphone vendors for several years. In the first quarter of 2013, its smartphone shipments amounted to 10.3 million, raising its global market share to 4.9%.

“The smartphone market is currently driven by new technology and innovation. That is why we decided to partner with Tuxera, a highly capable file system software provider. Their commitment and hands-on expertise in supporting our product development has been outstanding and we are looking forward to a long-term license agreement. Tuxera exFAT solution ensures ease of use and full interoperability for our end users. It is being integrated into our leading smartphone lines as we speak,” commented Yu-Chan Byun, Research Fellow at LG Electronics.

The first LGE product that ships with Tuxera’s technology inside is LG Optimus G smartphone, which was released in Korea in September 2012, followed by releases in the American, Japanese and European markets. Top of the line Optimus G comes with the best hardware and software LGE has released up to date. With Tuxera exFAT integrated, LG Optimus G users can extend the phone’s storage with high capacity 64GB, 128GB and even larger SDXC memory cards. Tuxera’s fail-safe, high performance file systems also improve the device’s overall usability and performance.

At the beginning of April 2013, LGE celebrated half a million sales in Korea after only 40 days since launching its latest flagship smartphone LG Optimus G Pro. The redesigned smartphone is packed with additional features such as motion detecting technology, dual recording and VR Panorama.

“Both LGE and Tuxera are highly committed to deliver new and innovative products to the worldwide consumer markets. Having previously worked with several demanding global customers, we know what is needed to keep up with a tight development schedule. We are proud to receive LGE engineering teams’ praise for quick response times without any compromises to quality,” said Paul Choo, Tuxera Senior Country Manager Korea.

For more information, please contact:

Karolina Mosiadz
Marketing & PR
karolina@tuxera.com

About LG: 2nd largest electronic products maker of South Korea and third largest appliance maker in the world. LG manufactures, develops and sells Digital Display, Digital Appliances, Digital Media and Mobile Communication products in international market. LG Electronics is a project of LG Group, which earns revenue of USD$68.8 billion. For more information please visit: www.lg.com

About Tuxera: Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across mobiles, tablets, home entertainment, consumer, industrial or any other electronics. Tuxera’s industry-standard file system solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have hundreds of millions installations. Close collaboration with industry leaders ensures reliable compatibility and helps to set high standard in performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com

Android powered set-top box transforms your TV into an intuitive device. It lets you access digital content, play games, make a use of a robust app ecosystem, video-conference and surf the Internet. Common connectivity options include SD card reader, HDMI outputs, USB 2.0 ports, Bluetooth, integrated Ethernet port and WI-FI connection.

Set-top box popularity spiked recently due to an influx of reasonably priced, feature – rich and innovative products from Roku, Xiaomi, EXOON, Plex and SKnet among others. SKnet newest home media accessories bring support for multichannel, high-definition recording and playback, thanks to integrated Tuxera file system solutions. Forecasts say that the emergence of video gateways and media players will further drive the value of set-top box market up to $26 billion by 2017.

Let’s not forget about the arrival of content-on demand, custom programing and live TV streaming platforms. Services such as Netflix and Aereo offer people an option to stream favourite programs & movies, whenever they want, for a flat price. The number of available outlets is constantly growing. Depending on a set-top box provider, the offer includes a variety of channels like Hulu, Vudu, HBO Go, Amazon Instant Video and more.

Set-top boxes make up a part of networked home, a concept where all the devices communicate with each other and where the media content can be shared & accessed at any time. Increasing connectivity requires a high level of interoperability and that is what we focus on here at Tuxera.

NTFS-3G is the original, free-software, read and write NTFS driver for Linux, Android, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenSolaris, QNX and other operating systems. It is widely used in GNU/Linux distributions, including Fedora and Ubuntu among others. The software allows users to mount Windows partitions and edit or delete Windows files. It comes with a full support for all Windows versions from Windows XP to Windows 8, added in the recent update.

In April 2011 Tuxera merged NTFS-3G together with Ntfsprogs, a collection of free Unix utilities for managing NTFS file systems, creating Tuxera NTFS Community Edition.

Open source community continues to be a big part of our business and we aim to contribute to it as much as we can. The software is regularly updated and maintained by our developers. This January we have released latest stable version ntfs-3G ntfsprogs 2013.1.13 with following specifications:

• ntfs-3g: fixed returned files types in readdir()
• ntfs-3g: force option ‘ro’ when mounting a read-only device
• ntfs-3g: keep the name of a deleted file in place for easier undeletion
• ntfs-3g: accept multiple read-only mounts
• ntfs-3g: improved Windows-type ACL inheritance, as needed by Windows 8
• ntfs-3g: avoid unnecessary runlist update when appending data to a file
• ntfs-3g: added inheritance of the set-group-id flag
• ntfs-3g: deny mounting when fast restart mode of Windows 8 is detected
• ntfs-3g: reject getting/setting DOS names on hard linked files
• ntfsclone: fixed wiping user data when creating metadata images
• ntfsclone: implemented a new option to set a new serial number
• ntfsfix: implemented fixing the backup boot sector
• ntfsfix: fixed clearing the bad cluster list
• ntfsinfo: added allocation data to the volume parameters summary
• ntfsinfo: output the numbers of runs and fragments for the selected file
• ntfslabel: implemented a new option to set a new serial number
• ntfswipe: added optional wiping of file tails and undelete data
• mkntfs: insert an $Info stream in $UpCase to comply with Windows 8
• openindianas: merged OpenIndiana requirements into the driver and fuse-lite

On the top of the stable release, there are always further add-ons, which are aimed at developing, maturing and releasing features that might be integrated in the future upgrades depending on user feedback.

Our commercial high-performance alternative, Tuxera NTFS for Mac OS X and embedded devices is currently one of the most widely deployed solutions on the market.

Helsinki, Finland and Yokohama, Japan – April 18, 2013 – Tuxera Inc., the market leader in the interoperable file system technologies announced today a partnership with SKnet, a leader in multimedia after-market accessories.

Tuxera file system suite ships in SKnet home media devices for interoperability and enhanced performance. SKnet offers their customers a unique media experience basing on the concept of “original and creative product development” and leveraging on a legacy of pioneering premium PC products. One of SKnet flagship products, Monster smart-TV line boosts integrated Internet capabilities including social media interaction, web surfing, easy network streaming and app access.

Analysts behind Markets & Markets report on Global Smart TV market are expecting Android, already prevalent on the mobile market, to make its way into the TV and connected home environment by the end of 2013.

“Tuxera NTFS brings the best interoperability support for Android devices available and it is also an ideal file system solution for set-top boxes. Tuxera file systems provide high performance API and bring us the support for multichannel, high definition recording and playback. In order to match the growing consumer expectations, we need our products to perform at the highest level and have full compatibility with other devices,” noted Kanuru Seno, President of the SKnet Corporation.

“Nowadays, the customers require access to any kind of content anytime, anywhere. Tuxera’s interoperable file systems enable users to stream and record the media content with no limitation to recording size or length and subsequently play it back from any locally attached USB hard drive, memory stick or SD card,” added Szabolcs Szakacsits, Tuxera CTO and President.

According to a study conducted by ABI Research, the worldwide set-top box market is expected to grow to 242 million in 2016, especially in the Asia-Pacific region.

“Asia is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing and most innovative technology market in the world and it is also the region where our investments are the largest. With local offices in Taipei, Beijing and Seoul Tuxera offers its customers efficient and prompt service. We are always within reach,” commented Yang Zhiheng, Country Manager at Tuxera.

For more information, please contact:

Karolina Mosiadz
Marketing & PR
karolina@tuxera.com

About SKnet: SKnet is a leading developer and manufacturer of the computer video peripheral products for consumer after-market as well as OEM market. The company was established in 1995 with headquarters based in Shin-Yokohama, Japan and manufacturing operation in Taiwan. For more information please visit http://www.sknet-web.co.jp/

About Tuxera: Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across mobiles, tablets, home entertainment, consumer, industrial or any other electronics. Tuxera’s industry-standard file system solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have hundreds of millions installations. Close collaboration with industry leaders ensures reliable compatibility and helps to set high standard in performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com

As most of you know, Mac OS X provides limited support for Microsoft Windows NTFS formatted volumes. Out of the box, the files will be in read-only mode so you won’t be able to copy, edit or delete them. However, a lot of us use many different devices at work and at home. It can quickly become very annoying to handle huge amount of digital data that is produced every day. According to a recent survey made by Deloitte, there was a 150% increase in the so-called digital omnivores, people who own at least 3 portable devices (a smart-phone, tablet and a laptop).

Tuxera focuses on development of file system solutions that help to overcome these obstacles. Our Tuxera NTFS for Mac software is widely used by Mac users to transfer, access, edit and store media content from a variety of devices. It is crucial for us to have all updates in place so the solution is fully compatible with the newest Mac OS X versions released by Apple.

Just last week we published our Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2012.3.6 in response to a new Mac OS X 10.8.3 update. The new package includes 2 new exotic languages, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese. Our customers come from around the globe and to cater to all of them we also added multiple currencies to our online store.

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The company is mostly known for its flagship Android Mi smartphones that are sold in batches online with a pre-order system. This way several thousand phones get sold in a matter of minutes, sometimes even faster. Value added to the customer includes custom Android interface called MUI, instant messaging service – Miliao IM chat and a large assortment of accessories.  It is not surprising that Xiaomi acquired a huge fan base that calls themselves “mi fen” (米粉) which literally means “rice flour”, a clever word play to Xiaomi name which translates to “little rice”. Its messaging app MiTalk has now 17 million users and last year it recorded 1 million simultaneous online users.

At the end of last year Xiaomi published its first set-top box, Xiaomi Box. Now, after signing with Chinese TV network iCNTV, it starts a trail run with a shipment of just 10 000 devices to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Changsha. Xiaomi Box that allows its users to stream, record, store and playback any media content hassle-free, ships with Tuxera file system solutions that ensure smooth working process, interoperability, high performance and ultimate data safety.

The company is planning to expand to the US and Europe in the next two years.

Last week over 20 Chinese media outlets such as China Daily or Sina.com run ads featuring our file system solutions shipping inside the Xiaomi’s set-top box.

What distinguishes this device from the others? Off the top of head I would mention ease of use, high performance, reliability and compatibility. All four of them were attributed to Tuxera file system solutions.

“In the standard version of the Android file system the performance can be drastically lessened in case of unexpected power outages, the accidental loss of data in the the user USB storage media or in case of other unforeseen situations. More often than not, the user could lose the data forever. Tuxera NTFS / FAT write fail-safe data protection features, as well as support for on-the-fly repair function, prevents the loss of data due to unexpected power failure or improper operation.”

Xiaomi first trial shipment of 10 000 devices has been snapped almost immediately by the customers. Those who did not manage to purchase it in time will have to wait until the 9th of April. It is already called one of the most desired smart-TV accessories.

Helsinki, Finland and Beijing, China – March 19, 2013 – Tuxera Inc., the market leader in the interoperable technology announced today a partnership with Xiaomi, one of the fastest growing Chinese smartphone manufacturers. Last year, Xiaomi announced acquisition of the digital content provider Duokan, that resulted in a brand new product line called Xiaomi Box, which closely integrates with Xiaomi smartphones establishing a multi-device platform. The Android based set-top boxes ship Tuxera NTFS and FAT for multi-streaming, excellent performance, the most comprehensive interoperability and reliability.

Xiaomi has been in the spotlight with the impressive products and sales figures. Nearly three years after founding, Xiaomi has raised $347 million in total funds, and is valued at $4 billion. In 2012, Xiaomi sold a total of 7.19 million Xiaomi Phones, the revenue was amounted to 12.6 billion RMB (about USD 2 billion). The company first built its brand by moderately priced high-end smartphones and now aims at providing devices for a comprehensive home entertainment ecosystem that would span across phones and set-top boxes. .

Xiaomi Box can stream media from phone, tablet, or laptop over wifi network, bringing movies or music onto the big-screens. It has won over the reviewers with its exceptional multimedia experience, price-to-quality ratio and compatibility with the latest technologies such as DLNA, Miracast protocols.

“Tuxera file system solutions allow Xiaomi Box users to download, stream, record and play-back the content with no limits in recording size or length. To ensure ultimate user experience, it is invaluable that our product is fail-safe and offers plug-and-play interoperability with all kind of external storages from the cheapest memory sticks to the latest USB hard drives,” said Wang Chuan, Xiaomi co-founder.

The recent study from Research & Markets shows that, the demand for set-top boxes is growing fast in China: 42 million set-top boxes were shipped in 2011 and the analysts are expecting the total number to exceed 90 million in 2015. Most of the set-top-boxes on the market are equipped with media player functionality making it possible to show pictures, play music and video from portable USB storages. More and more devices have also the possibility to record video over USB or SD interface to an internal or external storage. Tuxera cooperates with the leading chipset manufacturers to offer the most reliable and widely deployed NTFS, exFAT, FAT and HFS+ file systems for portable media players and personal video recorder functionality.

“We are excited to be working with Xiaomi, which is committed to product innovation and customer-facing integration. Over the past few years, our investments in China have increased substantially. With the fastest growing technology industry in the world, China is one of our main focus markets. We are actively working together with the customers across the country, so it is crucial for us to have a strong local presence and motivated, expert team on the site,” added Yang Zhiheng, Country Manager at Tuxera.

For more information, please contact:

Karolina Mosiadz
Marketing & PR
karolina@tuxera.com

About Xiaomi: Beijing Xiaomi Technology Co., Ltd., was founed by Lei Jun the famous angel investor. Xiaomi is a Mobile Internet company，focuses on the research and development of high-end smartphones. The company is formed by the handset team (Xiaomi Phones), MIUI( the Android Skin), MiTalk, Xiaomi.com ( the E-commerce platform) , and Duokan. The core leader team is included: Lei Jun – founder, Chairman and CEO; Lin Bin – the co-founder and president; Li Wanqiang, Zhou Guangping, Huang Jiangji, Liu De, Hong Feng, Wang Chuan – co-founders and vice presidents.

About Tuxera: Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across mobiles, tablets, home entertainment, consumer, industrial or any other electronics. Tuxera’s industry-standard file system solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have hundreds of millions installations. Close collaboration with industry leaders ensures reliable compatibility and helps to set high standard in performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com

Kauppalehti, the most influential business paper in Finland, just launched a special start-up section compiling all the news, public information, features and most recent capital investments. The newspaper picked out 149 promising companies, fishing for high potential and growth orientation. Interestingly, only 26 of them reported positive profits, most of which would usually not exceed €100 000 per annum. Tuxera, presented as a star among the start-ups, stands out with high potential, profitability and forecasts for the future. In the first feature of the series, apart from a brief summary, Kauppalehti article underlines how our focus markets switched from almost equal distribution between Europe, Asia and the USA to almost 80% of our business being conducted in the Far East.

Tietoviikko, Finland´s only independent ICT news magazine, also gets its say on the start-up scene. March edition of the bi-weekly publication comes out with an article on Tuxera, highlighting the international aspect of our business. As you can see, almost 100% of our sales occur abroad and it is hardly surprising that our team boasts nearly 20 different nationalities. We speak multiple languages; bring culture diversity and expertise from various parts of the world. In the commentary from Artturi Tarjanne, sought after mentor and advisor for Infocom entrepreneurs, you can read about Tuxera high growth, tech expertise and ideas for business expansion in the future.

With Tuxera in the lead, the start-up focus is slowly moving away from gaming industry into more diversified products and services.

A while ago we had to decide which one to chose: a phone or tablet, now it´s irrelevant because we can have a variation of both with different specifications. Last year we have seen an emergence of phablets, now the trend moved to interconnected mobile platforms.

ASUS is teasing the customers with its newest invention FonePad, a word play based on another famous product of the company PadFone. FonePad is a 7-inch tablet (half way between 5-inch and 10-inch screens making up PadFone) running on Android 4.1 and powered by1.2GHz Intel Atom Z2420 processor. It can work either as a phone or a tablet.

Just unveiled Samsung Galaxy note 8 is an inch bigger, but still comes with phone functionality. It runs on Android 4.1.2, and other specifications include HSPA+ support, dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi, a microSD slot, Bluetooth 4.

LG sticks to more conventional route with it´s newest Optimus G Pro. This 5-inch, 1080p phone runs on the latest Qualcomm mobile chip, Snapdragon 600.

Fujitsu shows off its ARROWS line of water-resistant phones and tablets. This time it revealed new additions to the family: ARROWS X powered by a 1.7GHz quad-core Tegra 3 and 2GB of RAM and ARROWS V with 4.7-inch 720p display, a 13.1-megapixel camera, and1.5GHz quad-core CPU.

Sony showcased new Xperia Z tablet, voted the thinnest one on the market. This 10.1-inch Android device is 6.9 mm thick and weighs only 495 grams. Following into Fujitsu steps it also provides the highest levels of water resistance.

Android is the predominant operating system and so it shouldn’t come as surprise that an impressive number of devices offer SDXC support, enabling people to extend the memory capacity up to 128 GB (and soon up to 2T).  We are excited to share with you that majority of the these devices ship with Tuxera exFAT inside.

Helsinki, Finland and Barcelona, Spain – February 26th, 2013 – Tuxera Inc., the market leader in interoperable file system technology is excited to announce that majority of OEM devices present at MWC 2013 are integrated with exFAT file system, which is needed to support the high capacity SDXC memory card standard. Over 50% of all smartphones and tablet manufacturers ship devices that can use SDXC and microSDXC memory cards. The number has exceeded 80% in technology-driven countries such as Japan and Korea.

SDXC, the latest SD memory card standard, allows for extending device storage with 64GB, 128GB and higher capacity flash memory cards up to 2TB, significantly improving what consumers can do with their devices. The standard requires a new file system called exFAT. Tuxera is the first and leading exFAT file system developer on Android boosting SDXC adoption. Tuxera exFAT is being shipped in a wide range of Android high-end devices thanks to its swift integration, high reliability and unbeatable performance.

“Radical improvements in built-in cameras, the speed of data transfer, and the rise of app development have quickly changed how people use and need storage. Portable SD memory cards are value for money for both consumers and manufacturers. Devices can be designed more cost-effectively and consumers have more freedom of choice,” commented Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera CEO.

Out of the three major smartphone operating systems only Android devices ship with removable storage by standard. For example the popular Apple iOS devices iPhone and iPad have no method of expanding the built-in internal flash memory. On the contrary, just looking at the new device releases at MWC 2013 portable, extendable SDXC storage has become a de facto standard for the cool Android phones:

• LG launched Optimus G Pro; the device packed with a stellar spec sheet, which includes Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, 5.5 –inch full HD screen, 32GB internal storage as well as a microSDXC slot for expansion.
• Samsung announced Galaxy Note II phablet powered by Android Jelly Bean 4.2, with new quad-core Exynos processor and a micro SD slot with SDXC support.
• Pantech unveiled Vega no. 6 with the largest 1080p display announced to date, a quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro and of course microSDXC support.
• Sony showcased Xperia smartphone and tablet Z, boasting Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, a quad-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU and SDXC support.
• ASUS formally presented FonePad, a 7-inch tablet with built-in phone functionality, powered by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, with 16GB internal memory and microSD card slot for expansion.
• Not to mention recently released Fujitsu ARROWS X, Panasonic ELUGA X, Sharp Aquos EX and NEC’s Medias W, all with options for external SD memory card storage.

For more information, please contact:

Karolina Mosiadz
Marketing & PR
karolina@tuxera.com

About Tuxera: Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across mobiles, tablets, home entertainment, consumer, industrial or any other electronics. Tuxera’s industry-standard file system solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have hundreds of millions installations. Close collaboration with industry leaders ensures reliable compatibility and helps to set high standard in performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com

Over the past years, digital storage has been constantly improving in speed, size, performance and ease of use. Even though the digital imaging market is relatively mature, the mobile market is currently evolving and the demand for SD card technology is surging.

Nowadays everyone expects to always be able to access and transfer his or her media content, no matter the device or the operating system. It´s an important factor in the constant drive for innovations seeing as all the brands strive to create superior product features. Our smartphones and tablets now equipped with SDXC or microSDXC card can support up to 128 GB, making possible to not only store even more music, photos and movies but also to record HD videos. Most recent novelty are wireless cards letting you stream the files to portable devices over Wi-Fi without hassle of using cables, card readers or a computer. Full interoperability is a requisite across all the consumer electronic markets ranging from digital TVs to entertainment systems in your car. SD memory card technology is employed by over a 400 brands and utilized in more than 8,000 models.

As you know, we at Tuxera focus on development of file system solutions aimed at tackling current and future challenges in the interoperability field. A part of our strategy is to be present in the developing markets in Asia where most of the SD card manufacturers are based and where the demand for smart devices is the highest.

Helsinki, Finland – January 30, 2013  – Tuxera Inc., the market leader in interoperable file system technology, today announced it has became Executive Member of SDA to build upon its continued involvement and commitment to the SD memory card technology. Tuxera has been an active SDA member for the past three years and keeps on investing in interoperable file systems FAT and exFAT, both required by SDA standards.

SD Association is a global collaboration of companies committed to the development of technical standards for SD memory card technology. Its aim is to promote the adoption and advancement of the industry wide memory card standards.

“Executive membership at SDA gives Tuxera a wider access to industry collaboration, allowing us to develop market leading Tuxera FAT and Tuxera exFAT software to support all possible interpretations and implementations of SDA file system specifications. As we focus on the development of file systems solutions fueling seamless data portability, it is crucial for us to actively participate in the discussion on where the SDA governed standards are heading,” said Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera CEO

Tuxera is working with Microsoft, SDA and chipset manufacturers to ensure that the device manufacturers are able to integrate FAT and exFAT solution on any platform and adopt SD, SDHC and SDXC memory card support in any device. Tuxera was the first independent software vendor which licensed access to the exFAT specifications, source code and verification tools from Microsoft.

Industry forecasts estimate the market for SD memory cards to reach up to $21.3 billion by 2018, due to increased growth in the mobile sector. The boundaries between consumer electronic markets become more flexible and the customers expect to access their media content on all the devices hassle-free, regardless of operation system.

Leading OEMs worldwide ship Tuxera file system solutions that guarantee full compliance with the latest storage standards and flawless interoperability. Tuxera FAT and exFAT solution power SD, SDHC and SDXC support in the high-end Android devices, smart TVs, automotive infotainment systems and many other devices with increased storage capacity, interoperability, and top performance at which files can be transferred.

For more information, please contact:

Karolina Mosiadz
Marketing & PR
karolina@tuxera.com

About Tuxera: Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across mobiles, tablets, home entertainment, consumer, industrial or any other electronics. Tuxera’s industry-standard file system solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have hundreds of millions installations. Close collaboration with industry leaders ensures reliable compatibility and helps to set high standard in performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com

One could ask why are we focusing so extensively on the Asian market. The answer is simple – that´s where the market for consumer electronics is the most promising. Not only China is one of the fastest growing technology regions but also a number of our partners are located there. While the majority of the countries are suffering from continuous recession, China is planning to increase its already high R&D expenditure, which last year accounted to 1 trillion Yuan (US$160.8 billion), 2% of the country´s GDP.

Analysts are speculating that technology innovation will most likely shift towards China due to the market opportunities and capital availability. Wanting to attract more investment into China, the government prepared a number of incentives around certain IT areas including preferential policies in taxation and M&A for companies with high R&D spending. Also, it does not look like there will be any shortage in the expertise and know-how. Every year the pool of highly educated graduates in IT and engineering is getting bigger.

The potential of the whole region is constantly on the rise and we are excited to be present on the local market to capture it.

Helsinki, Finland and Beijing, China – January 29, 2013 – Tuxera Inc., market leader in interoperable file systems for Android, Linux, Mac and other platforms today announced it has opened an office in Beijing, China, joining Seoul and Taipei as the company’s third office in Asia and the fifth globally. With headquarters located in Helsinki, Finland Tuxera has already offices in the world’s leading technology hubs on three continents.

The China office supports the rapidly growing demand for Tuxera’s file system products and support services in Greater China. Michael Chen has been named as the Director of Business Development for the new office bringing over 15 years of embedded software and semiconductors expertise to Tuxera customers. “With an office in China, our customers are receiving more swift and personal service. We are fully committed to build and maintain long-term relationship with the leading local consumer electronics manufacturers in China and elsewhere in Asia,” said Michael Chen, Director of Business Development in China.

Analysts estimate the Chinese consumer electronics industry will continue to grow steadily at a rate of 9% throughout this year. In addition, the demand for comprehensive cross-platform interoperability and high performance in consumer electronics is surging. According to Tuxera CEO Mikko Välimäki it is crucial for Tuxera to be locally present in China: “China has the world’s fastest growing technology industry and we are growing together with it. Establishing the local office in Beijing is a further natural step in our Asian expansion, where an increasing number of our key customers are based. Local operations help keeping the engineering teams working on site in sync and makes it convenient to work in ever larger projects”.

Tuxera file systems are known for their high performance and 100% fail-safe operations. Top tier consumer electronics manufacturers have selected Tuxera NTFS, exFAT, FAT and other solutions to be integrated into high-end mobile phones, tablets, set-top-boxes, TVs, routers, storage devices and automotive infotainment systems where time to market, high quality and top performance matter.

For more information, please contact:

Karolina Mosiadz
Marketing & PR
karolina@tuxera.com

About Tuxera: Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across mobiles, tablets, home entertainment, consumer, industrial or any other electronics. Tuxera’s industry-standard file system solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have hundreds of millions installations. Close collaboration with industry leaders ensures reliable compatibility and helps to set high standard in performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com

Helsinki based startup agency San Francisco Oy together with designer studio Hello.fi and recruitment software startup Skyhood created Startup 100, a monthly chart that measures and ranks Finnish startups by online visibility. Evaluation is made according to the inbound link value, social media activity and the level of interaction with followers. This way it is easier to see which startup is currently on the top of “the most trendy” list.

Startup 100 was launched in a closed beta test in November 2012 and only now it´s open to public. Usually the typical measurement for these types of rankings is high growth or sales turnover and so it is very interesting to look at companies´ performance from this angle. Often people forget that the right communication and visibility are crucial for the company image.

Looks like the ranking is designed quite well to capture the online presence. It is exciting to see how our communication strategy plays out. This month, Tuxera climbed to the top of the list. We ranked 4^th, right after Rovio, DealDash and Web of Trust, 16 places higher than the last time. Following on that, you can find us on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and on a variety of technology websites.

Startup 100 or should I say the list of the most visible startups on the web, is already gaining media attention. The Wall Street Journal describes it as “an interesting snapshot of the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the small country”. Also, Arcticstartup.com just published a detailed its feature including insights from the co-founder Juhani Polkko. It will be interesting to see how it will pan out.

Pantech is a Korean company not too many knew about just a few years ago. They started out back in the early 1990s with pagers and over the years expanded to phones, in a way reminding of how RIM grew. Today Pantech is the third biggest phone manufacturer in Korea behind just Samsung and LG. Pantech does pretty much all kind of Android smartphones from the entry level to the high end focusing on the hot, highly competitive Korean, Japanese and US markets. Unlike RIM and some other old giants, Pantech has decided to grow with the market instead of trying to redefine it.

The phone we ship together first is called Vega R3 and we’ve had the shipping units here for testing over a month now. If you think about the features they are truly over the top as of today: the latest quad-core Snapdragon S4, huge 5.3″ inch crystal clear screen, 4G LTE, and a 13MP camera. Vega R3 is also my first personal phone since using iPhones over five years and my conclusion is that after obvious Android migration hassles Pantech does deliver.

Of course the specs will be overtaken one day (and based on rumors Pantech is set to top Vega R3 themselves by CES) in the near future but what we hope and believe will stay is the attitude we have seen Pantech has in developing and delivering their products. They boldly aim to the mainstream, do not fear competition, and just focus on their own game at delivering better products quicker than anybody has done before. That can-do, forward-looking attitude can take companies far. Good job!

Rising Star Award gives us a boost to reach even higher performance levels in the future. What we aim for is to provide our customers with innovations that address the challenge of constantly increasing data and at the same time ensure that it can be integrated across all the devices. It means that no matter if you are using SD card in your new Android phablet, in your BMW or in your Nook, your data will be safe and accessible. Technology is getting more advanced every year and so the demand for our solutions is constantly growing. Nowadays, our software solutions are being integrated with Android devices, eReaders, TVs, auto infotainment systems and many more.

Tuxera team worked hard for these achievements. The company started with NTFS software and evolved over the years. Now we offer also HFS+, exFAT and FAT file systems for various platforms and deployments as well as other interoperability technology. Our developers work around the clock to improve and further develop the products.

Ever since the beginning we have been global. Our multinational team has been crucial in the process of establishing ourselves in the foreign markets. At the moment, we are present in the vital technology hubs around the world and are constantly working on expanding our business in Asia. As you can see from our news section, just in the past couple of months we published business partnerships with three Asian companies Panasonic, Power 7 and Pantech. This month you can also read about us in Finnair’s magazine, where we are featured as one of the most interesting Nordic technology companies. It´s a very busy time for us, but there is no slowing down, now it’s the time to focus on further development and future projects.

Helsinki, Finland — December 12, 2012 — Each year Deloitte publishes a list of top technology companies with the fastest revenue growth in the region. To get nominated, the company has to be a true innovator, focus on development of an edge cutting technology and has the exceptional level of growth. This year Tuxera came in as second in the Rising Star list in Finland with a 1685 % revenue growth over the past three years, the highest in its category.

“We are thrilled to be included in the Deloitte Technology Fast ranking, and to make it to the top right here in Finland with a huge number of world class growth companies,” says Mikko Välimäki, Tuxera CEO. “We want to also congratulate every company making the list and contribute to the vibrant Finnish innovation and start-up ecosystem.”

Tuxera is one of the most successful software companies in Finland today. With offices in Finland (HQ), the United States, China, Korea and Taiwan, the company has been global from the start. As a market leader in file system software solutions, it has already won some the biggest consumer electronic and automotive infotainment brands as customers. Thanks to constant development, Tuxera offers the most complete and intuitive to use interoperability between smart-phones, tablets, TVs, set-top boxes, storage devices and automotive infotainment systems. The company solves the challenges of handling, storing and sharing data between different devices.

In addition to Deloitte’s award, Finland’s leading business newspaper Kauppalehti lists Tuxera currently as third most successful software company in Finland. The company has been also awarded Strongest in Finland certificate and received the highest alpha credit rating for its sound financial performance and credit worthiness for several years in a row.

For more information, please contact:

Karolina Mosiadz
Marketing & PR
karolina@tuxera.com

About Tuxera: Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across mobiles, tablets, home entertainment, consumer, industrial or any other electronics. Tuxera’s industry-standard file system solutions for Android, Linux, Mac OS X and other platforms have hundreds of millions installations. Close collaboration with industry leaders ensures reliable compatibility and helps to set high standard in performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com