| MontaVista Software Advances
Enhanced Linux Platform
for Telecommunications and Networking Third Generation of MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition
Continues Company
MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 3.1 advances earlier versions of CGE with support for key emerging industry standards designed for high availability and telecommunications. It also adds support for the IBM PowerPC architecture. CGE 3.1 will be the first Linux operating system to combine full support for the PICMG 3.0 Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA®) technology with support for key high availability APIs from the Service Availability (SA) Forum. CGE 3.1 is the first Linux operating system to begin implementing APIs from the SA Forum’s Application Interface Specification (AIS) for clustering. Other highlights of the new product are increased support for standards including a Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL). The third release of MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition also boasts an expanding ecosystem and growing customer adoption. CGE 3.1 is a carrier-grade quality Linux distribution targeted for edge and core telecommunications including applications for the converging IP and voice networks such as soft switches, SGSN(1) and GGSN(2) and Voice over IP (VoIP) gateways, and many other applications. CGE 3.1 enhances standard Linux with additional real-time, high availability and high reliability features based on the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) Carrier Grade Linux Specification, and it is designed for deployment in any carrier-grade class environment. “With a rapidly growing number of major design wins including leading
equipment providers such as Alcatel, Iskratel and NEC, MontaVista Linux
Carrier Grade Edition has gained strong acceptance in telecommunications.
CGE is also being deployed beyond traditional telecommunications applications
in areas such as equipment testing and airport ground services by leading
companies such as Agilent and CNS Systems,” said Glenn Seiler, director
of Product Marketing, MontaVista Software. “CGE addresses the needs
of telecommunications equipment manufacturers (TEMs) and networking equipment
providers (NEPs), enabling them to meet ever-increasing time-to-market
pressures by lowering their cost and accelerating time to deployment.” Key Features Growing Customer Adoption NEC recently launched a new NEC Advanced-TCA™ telecommunications platform for mobile operators using CGE. “We believe that MontaVista Linux is one of the most powerful Linux development platforms available today and we are giving our customers the best foundation one can think of to realize their product features,” explained Mr. Takatoshi Numasato, senior general manager of the Mobile Network Operation Unit at NEC “CGE 3.1 will reduce development time and costs for telecommunications and networking equipment providers. It will also allow telecom carriers to provide rich services to their customers promptly, with carrier-grade reliability, easy operation and high performance.” CGE also has played a key role for Iskratel, a provider of integrated telecommunication solutions in Europe. “Iskratel has been able to launch new and advanced telecommunications products consistent with the needs of our customers," said Franc Dolenc, director of Iskratel Business Unit Wireline. "By using a modern OS such as CGE, we can provide our customers with a low-risk and cost-effective product platform supporting carrier grade services." CGE is the chosen operating system for the data management and monitoring and control subsystems in the new VDL 4000/GS I ground station from C.N.S. Systems AB in Sweden. “MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition provided us with a robust and stable platform and enabled us to get to market in an extremely short time period, ” said Tommy Bergström, chief technology officer, C.N.S. Systems. “We also appreciated MontaVista Software’s great regional support and the fact that CGE has been validated to work seamlessly with our chosen hardware platform.” MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition is fully compliant with the current Open Source Development Lab Carrier Grade Linux Specification 1.1, and the company will work to ensure future product compliance with OSDL Carrier Grade Linux Requirements Definition 2.0, announced recently. CGE 3.1 also supports open modular communications standards such as Advanced TCA™ 3.x from the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG). CGE 3.1 is the first Linux operating system to comply with key APIs from the SA Forum Application Interface Specification (AIS). They include the AIS CLM (Cluster Membership) API that provides a mechanism for applications to determine members of a cluster and track membership changes. The AIS AMF (Availability Management Framework) API provides a mechanism for applications to register with the cluster executive. CGE 3.1 will implement an Application Heartbeat that complies with the AIS AMF specification. “Once again, MontaVista Software is taking the lead in delivering high availability open source software solutions that are compatible with industry standards,” said Timo Jokiaho, president of the Service Availability Forum. “MontaVista Software continues to provide vision and guidance as well as real products to enhance Linux to meet the needs of the telecommunications market segments.” Availability
About MontaVista Software Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif., MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading investors such as Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, WR Hambrecht + Co., IBM, Intel Capital, Sony, Panasonic (Matsushita), Toshiba America and Yamaha Corporation. For more information about MontaVista Software, please visit http://www.mvista.com. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista is a registered trademark of MontaVista Software Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. 1 - Serving GPRS Support Node Contacts:
..................................................................................................................................... ADDENDUM Industry Standards "The OSDL Carrier Grade Initiative provides an excellent example of how we work with Linux developers, IT vendors and telecom companies to deliver market solutions for customers in the telecommunications industry," said Stuart Cohen, CEO, OSDL. "MontaVista Software has played a leading role in this initiative and we're pleased that the company is designing its products to the OSDL Carrier Grade Linux requirements."
“This announcement represents another milestone for the communications
industry in its migration to commercial-off-the-shelf products,"
said Lisa Su, director of PowerPC and emerging products, IBM Microelectronics."
MontaVista Software’s carrier-grade Linux development tools already
have a working implementation on the IBM PowerPC family, enabling communications
technology providers to develop and deploy next generation services." Effective ISV Ecosystem
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