Intel Releases Network Management Software Technology to Worldwide Developer Community.Business/High-Tech Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2000 "Open Source" Approach Designed To Accelerate E-Business Growth by Making Networks More Manageable Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking announced today at the iBAND4 conference that it is delivering its Common Open Policy Service (COPS) network configuration software technology to the industry. This action will help accelerate the growth of e-business by making networks better managed for more reliable delivery of enhanced network services An umbrella term for advanced communications services. Until the mid-1990s, everybody knew what "enhanced services" meant. They were voicemail, "one number follow me," prepaid calling card or voice-actuated call control, all offered by a carrier or service provider in a circuit-switched . The COPS Software Development Kit (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ), created by the Intel Architecture Labs Intel Architecture Labs, also known as IAL, was the Personal Computer system research and development arm of Intel Corporation during the 1990s. IAL was created by Intel Vice-President Ron Whittier together with Craig Kinnie and Steven McGeady to develop the hardware and , is being distributed at no cost under an open source license, which creates an open environment for continued evolution of COPS through widespread adoption by networking equipment vendors. "Providing our software technology via open source distribution will help drive Intel's objective to accelerate the deployment of enhanced network services," said Abel Weinrib, director, Intel Architecture Labs. "Our intent is to make it as easy as possible for network equipment vendors to implement solutions based on the IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force standard Common Open Policy Services (COPS) protocol, which will help networking equipment from different vendors communicate with each other more easily." Addressing Networking Issues Widespread adoption of a protocol such as COPS is key to solving many of today's network management challenges. Today's networks consist of devices from many vendors. In such an environment, managing networking equipment has been challenging due to different approaches to configuration and management of these devices. Intel's technology will enable network equipment software vendors to develop common interfaces for configuring different types of devices, making it easier to manage networks made up of equipment from different manufacturers. Network devices using the COPS protocol can prioritize traffic through improved policy management deployment. The combination of these enhanced network services will allow IT professionals and service providers to configure network devices more easily and to manage their networks more effectively, ultimately increasing their network reliability and providing enhanced services to their customers. Industry Support for COPS Several major networking equipment vendors coauthored the IETF standard COPS protocol, including Intel, AT&T, Cisco, Extreme, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , IP Highway, Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony and Level 3. These vendors, along with others, are actively working to support the COPS protocol through interoperability testing efforts. Software Availability The COPS open source software is available today, and may be downloaded from Intel's Web site at http://www.intel.com/ial/. The source code can be recompiled for use under a variety of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. Third party marks and brands are the property of their respective holders. |
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