MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition Available on Motorola's latest AdvancedTCA based Communications Servers.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. -- MontaVista Linux CGE CGE Computable General Equilibrium CGE Conference des Grandes Ecoles (French) CGE Carrier Grade Edition (COTS Linux platform) CGE Classic Gaming Expo (game) is the Standard Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. for Release 2 of Motorola's Centellis 3000 Series of Communications Servers MontaVista Software MontaVista Software develops systems software, development tools and Embedded Linux-based software targeting embedded systems such as automotive electronics, communications equipment, and television set-top boxes and other connected devices and infrastructure. Inc., the leading Linux provider for the telecommunications, mobile and embedded markets, today announced that MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 4.0 is available as an integrated part of Motorola's AdvancedTCA(R) (ATCA See AdvancedTCA. (R)) based Centellis(TM) 3000 series of communications servers. Carrier Grade Edition 4.0 also will be made available as part of Motorola's Avantellis(TM) high-availability platform. MontaVista Linux CGE 4.0 is the industry's most full-featured, deployment-proven Carrier Grade Linux A specification that defines an industrial strength operating system environment using Linux. Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) covers hardware, availability, clustering, security, serviceability and performance. available, and features the latest 2.6 Linux kernel The nucleus of the Linux operating system. The Linux kernel, which was developed by Linus Torvalds, was integrated with software from the GNU Project and other sources to create the actual Linux operating system. See Linux, GNU/Linux and kernel. technology. MontaVista Linux CGE is an advanced Linux-based development platform designed specifically for the robust and highly available requirements of carrier grade applications. "MontaVista Linux is quickly becoming the strategic platform of choice for many of our customers and developers wanting to deliver differentiated solutions," said Jim Ready, chief technology officer, MontaVista Software. "MontaVista and Motorola understand the importance of providing customers with open, fully integrated systems that act as a common, carrier-grade platform to help drive innovation and customer satisfaction. We are excited that Motorola has chosen MontaVista as their operating system of choice to deliver the Centellis 3000 systems." "The use of open system architecture has been increasing in the telecommunications market," said Masasuke Kishi, executive vice president, Network Systems Co. at Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. "We now see products that are based on industry standards, such as the AdvancedTCA platform and Carrier Grade Linux offering. We welcome these standards, as we believe they will be effective for Oki to develop NGN (Next Generation Networks) An umbrella term for mixed voice and data networks running over the IP protocol. See IP Multimedia Subsystem. products." MontaVista Linux CGE is integrated with the Motorola Centellis 3000 communications servers. Specific MontaVista blade support for Centellis includes the ATCA-F101 system controller and switching blade as well as the ATCA-717 and ATCA-7221 processing blades. Both processing blades are ideal for implementing a wide range of control plane applications for next-generation wireless and wireline telecommunications infrastructure equipment. "Our customers are moving to an open standards-based platform as a common foundation for their next generation applications," said Wendy Vittori, corporate vice president and general manager, Embedded Communications Computing, Motorola. "MontaVista is a leader in the carrier grade Linux space. By integrating MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition into our Centellis 3000 communications servers, we are offering our joint customers a standards-based platform that will allow them to focus their efforts on developing and deploying next generation applications more quickly." The MontaVista Linux CGE development platform also will be available on the Motorola Centellis 1000 series based on the MicroTCA(TM) architecture. About MontaVista Software MontaVista is the leading embedded Linux The Linux operating system configured and enhanced to work in a wide variety of applications, including handheld devices, network appliances, industrial machines and consumer electronics devices. The modularity of the Linux kernel makes it well suited to embedded systems. provider for the telecommunications market. MontaVista delivers a complete, flexible and open operating system which allows designers to innovate across a wide range of mobile and wireless devices and communications infrastructures. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., MontaVista has operations in 15 countries. For more information, please visit www.mvista.com. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. . MontaVista is a registered trademark of MontaVista Software Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. |
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