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RadiSys Expands Partnership With MontaVista Software and Offers Support for MontaVista Carrier Grade Linux Solutions

Posted on: Tuesday, 19 April 2005, 12:00 CDT

HILLSBORO, Ore., April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today RadiSys Corp. , a leading supplier of advanced embedded systems announced it furthered their partnership with MontaVista Software, the leading Linux software platform for communications, to deliver MontaVista Carrier Grade Linux solutions. As an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) partner since December 2004, RadiSys and MontaVista Software have been actively engaged in the market developing and deploying MontaVista(R) Linux(R) Carrier Grade Edition and MontaVista(R) Linux(R) Professional Edition for Radisys' CompactPCI and Promentum(TM) family of AdvancedTCA(R) platforms.

"Porting MontaVista's carrier grade Linux products to our CompactPCI and Promentum family of AdvancedTCA platforms will help TEMs and system integrators deploy new applications faster," said Ted Ridgway, vice president of Service Provider and Enterprise Equipment at RadiSys. "MontaVista is a key member of RAP and we are pleased to be an OEM partner for their products. The move underscores our commitment to deliver application-ready solutions that allow our customers to develop better products faster and more economically."

MontaVista is a member of the RadiSys Alliance Program (RAP), an ecosystem of technology companies that provide complementary solutions to RadiSys products. Through RAP, TEMs (telecom equipment manufacturers) have access to integrated solutions that are ideal for carrier grade applications such as softswitches, SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) and GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node), RNC (Radio Network Controllers) and VoIP (voice over IP) gateways, among others.

"More telecommunication manufacturers are looking to MontaVista Linux as a strategic platform to develop their carrier grade solutions. We are excited to continue our relationship with RadiSys and collaborate on solutions to assist telecom equipment manufacturers design differentiated products quickly and easily," said Scott Jaffe, worldwide vice president, Business Development, MontaVista Software.

About MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE)

This product is an industry standard COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) carrier grade Linux platform providing functionality specifically for telecom and datacom with high availability, hardening and real-time performance. CGE is an advanced Linux-based development platform engineered specifically for the robust and highly available requirements of carrier grade applications. CGE is being used today in telecommunications and data communications applications for use in communications network infrastructure solutions. CGE is targeted for edge and core telecommunications including applications for the converging IP and voice networks such as softswitches, SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node) and GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node), RNC (Radio Network Controller), voice over IP (VoIP) gateways, and many other applications. It enhances standard Linux with additional real-time, high availability and high reliability features based on the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) Carrier Grade Linux Specification and it is ideal for deployment in a range of carrier-grade environments.

About MontaVista Linux Professional Edition (Pro)

This award-winning product contains an impressive array of cross-development tools for system and application development, unparalleled processor and board support, and hundreds of deployable utilities, libraries, drivers, and other run-time components. It is a complete development platform and operating environment for communication devices. Pro, which now targets more than 30 processors from eight industry leading architectures, is one of the most widely deployed embedded Linux platforms in the market today.

RadiSys Promentum(TM) Family and CompactPCI-Compliant Products

The RadiSys Promentum family consists of the Promentum(TM) ATCA-1000, a universal PMC processing module; Promentum(TM) ATCA-2100, a switch and control module; Promentum(TM) ATCA-3000, a disk storage module; Promentum(TM) ATCA-4000, a compute processing module; Promentum(TM) ATCA-6000, a 12U chassis and the Promentum(TM) SYS-6000 ATCA blade server platform. The RadiSys CompactPCI-compliant products include CPU blades, blade servers and switches.

Product Availability

RadiSys' CompactPCI and Promentum(TM) family of AdvancedTCA platforms are shipping today. For more information regarding MontaVista Carrier Grade Edition or MontaVista Professional Edition please contact RadiSys at 800-950-0044. MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition and Professional Edition are available today as product subscriptions through MontaVista Software and its worldwide distribution channels.

About RadiSys

RadiSys is the leading provider of advanced embedded solutions for the commercial, enterprise, and service provider systems markets. Through intimate customer collaboration, and combining innovative technologies and industry leading architecture, RadiSys helps OEMs bring better products to market faster and more economically. RadiSys products include embedded boards, platforms and systems, which are used in today's complex computing, processing and network intensive applications.

NOTE: Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista is a registered trademark of MontaVista Software Inc.

RadiSys is a registered trademark and Promentum a trademark of RadiSys Corporation. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

RadiSys Corp.

CONTACT: Lyn Pangares of RadiSys Corporation, +1-503-615-1220, orlyn.pangares@radisys.com

Web site: http://www.radisys.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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