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GoAhead Software Announces Compatibility Between GoAhead SAFfire and Sun Netra(TM) ATCA Blade Servers

Posted on: Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 09:00 CDT

GoAhead(R) Software, the worldwide leader in open standards-based high availability and systems management middleware for carrier-grade and mission critical systems, today announces a standards-based high availability solution for Sun Netra(TM) ATCA blade servers. Network equipment providers leverage GoAhead SAFfire(TM) high availability and management middleware with Netra ATCA blade servers, to focus on innovation, speed time to revenue and reduce overall project costs.

"More and more our customers are looking to COTS vendors to supply not only standards-based solutions, but also the integration work that is required to make the platform application ready," states Dr. Asif Naseem, president and chief operating officer of GoAhead Software. "GoAhead and Sun offer interoperability out-of-box, enabling the equipment providers to significantly speed delivery of revenue generating applications," Naseem explains.

Leveraging the code base from GoAhead's flagship product, SelfReliant, proven in more than 35,000 deployments worldwide, SAFfire features sophisticated availability and management capabilities, such as systems management, availability management, platform resource management, application services, foundation services and a small, cross-platform kernel. Most notably, SAFfire boasts the most comprehensive implementation of the SA Forum Application Interface Specification (AIS) highlighting support of the Availability Management Framework, Information Model Management, and Notification, Log, Platform Management, Cluster Membership, Checkpointing, Event, and Messaging services.

"Sun Microsystems is pleased to provide compatibility "out of the box" with GoAhead SAFfire and Sun Netra ATCA blade servers, the broadest and most complete family of ATCA servers in the market today," states Raju Penumatcha, vice president, Netra systems and Networking for Sun Microsystems. "NEPs are looking for ways to gain a competitive edge, and this application ready platform equips them to do that."

GOAHEAD SOFTWARE AT THE ADVANCEDTCA/MICROTCA SUMMIT

GoAhead Software exhibits at the AdvancedTCA/MicroTCA Summit 2008 (booth #207-209), October 22 - 23, at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Here the company demonstrates both GoAhead SAFfire and GoAhead SAFfire availability and management middleware. GoAhead also presents several sessions at the Summit. Visit www.atcasummit.com for details.

GOAHEAD SAFFIRE DESIGNER DAY

Following the Summit, on October 24, at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, GoAhead will host a special session on GoAhead SAFfire, the industry's most comprehensive implementation of the Service Availability Forum (SA Forum) Application Interface Specification (AIS). This one-day seminar, targeted toward system designers and architects, covers the nuts and bolts of availability, application services and internal systems management; provides an overview of AIS; looks at SAFfire; and walks through testing, deployment and extensibility considerations. For more information and to register, please visit http://www.goahead.com/aboutus/Event_SAFFireDesignerDay.aspx.

ABOUT GoAhead SOFTWARE

GoAhead Software is the worldwide leader in open standards-based high availability and management middleware for carrier-grade and mission critical systems for which downtime is unacceptable. With more than 35,000 deployments, GoAhead has the only proven, open standards-based solution, reducing risk so you can meet time and cost requirements. GoAhead's leadership and long commitment to Service Availability Forum standards prevent vendor lock-in and protect your investments over time. Every day, industry leaders such as Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Italtel, and Lockheed Martin entrust GoAhead to speed time to market, lower costs and focus on differentiation. For more information, visit www.goahead.com. For press information, contact Lacy Williams at 206.915.8771 or lwilliams@goahead.com.

GoAhead, SelfReliant and SAFfire are registered trademarks or trademarks of GoAhead Software, Inc. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder.

Source: Business Wire

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