IBM And Motorola Computer Group Team for Telecom
Posted on: Wednesday, 11 August 2004, 06:00 CDT
IBM and Motorola Computer Group plan to work together to promote integrated, standards-based computing platform technologies for telecommunications based on IBM's eServer BladeCenter system.
The joint announcement combines strengths of both companies - IBM in the enterprise server market and Motorola Computer Group in communications and real-time, embedded computing technology. The collaboration seeks to provide the first "from enterprise to the network edge" computing solutions.
As part of the agreement, Motorola Computer Group plans to include IBM eServer BladeCenter, BladeCenter T and xSeries rack- optimized servers in its Application-Enabling Platform lineup. IBM plans to incorporate Motorola's Service Availability Forum (SAF) Application Interface Specification (AIS) compliant software in a future version of the recently announced IBM eServer Integrated Platform for Telecommunications (IP-T).
"IBM and Motorola Computer Group are both strong supporters of the movement to open computing platforms for telecommunications equipment manufacturers and carriers," said Jim Pertzborn, vice president, Telecommunications Industry, IBM Systems and Technology Group. "IBM's industry leading BladeCenter family combined with the rich functionality of the Carrier Grade Open Environment will facilitate rapid deployment of high performance on demand services for the telecommunications industry."
IBM and Motorola are committed to the new Open Communications Architecture Forum (OCAF), Carrier Grade Operating Environment (CGOE) and Linux operating system. Both are working to accelerate the acceptance of CGOE as the standards-based environment of choice for deploying commercial-of the shelf (COTS) technology in telecom applications and platforms.
"This collaboration reflects the move to a COTS-based computing infrastructure to support the convergence of enterprise and communications applications in the telecom industry," said Wendy Vittori, corporate vice president and general manager, Motorola Computer Group. "Working with industry leaders such as IBM to create integrated, standards-based telecom computing platforms enables Motorola Computer Group to help our customers optimize their supply chain so they can focus on adding unique application value for their customers."
Copyright Publications & Communications, Inc. Jul 2004
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