GoAhead Announces New, Easy-to-Implement High
Availability (HA) Software
Four new
middleware products included in SelfReliant 3.0 Release
BELLEVUE, Wash.,
January 15, 2004 – GoAhead® Software today announced the release of SelfReliant® version
3.0. The release adds many features to SelfReliant including
the launch of a new, standalone product that allows developers
to make applications highly available in less than 30 minutes
with no programming.
SelfReliant Basic Availability Management (SR-BAM) provides
easy-to-implement high availability in a layered approach.
Developers can start adding HA functionality through
a browser-based console to configure recovery policies
in case of an application failure including start, stop,
restart and sub-second switchover of monitored applications
and services. For projects that require applications
to share their state, SR-BAM features failover between
pairs of applications and/or nodes. Developers write
to a simple set of APIs to checkpoint active/standby
and active/active applications and external services.
SR-BAM gracefully upgrades to the SelfReliant Advanced
Suite for even more control of systems resources to deliver
the highest levels of availability.
“For many of our customers SR-BAM is a very straightforward, simple solution
to improve the availability of their system,” said Paul Zoba, vice president
of marketing at GoAhead Software. “Other customers will start with SR-BAM
to ensure application availability in their first product release, then later
add functionality to manage individual system components for high availability.”
In addition to the SR-BAM product, the 3.0 release includes
three other products: SelfReliant Distributed Messaging
(SR-DM) for high performance intra-and inter node communications;
SelfReliant Embedded Systems Management (SR-ESM) for
a set of building blocks to develop system-specific systems
management; and SelfReliant Advanced Suite for a complete,
integrated solution delivering 99.999% HA or better for
all system components. SelfReliant 3.0 is the first middleware
to support the Service Availability Forum Hardware Platform
Interface (HPI) specification.
“GoAhead is the first middleware company to provide commercial support
for the Service Availability Forum’s Hardware Platform Interface (HPI)
specification,” says Manfred Reitenspiess, president of the Service Availability
Forum. “Because HA middleware is an important building block of a carrier-grade
system, we are pleased that GoAhead has adopted the Forum’s standard. We
believe this support signals the standard’s increasing momentum in the
industry.”
The SelfReliant 3.0 release also features transparent failover
across redundant LANs, message overload detection and
easy-to-use messaging APIs.
“SelfReliant is a mature and very stable product that is an essential component
in our wireless infrastructure,” said Bruce Stone, senior vice president,
CDMA Systems Division at Motorola. "GoAhead's latest release demonstrates
their commitment to telecom equipment manufacturers like Motorola by supporting
industry standards and continuing to enhance functionality of SelfReliant 3.0."
About GoAhead Software
GoAhead Software is the expert in high availability, systems
management and messaging middleware for developers of highly
reliable embedded systems. Their products are used in communications,
military/aerospace, industrial control and other industries
that require availability and management solutions. SelfReliant
3.0 is a complete portfolio of platform-independent middleware
that is deployed in networks worldwide ensuring 99.999% or better levels
of availability. It features four products: Basic Availability Management,
Distributed Messaging, Embedded Systems Management and SelfReliant Advanced
Suite. Ideal for systems such as wireless base station controllers, softswitches,
defense applications and industrial controllers, SelfReliant helps developers
reduce project risk, lower costs and achieve faster time-to-market. GoAhead
is a privately held company with headquarters in Bellevue, Washington.
For more information on GoAhead, visit the company’s
web site at www.goahead.com or call 425-453-1900.
GoAhead and SelfReliant are registered trademarks of GoAhead
Software, Inc.
For more information, please contact:
Karen Edwards
GoAhead Software
Telephone: 425.468.5417
kedwards@goahead.com
