Soapstone Networks selects GoAhead Software to ensure carrier-grade availability of premier network resource control system
Proven availability and management solution lowers project risk and enables shortened development cycles
ATCA SUMMIT, Santa Clara, Calif.—October 17, 2007—GoAhead® Software, the worldwide leader in open standards-based high availability and systems management middleware for carrier-grade and mission critical systems, today announces that premier resource control system provider, Soapstone Networks, a division of Avici Systems (NASDAQ:AVCI), selects GoAhead SelfReliant® middleware to ensure 99.999 percent availability or better of its next generation Provider Network Controller (PNC) ™ system.
“After careful evaluation of middleware solutions on the market, we selected GoAhead Software. GoAhead provides a solid middleware foundation, with excellent capabilities in high availability, platform management, and application infrastructure. In addition, it has been deployed with several different Linux operating systems across a range of platforms, giving us freedom to choose what is best for our own product. Most importantly, it was the only solution on the market that had a proven track record of meeting our blend of sophisticated requirements, as seen in more than 25,000 successful deployments,” states Dr. Larry Dennison, Soapstone Networks founder, CTO, and head of R&D. “Utilizing a comprehensive and stable offering such as GoAhead’s allows our development staff to focus on our own innovative features – the key factor in providing product leadership during the industry’s transition to technologies such as NGN software frameworks and Carrier Ethernet,” Dennison continues. Soapstone Networks delivers resource control systems, such as its PNC system, that dynamically provision precise, SLA-quality services, continuously optimizing utilization of network resources to bring orderly, predictable business-driven behavior to service provider networks.
“We are extremely pleased to see an innovator such as Soapstone Networks leverage SelfReliant to grow its market position,” states Dr. Asif Naseem, GoAhead president and COO. “With the security of a proven product like SelfReliant, they can be assured their requirements are being met, enabling them to shift resources to revenue-generating areas of the product and getting the solution to market quicker,” Naseem explains.
ABOUT SOAPSTONE NETWORKS
Soapstone Networks is at the forefront of the movement to Carrier Ethernet by delivering resource control systems that realize NGN software-provisioned services in the new Carrier Ethernet transport network. Soapstone’s common control framework decouples services from underlying network technologies. The Soapstone solution dynamically provisions precise, SLA-quality services, continuously optimizing utilization of network resources to bring orderly, predictable business-driven behavior to service provider networks. The future of Carrier Ethernet - www.soapstonenetworks.com
ABOUT GOAHEAD
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 25,000 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, Lockheed Martin and Honeywell 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.
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