GoAhead publishes white papers on such topics as high availability and systems management, standards, Service Availability Forum Specifications, COTS return on investment and more. Author contact information is provided for each paper, so if you take a look at one or more of these, we’d love to hear your thoughts.
Strategies for Developing Multi-Function IMS Systems
(PDF 1.26 MB)
Explore how to maximize interoperability and reusability in this white paper by RadiSys, GoAhead Software and Wind River.
IBM BladeCenter — Fixed Mobile Convergence Solution
(PDF: 615 KB)
A solutions white paper featuring BridgePort Networks, GoAhead Software, Solid Information Technology and AMD
Accelerating the deployment of IMS Services with High Availability Middleware and Modular Communications Platforms
(PDF: 137 KB)
A solutions white paper by Intel and GoAhead.
Top Ten Mistakes When Implementing High Availability (PDF: 486 KB)
GoAhead experts describe how to avoid common problems and pitfalls before starting a development project.
High Availability: A Design Primer (PDF: 290 KB)
Explores the role of middleware and identifies key functions required to build highly available systems. Also outlines high availability design criteria including: performance, application state preservation, recovery policies, system components and
development priorities.
Phased Approach to High Availability (PDF: 1.5 MB)
Proposes a three-phased approach for delivering HA functionality that enables teams to quickly deliver prototype and field units while ultimately meeting the demand for a carrier-grade commercial solution.
Building Highly Available Systems: The Role of Embedded Systems Middleware (PDF: 1.5 MB)
Outlines a strategy and architecture for delivering highly available systems in the face of fewer development resources, downward pressure on costs and accelerating project schedules.
Return on Investment (ROI) Study: Make versus Buy COTS Middleware (PDF: 1.66 MB)
Explores the make-versus-buy decision: purchasing off-the-shelf SelfReliant availability middleware or developing HA
functionality in-house.
Providing Open Architecture High Availability Solutions (PDF: 814 KB)
Written by the HA Forum (a pre-cursor to the Service Availability Form), this paper describes the best-known methods and capabilities needed for HA systems.
