GoAhead � Tail-f Application-Ready Platform Set for Launch in Q1 2009

GoAhead Software and Tail-f Systems have announced the delivery of an integrated, validated solution slated for Q1 2009.

 

GoAhead is a global provider of open standards-based high availability and systems management middleware for carrier-grade and mission critical systems, and Tail-f Systems (News - Alert) develops unified network management software for network equipment providers. Both companies have already seen market demand for this GoAhead – Tail-f application-ready platform and cite recent joint customer wins including a digital video networking and a telecommunications provider.

 

Hakan Millroth (News - Alert), Tail-f Systems CEO said that both companies have decided to partner based on interest from the marketplace and recent joint customer traction. They will now provide state-of-the-art availability, configuration management, and platform management capabilities in one integrated, validated application-ready platform.

 

Tail-f’s ConfD works as a complete software solution for on-device network management and GoAhead’s SAFfire enables equipment manufacturers to design and develop systems and applications that ensure continuous service availability. When combined, both these products yield a highly available and manageable platform. The companies claim that value-added services, protocol stacks and applications can be built upon this platform with unprecedented utility in a short amount of time.

 

Dr. Asif Naseem, GoAhead president and COO pointed out that it is difficult to build a system using COTS building blocks and the system developers are often challenged with inadequate software APIs, overlapping functionality, duplicate data stores, and memory footprint constraints.

 

“This offering by GoAhead Software (News - Alert) and Tail-f Systems helps customers eliminate these speed bumps and accelerate innovation,” he added.

 

Commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) is a term used for ready-made software or hardware products. These products are typically available for sale to customers on lease, or license.

 

Last month, Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson, selected GoAhead Software as an availability partner in its recently launched Innovation Partnership Program for Emerson’s (News - Alert) Embedded Computing business.

 

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