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Emerson Network Power Avantellis Certification Program Expands
Commercial Availability of OpenSAF Middleware
First company to certify commercial and carrier-grade computing platforms is HP
Tempe, Ariz. [August 27, 2008] – Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson
(NYSE:EMR) and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, today
announced its Avantellis™ Certification Program, the industry’s first program to precertify OpenSAF-based high availability (HA) middleware on widely deployed blade
servers and rack-mount servers from multiple vendors. Emerson’s commercial
distribution of the OpenSAF HA middleware, Avantellis Middleware, and this new
certification program enable companies to select a pre-certified hardware platform with
the assurance that it is supported by a commercial OpenSAF vendor, accelerating timeto-market and reducing development risk.
Emerson applies its extensive portfolio of test suites to fully certify the interoperability of
commercial hardware platforms and operating systems with its Avantellis HA
middleware. By pre-certifying the interoperability of these major components, original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are assured of rapid system integration cycles when
developing applications on OpenSAF’s full-featured, standards-based HA framework.
“We are proud that HP is the first company to validate its computing platforms through
Emerson’s Avantellis Certification program”, said Scott Ziffra, vice president and general
manager of software and services for the Embedded Computing business of Emerson
Network Power. “We are seeing growing customer requests for OpenSAF support on
various bladed and rack-mount servers and our new certification program will help them
deploy quickly and with confidence.”
“In order to reduce costs and to remain technologically competitive, telecom
infrastructure providers are moving from proprietary hardware and middleware to
standards-based platforms,” said Chuck Smith, vice president, BladeSystem business
development, HP. “By integrating OpenSAF on HP's carrier-grade servers using
Emerson's Avantellis solution, customers are able to reduce server costs and increase
reliability for their high-availability telecom infrastructure needs.”
More information about Avantellis Middleware is available at
www.EmersonNetworkPower.com/EmbeddedComputing.
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About OpenSAF
The OpenSAF Project is an open source project established to develop a base platform
high-availability middleware consistent with Service Availability Forum™ (SA Forum™)
specifications. The OpenSAF Foundation was established by leading communications
and computing companies to facilitate the OpenSAF Project and to accelerate the
adoption of the OpenSAF code base in commercial products. The OpenSAF code is
licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (LGPL v2.1).
Anyone can participate in the OpenSAF Project by downloading the code, and
contributing to the development project. More information about OpenSAF is available at
www.opensaf.org.
About Emerson Network Power
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), is the global leader in
enabling Business-Critical Continuity™ from grid to chip for telecommunication
networks, data centers, health care and industrial facilities. Emerson Network Power
provides innovative solutions and expertise in areas including AC and DC power and
precision cooling systems, embedded computing and power, integrated racks and
enclosures, power switching and controls, monitoring, and connectivity. All solutions are
supported globally by local Emerson Network Power service technicians. For more
information on Emerson Network Power’s embedded computing products and services
including ATCA®, MicroTCA®, CompactPCI®, VMEbus, industrial motherboards and
OpenSAF® for original equipment manufacturers and systems integrators in the
telecommunications, industrial, aerospace/defense and medical markets, visit
www.EmersonNetworkPower.com/EmbeddedComputing. Learn more about Emerson
Network Power products and services at www.EmersonNetworkPower.com.
About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE:EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing
technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers
through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate
technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2008 were $24.8 billion
and Emerson is ranked 94th on the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest companies. For
more information, visit www.Emerson.com.
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