First company to certify commercial and carrier-grade computing platforms is HP
Tempe, Ariz. [September 17, 2009] – 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 pre-certify 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 time-to-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.
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.
