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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. [September 15,
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
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