NextHop Technologies® Inc., the
definitive source for network routing software solutions, and MontaVista
Software, the company powering the embedded revolution, today announced
that NextHop GateD® routing source code will add support for the
MontaVista® Linux® Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) operating system (OS) and
development environment.
This combination now gives telecommunications equipment manufacturers and
network equipment providers (TEMs and NEPs) in multiple market segments,
ranging from the service provider core, metropolitan and edge,
Asia-Pacific OEMs/ODMs (original equipment manufacturers/original
designers and manufacturers) to enterprise networks, SOHO (small
office/home office) and security appliances, a high-end, pre-tested
routing solution on a carrier-grade version of Linux.
“We are excited to be working with MontaVista Software and truly pleased
to be able to meet customers’ demands with a solid, pre-tested,
easy-to-integrate, ‘OS plus routing’ joint solution for carrier-grade
applications,” states Dennis Tsu, vice president marketing and sales for
NextHop. “Understanding the needs of the industry and providing the best
routing solutions for network equipment manufacturers is a critical
requirement for next-generation networks and continues to be NextHop’s
mission.”
With its real-time Linux performance and high availability features, CGE
offers significant advantages for TEMs and NEPs beyond “enterprise” Linux.
MontaVista Software’s carrier-grade Linux operating system combines the
leading technological advancements of Linux with robust carrier-class
features to create the most advanced open standards-based carrier-grade
platform available.
“Having GateD as a robust routing software solution for MontaVista Linux
Carrier Grade Edition helps us empower network equipment vendors that are
increasingly looking for Linux-based solutions to get their products to
market quickly,” states Sheila Baker, vice president, marketing,
MontaVista Software. “This combination will definitely provide them with
solid state-of-the-art technology that is easy to develop, install and
use.”
About MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition
MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade
Edition provides a robust software platform to meet the demands of
carriers and service providers. CGE is the first product to be fully
compliant with the industry specification for Carrier Grade Linux released
last year by the Open Source Development Lab – the OSDL Carrier Grade
Linux Specification 1.1. The specification includes standards such as the
Linux Standards Base (LSB), IPv6 (including IPSECv6 and MIPv6), SNMP
support, and POSIX interfaces for timers, signals, message queues,
semaphores, event logging and threads.
CGE is based on an open architecture, incorporating standard interfaces
that provide greater flexibility and portability. CGE 3.0 supports
multiple hardware solutions based on CompactPCI and volume-based rackmount
servers.
About GateD Routing Software With more than 16 years of deployment, GateD
is the most stable, fully functional, and widely used routing protocol in
the world. NextHop offers three GateD product lines: GateD Enterprise 2.x
routing software, GateD 10.2 routing software, and GateD NGC 2.x routing
and MPLS/VPN (multi-protocol label switching/virtual private network)
software.
GateD Enterprise is an off-the-shelf software package that transforms
servers into secure, reliable routing platforms. GateD 10.2 routing
software is licensed as source code to developers building network
equipment. GateD is renowned for its performance, scalability,
reliability, and breadth of deployment on the Internet. It is the first
Internet protocol (IP) routing source code product with two management
interfaces, an XML Routing API (application-programming interface) and a
CLI (command line interface), as well as OPSEC™ (Open Platform for
Security) certification from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. GateD
has become the de-facto standard for routing software over the last 16
years.
GateD® NGC (Next Generation Carrier) builds on the GateD core technology
adding MPLS, RSVP, LDP, virtual routing, and 2547/VPN capabilities to meet
the needs of high-capacity, multi-service routing platforms and is
designed specifically to meet the challenging needs of network equipment
manufacturers in the service provider core, metro and edge markets.
Pricing and Availability
Available now, GateD routing
software comes in several packages.
CGE is available from MontaVista Software and the company’s sales and
distribution channels worldwide. It is offered as a product subscription,
providing customers with the MontaVista Linux kernel, all software
updates, deployment components, utilities, development tools, access to
the MontaVista Zone (customer resource portal), comprehensive technical
support and hands-on Linux training classes.
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