OpenClovis Software Project Aims to Accelerate Industry Shift to COTS Hardware and Software

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The telecommunications industry is facing significant challenges due to increased competition, demand for new services, and economic pressures. To address these issues, OpenClovis, Inc. has launched the OpenClovis Software Project, a new open source project that aims to transform the industry by providing a set of high-quality, modular, and reusable software components and tools. The project has received support from leading technology companies such as AT&T, HP, IBM, Intel, and Wind River, as well as venture capitalists.

Key Takeaways:

  • The OpenClovis Software Project aims to deliver significant advantages to network equipment providers and operators by accelerating the development and consistent implementation of software at the application service platform level.
  • Over 500,000 lines of code developed by software experts from Alcatel, AT&T, Bellcore, CIENA, Cisco Systems, Lucent, and Nortel have been contributed to the project under the GNU Public License (GPL).
  • The project's objective is to help network equipment vendors quickly and cost-effectively build platform manageability and high availability into their next-generation communication systems.
  • The OpenClovis platform is designed to reduce the cost of developing telecommunications equipment and accelerate time to market by providing developers with a flexible, standards-based software platform available under both open source and commercial licenses.
  • The project has already gained significant interest, with several major corporations supporting the OpenClovis Software Project, including AT&T, HP, IBM, Intel, and Wind River.
  • OpenClovis is partnering with standards bodies such as the Service Availability Forum (SAF) to help the industry deliver innovative and reliable network equipment solutions better, faster, and at a lower cost.
  • The company has received investment backing from American River Ventures, AT&T, Intel Capital, Sevin Rosen Funds, and Walden International.

Statistics:

  • Over $500,000 lines of code have been contributed to the OpenClovis Software Project.
  • The project has already gained significant interest, with several major corporations supporting the OpenClovis Software Project.
  • The OpenClovis platform is designed to reduce the cost of developing telecommunications equipment and accelerate time to market by providing developers with a flexible, standards-based software platform available under both open source and commercial licenses.

Sources:

  • OpenClovis, Inc. press release, "OpenClovis Announces Open Source Project," dated May 15, 2006 (www.openclovis.org)
  • Light Reading's Services Software Insider article, "OpenClovis: A New Take on Telco OSS," dated May 2006
  • Variety of telecommunications industry players supporting the OpenClovis Software Project, as mentioned in the press release.