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SUN ANNOUNCES CHORUSOS 4.0 SOFTWARE, THE CORNERSTONE FOR A NEW EMBEDDED TELECOM PLATFORM
SUN ANNOUNCES CHORUSOS 4.0 SOFTWARE, THE CORNERSTONE FOR A NEW EMBEDDED TELECOM PLATFORM
Combining the Power of Solaris ™ with the Real-Time Performance of the ChorusOS ™ Operating System
Atlanta, GA, June 8, 1999 - Today at SuperComm 99, Sun Microsystems,
Inc. introduced an embedded telecom platform based on ChorusOS 4.0
™ software
and the Solaris ™ operating environment. Answering the market demand for
a networking architecture that will enable the convergence of voice and data
technologies in wireline, wireless, switching and access networks, the
platform will leverage a host of Sun ™ hardware and software products to
provide a scalable, reliable, carrier-grade solution. The range of products
will provide network equipment providers and service providers with a highly
integrated, ready-to-use platform on which to build and deploy new products
and value-added services rapidly and cost effectively. A first step and
cornerstone to the development of this platform, the ChorusOS 4.0 real-time
embedded operating system is scheduled to be available next month.
"By leveraging Sun's ChorusOS software and the embedded telecom platform,
Motorola will be able to deliver the wireless computing architecture needed
for the 21st century," said Bo Hedfors, executive vice president, Motorola
Corporation.
The platform will provide a unique combination of products to develop a
scalable, reliable and distributed IP network architecture integrating
Solaris and the embedded real-time ChorusOS 4.0 operating system. The
embedded telecom platform will also include common application programming
interfaces (APIs) and telecom services such as high availability,
manageability, and an integrated Java™ technology-enabled solution for
the dynamic delivery of IP services. It will run on top of Sun's
Netra™ T servers and SPARCengine ™ CompactPCI boards, as well as other
commercially available telecom hardware platforms such as PowerPC or Intel
architectures.
The embedded telecom platform is expected to meet the changing needs of the
telecommunications business environment by giving network equipment providers
a single infrastructure supported by open standards, freeing them from
architecture issues and allowing them to concentrate on their areas of
development expertise. Sun's software components seamlessly integrate with
the hardware to form the embedded telecom platform, a cost-effective and
flexible network solution in the service age.
"Sun has accumulated significant experience and expertise in delivering
industry-leading solutions based on open standards," said Jean-Pierre
Baudouin, director and general manager, Embedded and Telecom Software, Sun
Microsystems, Inc. "The combination of our Solaris and ChorusOS products
forms the foundation of the embedded telecom platform. Through this, Sun
meets the demands of the rapidly changing and fast growing telecommunications
market, by delivering powerful, scalable and reliable computing solutions."
With the new release of ChorusOS software, Sun will deliver a complete binary
package including hardware configuration and board support packages to
support several CPU architectures. The software's ready-to-use feature for
high availability support will include a hot-restart mechanism, error
confinement and in-service reconfiguration. Its distributed architecture will
enable the implementation of multi-tiered telecom applications from small
line cards all the way up to switching control points. Finally,
high-performance IP services and multiple protocol interfaces, facilitate
support of a large variety of protocol stacks from 3rd party vendors.
Future releases of ChorusOS software are presently scheduled to provide
dynamic discovery and delivery of new services via integration with the
Java Dynamic Management ™ Kit (JDMK) and additional resources that protect
against down-time and provide high availability solutions.
About Sun:
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The
Computer™" has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ 'SUNW') to
its position as a leading provider of hardware, software and services
for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of
the Internet. With more than $11 billion in annual revenues, Sun can
be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at
http://www.sun.com.
Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Java, Java Dynamic Management,
ChorusOS, Netra, Solaris and The Network Is The Computer are all
trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the
United States and in other countries.
All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or
registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United
States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are
based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Quote Addendum
- Agranat Systems
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"The market for embedded Web servers is hot," said Mark Taylor, Vice
President of Marketing at Agranat Systems. "The combination of Sun's
powerful thrust into the embedded market and EmWeb's load-and go
integration with ChorusOS 4.0 software will enable us to reach and
provide significant value to a large number of developers."
- CS VERILOG
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" CS VERILOG is happy to continue partnering with SUN to provide
Telecom customers the ChorusOS / ObjectGEODE powerful combined
solution. CS VERILOG is one of the leading suppliers of development
solutions targeting real-time Telecom software. With 10+ years of
field experience, ObjectGEODE is a proven solution for analysis,
design, model checking, automatic code and test generation for a wide
range of Telecom applications," said Erwan Paccard, Business
Development Manager for CS VERILOG. For more information go to
http://www.verilogusa.com/products/geode.htm.
- Harris and Jeffries, Inc.
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"Like Harris and Jeffries' networking solutions, ChorusOS 4.0 software
has been designed to provide telecom networking equipment vendors with
a scalable, carrier class solution which delivers the functionality
required by today's service driven market," noted Al Cooley, director
of business development at Harris and Jeffries, Inc. (H&J), the
leading provider of ATM, Frame Relay and MPLS software systems.
"These complementary capabilities, combined with the availability of
integration software jointly developed by Sun and H&J, provide an
attractive offering for suppliers developing next generation
internetworking equipment."
- Nokia Telecommunications
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"Nokia Telecommunications is a leading system supplier in
telecommunications technology, offering systems and solutions for
analog and digital wireless networks and fixed networks. We have been
using ChorusOS software for building modern network elements. Sun's
extension of its offering to provide a fully integrated platform, for
highly available distributed network infrastructures, will
considerably help us in accelerating our delivery of innovative
solutions and services to telecom carriers." said Keijo Olkkola, VP Switching Platforms of Nokia
Telecommunications.
- Nortel Networks'
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"Nortel Networks' strategies include collaborating with best-in-class
vendors of superior technologies. Sun's robust, scalable
operating-system product line, made even stronger with the
introduction of ChorusOS 4.0 software, is a valuable component in the
rapid development of Nortel Networks' telecommunications solutions, "
said Bruce Roe, VP Advanced Software and Networking Technology, Nortel
Networks Corp.
- ObjectTime Limited
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ObjecTime is pleased to support Sun's introduction of ChorusOS 4.0
software by offering an integration with Rational Rose RealTime.
"Through our ObjecTime Developer product line, we have built extensive
experience in serving the stringent availability and performance needs
of the telecom development community. ObjecTime Developer and the
ChorusOS operating environment have been used successfully by our
joint customers to build complex, reliable telecom products and
deliver them to market on time. We believe that Rational Rose
RealTime will become the new standard for UML-based embedded
development and are pleased to extend our support for ChorusOS
software to this exciting new environment," said Jim McGee, ObjecTime
Limited president and chief executive officer.
ObjecTime Limited of Kanata, Ontario is the leader in UML engineering
automation tools optimized for building dependability, performance and
correctness into Connected World embedded software systems.
- Solid Information Technology
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"Sun's ChorusOS 4.0 software advances telephony solutions by providing
infrastructure for truly powerful networks of devices capable of
responding to customer needs with data-driven solutions, said Janne
Karjalainen, CTO Solid Information Technology. "SOLID builds on the
capabilities of the ChorusOS operating system with lightweight,
reliable data management components for local data storage and
system-wide data synchronization."
- SNMP Research International
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"ChorusOS 4.0 ™ software is going to be a key component in a number
of our customers' products," said Dr. Jeffrey Case, Founder and Chief
Technical Officer of SNMP Research, Inc. "We are pleased to be able
to offer our mutual customers our EMANATE ™ family of agent
products which support SNMPv1, SNMPv2, SNMPv3, and Web-based
management on the Chorus platform and to be partners with Sun. Sun's
leadership in SNMP-based management dates back to the late 1980s and
the early days of SNMP. Manageability, including support for current
management standards, such as SNMPv3 with security and administration,
will be an important requirement for users of this new real-time
embedded operating system in IP-based networks," said Case, a
co-author of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), which is
the Internet-standard operations and management protocol for network,
systems, and applications management.
SNMP Research produces a complete family of management products based
on SNMPv1, SNMPv2, SNMPv3, and other protocols for agents, management
stations, Web-based management, and mid-level managers. These products
form the basis of many of today's SNMP products offered by leading
networking companies. SNMP Research is a leader with respect to
defining the standards and constructing implementations based on SNMP,
the standard for Internet management. Information about SNMP Research
is available via the World Wide Web at http://www.snmp.com.
- Sun Microelectronics
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"Legacy space constraints drive many carriers and network equipment
providers to seek powerful hardware-software capability in specific
configurations and packages," said Marge Breya, vice president,
marketing, microelectronics, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "For these
organizations Sun Microsystems' family of UltraSPARC processor-based
compactPCI boards offer a flexible OEM solution, combining full
ChorusOS support with 64-bit horsepower, scalability for the future
and NEBS compliance."
When operating on Sun Microsystems' line of SPARCengine CP compactPCI
boards, the ChorusOS 4.0 RTOS enables carriers and service providers
to seamlessly thread software throughout all of its infrastructure
hardware, including switches, digital line loops and base station
controllers. The integration of RTOS software out to the line card
level will permit telecom companies to deploy new services rapidly and
effectively.
- Trillium Digital Systems
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"We are delighted to extend our existing relationship with Sun
Microsystems by making our System Services Interface available on
ChorusOS 4.0 software," said Jeff Lawrence, President, Trillium
Digital Systems. " This feature will give telecommunication equipment
providers the ability to easily implement ChorusOS 4.0 software ports
of Trillium's solutions for Internet telephony and intelligent
network, including H.323, SS7, ISDN, or even ATM. In fact, the
SSI-enabled ChorusOS 4.0 operating system allows manufacturers to
bring any Trillium solution to market quickly."
- Victor Data Systems
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"In Japan, several large manufacturers are already taking benefits
from the superior reliability and real-time performances of ChorusOS
operating system, said Mr. Teruo Sugiyama, CEO of Victor Data Systems.
"Among other applications, ChorusOS software has been used in Japan in
devices such as telecommunication equipments and networked karaoke
terminals. We are all excited by this announcement, the flexibility
this new product will bring, and the new perspectives it will open to
the industry. The rich set of features and development tools coming
with this new release will strengthen the position of ChorusOS
software on the Japanese market."
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