CNET News: SuSE Touts New Telecom Ware, Top Execs

“SuSE has introduced a new Linux operating system product geared
for telecommunications companies, named several new executives and
signed up an advertising agency to elevate the German company’s
profile.

“The new ‘carrier grade’ Linux product, a free add-on to SuSE
Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), supports requirements of
telecommunications companies whose servers handle the important
tasks of routing phone call traffic or metering call duration.
Carrier-grade Linux is a version that comes with several features
required by telecommunications companies, providing the ability to
respond to new tasks within fixed amounts of time and to manage
hundreds or thousand of processes simultaneously. The product is an
offshoot of the Open Source Development Lab.

“‘We are targeting traditional Unix platforms,’ said Markus Rex,
head of development for SuSE. Top Linux seller Red Hat also is
working on a carrier-grade Linux effort to win over telephone
company customers traditionally wedded to companies such as Sun
Microsystems…”

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