PRNewswire: Linux Foundation Releases New Carrier Grade Linux 4.0 Specification

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 27, 2007

“At the Communications Ecosystem Conference today The Linux
Foundation, the new organization formed last month from the merger
of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group,
today announced availability of its Carrier Grade Linux 4.0
Specification. In existence since 2002 and now in its fourth
version, the Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) Specification consists of
over 250 individual requirements that cover seven categories of
Performance, Hardware, Standards, Serviceability, Availability,
Security and Clustering. The primary changes to the new CGL 4.0
Specification are alignment with the SCOPE Alliance’s Carrier Grade
Profile and tighter requirements around compliance…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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