NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: PHIL HOCHMUTH ON LINUX 10/27/04 Today's focus: TimeSys offers carrier-grade, real-time Linux
Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED], In this issue: * TimeSys Linux complies with DSDL Carrier Grade Linux 2.0 specs * Links related to Linux * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Red Hat Software RED HAT TRAINING: Enroll now and get gear Improve your skills and boost your career with Red Hat's performance-based training courses--RHCE, RHCT, and more! Learning has never been easier; test your smarts and identify your course level with our free online pre-assessment exams. Then, enroll today and get cool Red Hat gear, a $100 value! http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=85798 _______________________________________________________________ NOW AVAILABLE! Networking for Small Business website Get all the combined Small Business advice, authority, and know-how from the experts at NW Fusion and PC World distilled into one powerful resource, the new Networking for Small Business website. Find everything your small business needs regarding Security, Networking, Broadband, Hardware, Software, and Wireless and Mobile technology at: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=85527 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: TimeSys offers carrier-grade, real-time Linux By Phil Hochmuth As embedded Linux rolls into new markets, such as automotive computing systems (see previous newsletter), the open source operating system is also chugging right along in the telecom and carrier markets. The latest advancement of embedded Linux as a telco platform was the release last week of a registered Linux distribution from TimeSys that complies with the Open Source Development Lab's (OSDL) Carrier Grade Linux 2.0 specifications. The OSDL is a vendor-neutral consortium that promotes the standardization, development and optimization of Linux for specific deployments, such as data centers and carrier networks. The OSDL outlines specifications that a Linux distribution must meet in order to receive a Carrier Grade Linux 2.0 registration. The registration process certifies that a Linux distribution meets certain levels of performance, scalability, clustering support and fault-tolerance. These specifications are also set for the various platforms that Linux would run on in a carrier environment, such as PowerPC-based equipment, or CompactPCI "computer-on-a-card" systems. Members of the OSDL's Carrier Grade Linux sub-group consist of Computer Associates, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel and NEC. TimeSys is offering a Carrier Grade Linux 2.0-compliant TimeSys Linux distribution on Intel and PowerPC platforms, with a Linux kernel based on the 2.6 version. The operating system is being targeted as a server for carrier applications, such as telephony or network monitoring applications, as well as a real-time application in other industries such as manufacturing automation, defense and aerospace. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS TimeSys http://www.timesys.com/ Download the Carrier Grade Linux 2.0 requirements http://www.nwfusion.com/nllinux767 _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Phil Hochmuth Phil Hochmuth is a Network World Senior Editor and a former systems integrator. You can reach him at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by Red Hat Software RED HAT TRAINING: Enroll now and get gear Improve your skills and boost your career with Red Hat's performance-based training courses--RHCE, RHCT, and more! Learning has never been easier; test your smarts and identify your course level with our free online pre-assessment exams. 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