IBM And Motorola Collaborate on Telecom Platforms

IBM and Motorola Computer Group will collaborate to promote highly integrated, standards-based telecom platforms based on IBM's eServer BladeCenter system and Motorola's Application-Enabling Platform. IBM plans to incorporate Motorola's Service Availability Forum (SAF) Application Interface Specification (AIS) compliant high availability software in a future version of the recently announced IBM eServer Integrated Platform for Telecommunications (IP-T).



The partnership seeks to provide the first "from enterprise to the network edge" computing solutions. Both companies are committed to the new Open Communications Architecture Forum (OCAF), Carrier Grade Operating Environment (CGOE) and Linux operating system. http://www.motorola.com/computerhttp://www.ibm.com