Systems/Enterprise:
SOLID AND MontaVista SURVEY
HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL IT NEEDS
Solid Information Technology Corp, a leading grid distributed data
management
provider, and MontaVista Software Inc, a company powering the embedded
revolution, announced the results of a survey on telecom/IT professionals'
needs in the areas of highly available network architecture, grid application
development, and database management.
The joint survey targeted product managers, database administrators,
application designers, and software engineers, as well as senior management
positions in industries such as telecom, healthcare, biotech, publishing, and
financial services.
To view the results of the survey, visit: http://www.solidtech.com.
"The results of this survey enunciate IT and telecom experts' need to
ensure
five nines service availability to their customers by a 10 to 1 margin,"
explained Jussi Harvela, president and CEO, Solid. "And the desire for high
availability isn't exclusive to the United States; professionals in over 25
countries and across all industries articulated that same desire. The
responses point to the acute pain companies are facing as they attempt to
negotiate the challenge of reliably providing a highly available network."
The survey responses came from 111 professionals involved in more than 15
industries; more than 65 percent of responses came from the financial
services, healthcare, manufacturing, telecom, insurance industries, and
government. Forty percent of the respondents represented more than 25
European, Middle Eastern, and African countries, while the remaining 60
percent were from the U.S. Seventy percent of the respondents operate a
Microsoft Windows operating system; the remaining 30 percent was split among
Linux, Sun Solaris, and Unix.
Survey Highlights
The survey covered an array of issues relating to high availability,
embedded
database needs, and the importance of scalable software/hardware platforms
that map to a company's business objectives.
- 90 percent of the survey respondents agree that it is important or
extremely important for software and hardware platforms to be scalable in
order to meet their companies' objectives.
- 88 percent felt that a highly available database/database manager is
critical in providing five nines availability.
- 86 percent indicated that providing five nines service availability to
customers is important or extremely important.
- 82 percent thought that it is extremely important for a SQL database
manager to store system data in network elements.
- 82 percent agreed that broad database platform support from a database
manager is very important.
- 56 percent felt that an embeddable database was very important to their
network infrastructure products.
The survey results suggest several trends. Respondents agreed that the most
crucial areas of their business include shorter development cycles, decreased
development costs, decrease in the time to market for new products and
offerings, and more reliable products. Just over 45 percent of the respondents
estimated their company's spending toward the development of network
infrastructure products will increase from 5-25 percent over the next 1-2
years.
"The results of this survey are exciting. The survey points to the
universal
concerns telecom and IT experts share regarding which strategies and
technologies will support their business goals," said John Lehmann, director,
business development, MontaVista Software.
"Our partnership with Solid to provide highly available network solutions
in a
wide variety of applications speaks to the real needs of the industry right
now."
About Solid
Solid Information Technology Corp delivers the premier grid distributed
data
management platform. Built on a sophisticated architectural foundation,
Solid's solutions power large-scale distributed applications in a variety of
vertical markets including network infrastructure, fleet management, consumer
electronics, and the distributed enterprise.
A unique combination of relational data management and advanced
synchronization, Solid's technology can be used as a client/server data
management system or be embedded into any static or mobile computing device to
provide a robust platform on which to build distributed applications. Leading
companies including Avaya, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, and Nortel, as well as
start-up companies such as Turin Networks and Lantern Communications use Solid
technology to build highly available, performing and scalable smart network
solutions. Solid is a privately held company with worldwide headquarters in
Mountain View, California. The company also has regional offices in the U.S,
Europe, and Japan.
http://www.solidtech.com
About MontaVista Software
MontaVista Software is a leading global supplier of systems software for
intelligent connected devices and associated infrastructure. MontaVista powers
the embedded revolution by providing GNU/Linux-based open-source software
solutions. Founded in 1999 by real-time operating system (RTOS) pioneer James
Ready, MontaVista offers a family of products under the MontaVista Linux
umbrella that address broad-based software developer needs encompassing
applications ranging from communications infrastructure to consumer
electronics. Multiple editions of MontaVista Linux are available -- including
Professional, Consumer Electronics, and Carrier Grade -- along with
complementary technology products providing powerful Java and graphics
development capabilities.
Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, California,
MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading investors
including Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, WR Hambrecht +
Co, IBM, Intel Capital, Sony, Panasonic (Matsushita), Toshiba America, and
Yamaha Corp.
http://www.mvista.com
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