GoAhead® Software today announces that Ericsson – the leading telecommunications equipment and services supplier - has chosen OpenSAFfire, GoAhead’s commercial distribution of the OpenSAF open source high availability software project, providing more evidence of the rapid maturation of the OpenSAF project.

GoAhead announced in March its move to OpenSAF-based solutions and the simultaneous acquisition of the Avantellis product line from Emerson Network Power. The company’s experience in high availability and the new capabilities acquired in the Avantellis deal give it a powerful combination of assets for building market-leading high availability open source solutions.

"Aligned with our strategy for commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software, we are selecting third party products to strengthen the establishment of an ecosystem around standardized SA Forum-based middleware,” said Graham Osborne, Head of Development Unit Core & IMS at Ericsson.

"This is a major milestone for GoAhead,” said Asif Naseem, President and COO of GoAhead Software. “We look forward to providing Ericsson with a world-class high availability solution.”

About GoAhead Software

GoAhead Software is the worldwide leader in commercial off-the-shelf solutions for equipment manufacturers who recognize that scarce development resources should be allocated to building applications and not infrastructure. Our software platform includes high availability middleware to ensure 99.999% availability of applications as well as a management infrastructure for networked devices that require multiple management interfaces. GoAhead's leadership and commitment to Service Availability Forum standards prevents vendor lock-in and ensures application portability across different hardware and software platforms. Proven in over 60,000 deployments, GoAhead is helping industry leaders such as Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman reduce development costs and accelerate time to delivery. For more information, visit www.goahead.com.