OpenSAF: 2010 Milestones and 2011 Plans

By Monica Hatlen, OpenSAF Foundation

2010 OpenSAF Milestones

The OpenSAF community reports the following key milestones in 2010:

• The release of OpenSAF 4.0, which introduced key new features including increased modularity as well as software and platform management. These improvements make OpenSAF the most scalable, robust, and comprehensive implementation of Service Availability™ Forum standards
• Ericsson announced commercial deployment of OpenSAF in its Composition Engine. This is the first such public statement by a major equipment manufacturer.
• GoAhead Software announced commercial deployment of OpenSAF with its release of OpenSAFfire Version 6.0.
• The addition of members GoAhead Software and MontaVista Software further expanded the OpenSAF ecosystem
• Leading technologists and OpenSAF developers from Ericsson, GoAhead Software, HP, and Wind River Systems presented at the 2010 Developer Days Conference

2011 Roadmap

OpenSAF is an evolving platform that responds to the high availability and mission critical communities. Building on the momentum of OpenSAF 4.0, the next release will contain features such as Python APIs, further Java integration and general usability, overload, and performance enhancements. Visit the OpenSAF project site and view the roadmap for more details.

OpenSAF also plans to educate developers about best practices for implementing its project architecture into diverse platforms. It will share how implementing OpenSAF solutions can deliver ROI and time-to-market benefits for equipment manufacturers of all types.

2011 OpenSAF Conference

The 2011 OpenSAF Conference (formerly Developer Days) is a conference for the open source, mission critical, and HA middleware communities. This year’s event will expand beyond developers to include users, adopters, and academics interested in a general overview of the OpenSAF Project architecture, features, and code base. Additional sessions will focus on developers seeking detailed and practical exposure to the OpenSAF code and the development of OpenSAF-based highly available applications. To register for the conference, please click here.

Monica Hatlen is the President of OpenSAF and Product Manager for Platform and Component Strategy at Ericsson. You can reach her via Mary Slonske at opensaf@nereus-worldwide.com.