Altran signs agreement with OpenCloud
October 23 2008,
Altran España, Spain’s leading consultancy in technological innovation, part of Altran Technologies, has signed an agreement with OpenCloud Ltd, the leading supplier of real-time application servers for next generation telecommunication services. Altran will develop applications for OpenCloud’s Rhino platform and provide both systems integration and reseller services thereby strengthening its offering to fixed and mobile operators.
The partnership will see Altran Technologies utilising its expertise in developing bespoke person-to-person communications services to build commercial applications on the Rhino platform. Development of Altran’s extended operator services portfolio, including systems integration services, is ideally suited to OpenCloud’s real-time application server which allows truly portable applications to be built which can run on multiple platforms, maximising operator flexibility and responsiveness.
OpenCloud Rhino implements JAIN SLEE (JSLEE) JAVA standard, specifically designed to satisfy the strict requirements from Telecommunications industry. It supports, manages and executes portable, carrier grade telecommunications services, regardless of the underlying infrastructure, faster and at a lower cost.
By supporting the JAIN SLEE Standard Altran Technologies complete solution will enable Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to select a telecommunications application server without platform compatibility restrictions.
Ana Mosquera, Telecommunications General Manager of Altran Technologies, pointed out, “this agreement is a step forward for Altran Technologies in the development of new communication services using standard-based platforms. Altran´s specialized offer together with OpenCloud will be able to create new carrier grade solutions in a flexible and cost effective way”.
Enriqueta Ronco, Country Manager of Spain and Portugal at OpenCloud, commented, “Altran’s heritage of systems integration and developing tailored solutions for its CSP customers is ideally suited to the freedoms which OpenCloud Rhino offer customers. The partnership demonstrates how the industry is moving away from proprietary vendor lock-in models, focusing more on the commercial opportunities available when flexible development platforms are used.”
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About
Altran
Created in 1982, Altran is today the European leader in innovation consulting. Our originality lies
in the ability of our consultants to manage our customer's projects that deliver tomorrow’s solutions today. Built on an
original model, then decentralised to give free rein to initiative, Altran assists its clients at every stage of the
innovation cycle in three complementary fields: technology and innovation consulting (accounting for nearly half the
turnover),organisation and information systems consulting (a third of the turnover)and strategy and management
consulting. In 2007, the Group’s turnover reached 1 591,4 million euros, with over 17,000 employees in the 20 top
countries. About OpenCloud
OpenCloud was formed in New Zealand in 2000 to create open
standard software that would revolutionise the portability and interoperability of services in telecommunications,
specifically in the evolution to IP and 3G IMS. The company was founded on the vision that the use of Java within the
telecommunications network would stimulate innovation, interoperability and simplicity in telecommunication infrastructure
equipment. In autumn this year, OpenCloud won global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan’s Product Differentiation Innovation
of the Year award in the European telecommunications market.
OpenCloud works with partners to deliver,
integrate and support end-to-end solutions incorporating OpenCloud products to global network operators and service
providers. OpenCloud has representatives in: Cambridge, UK; Wellington, New Zealand; Madrid; Tokyo; and San Francisco.
More information is available at www.opencloud.com
Media
contacts
OpenCloud:
Becky Kiely/Sarah Martinez
OCTOPUS
T:
+44 (0) 8453 700 655
E: opencloud@octopuscomms.net
Altran:
F. Amago –
Director de Comunicación y Marketing Grupo Altran
Altran España
T: +34 91 272 32 20
E:
ferran.amago@altran.es
Valvanuz Serna
Gesem Marketing y Comunicación
T: +34 91 353 38
45
E: vserna@gmarketing.es