Excellent performance levels across all types of deployments now possible, and at a significantly lower cost
Cambridge, UK, 11th May 2009 – OpenCloud Limited, the supplier of real-time application server software for next-generation convergent telecommunications services, today launches the latest release of its real-time fault tolerant Telecom Application Server: Rhino 2.1. Now available as a G.A. product, it includes a suite of enhancements to further strengthen its already powerful fault tolerant capabilities, both for small and large systems alike.
Rhino is an application server that supports the development of telecommunications applications. It is a Java platform that implements the JAIN SLEE 1.0 and 1.1 specifications. The Rhino SLEE can be used to develop and deploy carrier-grade applications that use SS7 based protocols such as INAP and CAP, IMS protocols such as ISC and Diameter and IP based protocols such as HTTP and SIP. Rhino’s SDK enables any developer skilled in Java to create exciting new applications for telecoms operators, thereby opening up opportunities for developers to apply their skills to this new market.
The enhancements delivered in 2.1, combined with Rhino's open scalable architecture and use of industry standard hardware, set a new benchmark in performance and throughput for real-time telecom applications. OpenCloud’s customers are now able to achieve even greater Capex and Opex savings, whether choosing Rhino to augment or replace their existing IN SCP platforms. A summary of the new capabilities delivered in Rhino 2.1 is given below:
• Improved performance and scalability — new features that significantly improve performance and scalability for larger systems
• Support for two-node clusters — new support for two-node clusters on small-scale HA installations
• Flexible overload configuration — administrators can now create "rate limiters" for fine-grained control over workload, input and output
• More robust cluster membership — independent application-data garbage collection makes cluster membership more robust
• Simplified SDK installation — the SDK now has the same one-click installation for Linux, Solaris, and Windows (including Vista)
• Consolidation — Rhino 2.1 consolidates all bug fixes from all Rhino 2.0 patch releases.
