Another article on Motorola-NT OPEN IP deal. Any thoughts on how significant a deal this is?
Contrary to some naysayers, NT appears to be taking the Open IP approach seriously judging by these large strategic product development alliances.
There is a growing awareness that the real boom in Internet access device will not come from Routers or P.C's but the so-called "Internet Appliances". How big this market will be, how fast it will develop and how NT plans on lever their OIP code to generate revenue will be very interesting.
HEADLINES
Tuesday , February 08,
10:10 am, EST
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp., one of the world's largest communications equipment suppliers, said Tuesday it had teamed up with wireless product maker Motorola Inc. to make it easier for manufacturers to develop advanced Internet products.
The agreement is aimed at allowing manufacturers to build next-generation Internet products that are faster, more secure, higher-quality and more profitable, the firms said.
Developers will now be able to use Nortel's open Internet Protocol routing software to build equipment based on Motorola's semiconductor and communications processors.
Nortel's IP software opens standards and the interfaces for application programming for a string of Internet functions. It can Internet-enable everything from servers and set-top boxes to personal computers, Brampton, Ontario-based Nortel said.
Motorola processors are designed for use in such communication equipment as small and home office routers to high-end local and wide area network switches and routers.
Schaumburg, Illinois-based Motorola also said it also plans to include Nortel's IP routing software in its CompactPCI family of high-end computer systems.
The announcement follows Nortel's move in November to open access to its Internet networking technology and alliance with Intel Corp., which was to add parts of Nortel's open Internet platform to its Web products.
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