(EMAILWIRE.COM, April 03, 2006 ) Mountain View, CA –- SCOPE®, an alliance of leading Network Equipment Providers is the latest organization to join the Mountain View Alliance (MVA). SCOPE joins the Network Processor Forum, the Optical Internetworking Forum, PICMG®, the Service Availability Forum® and the RapidIO® Trade Association in the alliance, which provides a forum for the coordination of activities of its member organizations.

“The Mountain View Alliance is an important venue to help SCOPE fulfill its goal of establishing widely accepted profiles for open specification based carrier grade base platforms” said Timo Jokiaho, chairman of the SCOPE Alliance.
Rob Davidson, the PICMG representative to the MVA added, “SCOPE adds a new and very important perspective to the Mountain View Alliance membership, that of the user. They will have a very important role in this community.”

The Mountain View Alliance promotes an environment for coexistence and compatibility such that real applications can be created from COTS building blocks. Real life interoperability is a significant goal of the MVA and as such the Alliance members will work to harmonize their activities aiming to maximize impact, avoid gaps, overlaps and inconsistencies that might otherwise lead to inefficiencies, and contradictions. The group’s founding members have been holding regular meetings since December 2004.

About the Mountain View Alliance:
The mission of the Mountain View Alliance is to accelerate the adoption of platforms and building blocks based on the specifications of member organizations. The goal of the Alliance is to optimize effectiveness of its member organizations through coordinated marketing activities including joint trade show participation, joint meetings, and outreach activities. As the need arises, the Mountain View Alliance will also facilitate multi-faceted co-operation between its member organizations. Through such activities, the Mountain View Alliance aims to promote a diverse and thriving ecosystem of open-specification based components and platforms.

The Mountain View Alliance members are the Network Processor Forum, the Optical Internetworking Forum, PICMG®, SCOPE, the Service Availability Forum®, and the RapidIO® Trade Association.
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