01340nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245004500055210004500100260004200145520098000187100001601167856003501183       2007                        eng d  a1913-610200aCompany Interactions with Open Platforms0 aCompany Interactions with Open Platforms  aOttawabTalent First Networkc08/20073 aThe telecommunications industry is moving away from building communications and data service networks using proprietary platforms of specialized hardware, closed interfaces, and proprietary technologies. Increasingly, the industry is assembling new networks on open platforms comprised of both commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software and open source components. Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) stands at the center of the move to open architectures.

This article addresses three questions. 1) What motivates companies to incorporate CGL specifications into their products? 2) How do companies adopting CGL create and appropriate value? 3) What roles do these companies play in the ecosystem anchored around the CGL Working Group initiative? These questions are of interest to top management teams facing pivotal decisions of whether or not to incorporate open platforms into their products, and how to compete in a world where those same platforms are available to competitors.1 aYuan, Tammy  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/86