%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2008 %T Open Carrier Grade Base Platform %A Vijay Mahendran %X This article introduces the SCOPE Alliance, a vertical alliance focused on accelerating the development of open standards for carrier grade base platforms, the base platforms satisfying the carrier grade requirements of the telecommunication industry. The focus of these network equipment providers is to build base platforms comprised of hardware, middleware, and an operating system using open modular building blocks to provide service solutions. Secondly, the article presents an adoption model along with the benefits, risks and factors affecting the adoption of open CGBPs by telecommunication companies. This adoption model is beneficial to top management teams and project managers who wish to improve the product development process. It also provides startups and independent software vendors a reference model to cost effectively deliver products and obtain maximum return. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 01/2008 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/114 %N January 2008 %9 Articles %1 Nortel Vijay Mahendran is currently working as an embedded designer at Nortel. Vijay recently received his master's degree in Technology Innovation Management program from Carleton University. His research topic was the adoption of open carrier grade base platforms in the telecommunication industry. His interests include open source, network packet processing and embedded systems.