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The MVA and its members reveal objectives and efforts, culminating in yearly gathering of industry leaders and industry-makers.
MVACEC 2007
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Frequently Asked Questions
WHAT IS THE MOUNTAIN VIEW ALLIANCE (MVA)?
The Mountain View Alliance (MVA) is a loose coalition of nine (9) Specification Developments Organizations (SDOs) and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) who have a common interest in accelerating the development of modular, commercial off the shelf (COTS) equipment adoption in the communications market. Today’s nine member organizations of the MVA represent over 1,000 total companies. The organization’s specifications and documents address most of the elements of the stack for Telecom equipment.
The MVA has a flat organization with the role project manager rotating among the representatives. The member organizations and their representatives are: the Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA), the Linux Foundation (LF), Open Communication Architecture Forum (OCAF), Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), PICMG, RapidIO, SCOPE Alliance, the Service Availability Forum (SA Forum), and the TM Forum.
HOW LONG HAS THE MVA BEEN IN EXISTENCE AND WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES?
The MVA announced its formation in June 2005 with a primary objective to promote real-life interoperability. Founded by three representatives from leading open specification organizations: PICMG, the Service Availability Forum, and the Optical Internetworking Forum - which was originally called the Network Processing Forum, the alliance members work to coordinate their efforts and facilitate communications aiming to avoid gaps, overlaps and inconsistencies that may lead to technical conflict.
The MVA acts as a clearing house for communication among its members; individual issues are usually resolved by bilateral interaction between member organizations. On the marketing side, the MVA‘s role is coordinating efforts and messages between groups to accelerate the growth of the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) ecosystem for open communications platforms.
WHAT TYPE OF COORDINATION DOES MVA DO?
We like to call the MVA a clearing house for information as mentioned. Members discuss what their organizations are doing periodically and if that generates interest, we try to find the relevant contacts in each organization so they can pursue the issue directly. The MVA also provides an excellent entry point for organizations wanting to establish connections in this space. A good example is the TM Forum that recently joined; they want to extend the work they do in system management further down the telecom platform stack - and the MVA is the perfect place to start.
WHO SHOULD I CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE MVA?
Rob Davidson is the primary MVA representative. He can be contacted at: davidson@picmg.com, + 1 805-570-9575
WHAT IS THE MVA COMMUNICATIONS ECOSYSTEM CONFERENCE (MVACEC)?
The MVACEC is an annual conference gathering for all MVA members* that targets how to accelerate the adoption of open-specification based platforms. It is designed to give delegates a unique two-day event to hear and interact with business and technology leaders that influence the infrastructure and supply chain, services and delivery mechanisms. MVACEC ’08 will showcase what changes should be expected and how those changes will impact various layers of the ecosystem.
Topics of Interest include all areas of integration in the COTS marketplace from technical to business issues, and from all perspectives - users, buyer, seller, integrator, etc.
WHO IS THE TARGET AUDIENCE FOR MVACEC?
*The audience is intended for all industry professionals from Service Providers, Network Equipment Providers, and other users and suppliers of high availability equipment, i.e., carriers and large enterprises, in addition to the membership of the Mountain View Alliance special interest groups. This includes the Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA), the Linux Foundation (LF), Open Communication Architecture Forum (OCAF), Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), PICMG, RapidIO, SCOPE Alliance, the Service Availability Forum (SA Forum), and the TM Forum as well as Analysts, Press, Sales, Marketing and other interested individuals.
WHO ARE THE MVACEC 2008 TECHNICAL CO-CHAIRS?
The MVA is honored to have Magnus Karlson from Ericsson AB; Timo Jokiaho from Nokia Siemens Networks; and Paul Steinberg from Motorola as the ’08 Co-chairs.
These gentlemen have developed a robust conference program including keynote panel discussions, educational and breakout sessions on business considerations, delivering solutions, and technology and building blocks for the two day program on March 11 and 12, 2008.
HOW CAN I REGISTER TO ATTEND MVACEC ’08?
Click this link and then click the REGISTER button to begin: http://www.mvacec.com/2008/registration/
IF I WANT MORE MVACEC ’08 INFORMATION, WHO CAN I CONTACT?
Email the MVACEC ’08 Event Manager, Sally Bixby at sallyb@rtcgroup.com for the quickest response