STOCKHOLM, Sweden — May 28, 2009 — Tail-f Systems, the leading developer of on-device configuration management software for networking equipment providers, today announced its partnership with DePaul University’s College of Computing and Digital Media to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the NETCONF protocol, and to identify areas for the improvement of its implementation. The University is employing Tail-f’s ConfD software to evaluate NETCONF’s capabilities, performance, security, and industry support against those of the legacy Command Line Interface (CLI) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) approaches.
“Our collaboration with Tail-f enables the University to take its research to the next level,” said James Yu, Associate Professor, College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University. “The legacy approaches of CLI and SNMP no longer satisfy the operational needs of network operators and equipment vendors, especially in the functional area of configuration management. NETCONF is proposed to address the deficiencies in these approaches. Tail-f’s ConfD provides a rich environment for developing advanced network management applications, which enables us to develop an empirical framework to evaluate the protocol specifications and implementation.”
NETCONF is an XML-based protocol that provides a new approach to automated network configuration management. Tail-f Systems’ ConfD software helps developers rapidly implement NETCONF support into new or existing products.
“We are thrilled DePaul has chosen our technology to further its research into addressing the growing challenges of configuration management,” said Carl Moberg, COO, Tail-f Systems. “The increased complexity of today’s networks dictates a new approach for network configuration management, and the industry is looking for a standards-based solution for multi-vendor configuration management. This makes NETCONF a logical and strategic approach, and we fully support DePaul’s thorough analysis of the protocol’s capabilities.”
About DePaul’s College of Computing and Digital Media
Originating as the Department of Computer Science at DePaul University, the College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) has evolved in the past two decades into an interdisciplinary college with a broad range of innovative programs. The college is organized into two schools: the School of Computing (SoC), which incorporates programs in computer and information sciences such as computer science, networking, software engineering, security, information systems and IT project management; and the School of Cinema and Interactive Media (CIM), which encompasses digital arts majors including game development, digital cinema, animation and interactive media. For more information, please visit www.cdm.depaul.edu.
About Tail-f Systems
Tail-f Systems is the leading developer of on-device configuration management software for network equipment vendors. Customers using Tail-f’s technology radically reduce their time-to-market and benefit from carrier-grade implementations of NETCONF, CLI, Web, and SNMP interfaces. Tail-f is a venture-funded company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information, please visit www.tail-f.com.
