Thursday January 25, 2007

The Open Content Delivery Server (OpenCDS) is a free, open source platform that enables mobile operators, service providers, and enterprises to deliver a variety of content to mobile users. OpenCDS provides service providers with a way to control the complete content life cycle and helps them to increase Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) and customer loyalty. OpenCDS can support content types such as ring tones, images and wallpapers, Symbian applications, Java technology-based games, audio and video content, and many other content types.

OpenCDS is the open source version of the Sun Java System Content Delivery Server and will be available under and governed by the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL)..

Built on a Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) architecture, OpenCDS offers carrier-class performance and scalability as well. Check out the developer site, download the binary or the code, and learn how OpenCDS can be useful to you. A Wiki helps you to start...

In my opinion this is really a great news as by sharing CDS with the open source community, Sun will expand the CDS footprint to a wider market. Increased ubiquity for CDS means more systems integrators, original equipment manufacturers and independent software vendors will engage on the CDS platform, increasing the available options.

Sun also recently announced new CDS customers Telecom New Zealand and Telefonica Moviles de Argentina have chosen the Sun CDS solutions running on the Sun Solaris operating system to quickly bring new services and content to market.