We’ve always been Linux-based, but until now we’ve contractually denied access to the root and to the CPUs for reasons of security, said Bruce Everest, business market manager in Europe for the Basking Ridge, New Jersey-based business telecoms infrastructure vendor.
However, major multinational customers have been telling us that there was no way they would let a server onto their network without installing their corporate virus checker, so without completely opening up the kernel, in Communications Manager 4.0 we’ve enabled third-party AV to be installed on the platform.
