S3 Group’s embeddedMIND business was acquired by GoAhead Software on December 31st, 2009. GoAhead Software is the worldwide leader in open standards-based high availability middleware for carrier-grade and mission critical systems for which downtime is unacceptable.
“GoAhead is very excited to make embeddedMIND part of our suite of solutions”, said John Hansen, CEO of GoAhead Software. “The team at embeddedMIND understands the benefits of COTS as clearly as anyone in the industry. We look forward to offering new capabilities that enhance the traditional benefits we have delivered to our customers for years - helping them continue to cut their time-to-market, lower costs, and focus scarce resources on differentiating their products in the marketplace.”
“S3 Group has developed a successful business around the innovative embeddedMIND product in the configuration management space. We have a recognized brand and several Tier One customers. We believe that the GoAhead product portfolio and organization provide the perfect fit for the further growth and development of the embeddedMIND product technology and the delivery of a complete solution to customers,” said John O’Brien, CEO of S3 Group.
With more than 60,000 deployments, GoAhead has the only proven, open standards-based solution, reducing risk to meet time and cost requirements. GoAhead's leadership and long commitment to Service Availability Forum standards prevent vendor lock-in and protect your investments over time. Every day, industry leaders such as the US Navy, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, and LG-Nortel entrust GoAhead to speed time to market, lower costs and focus on differentiation. For more information, visit www.goahead.com.