<s>
The	O
SCOPE	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
was	O
a	O
non-profit	O
and	O
influential	O
Network	B-Protocol
Equipment	I-Protocol
provider	I-Protocol
(	O
NEP	O
)	O
industry	O
group	O
aimed	O
at	O
standardizing	O
"	O
carrier-grade	O
"	O
systems	O
for	O
telecom	O
in	O
the	O
Information	O
Age	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SCOPE	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
January	O
2006	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
NEP	O
's	O
,	O
including	O
Alcatel	O
,	O
Ericsson	O
,	O
Motorola	O
,	O
NEC	O
,	O
Nokia	O
,	O
and	O
Siemens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Active	O
between	O
2006	O
and	O
2012	O
,	O
its	O
mission	O
was	O
to	O
enable	O
and	O
promote	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
open	O
carrier-grade	O
base	O
platforms	O
based	O
on	O
commercial	O
off-the-shelf	O
(	O
COTS	O
)	O
hardware/software	O
and	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
building	O
blocks	O
,	O
and	O
promote	O
interoperability	O
between	O
such	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEPs	B-Protocol
sell	O
integrated	O
hardware/software	O
systems	O
to	O
carriers	O
,	O
with	O
three	O
Computing	O
supply	O
chains	O
(	O
Hardware	B-Device
,	O
Operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
Middleware	B-General_Concept
)	O
with	O
well-established	O
industry	O
groups	O
promoting	O
interoperability	O
between	O
products	O
from	O
different	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
SCOPE	O
's	O
focused	O
on	O
open	O
standards	O
like	O
ATCA	O
and	O
Carrier	B-Application
Grade	I-Application
Linux	I-Application
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
reason	O
"	O
Proprietary	O
Supplier	O
"	O
could	O
not	O
adopt	O
the	O
SCOPE	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
SCOPE	O
drives	O
NEP	O
Supply	O
Chain	O
transformation	O
to	O
open	O
carrier-grade	O
standards	O
Technology	O
Suppliers	O
Standards	O
SCOPE	O
Achievements	O
Hardware	B-Device
TEMs	O
PCI-SIGATCA	O
,	O
MicroTCA	O
,	O
AdvancedMC	B-Architecture
,	O
NEPs	B-Protocol
,	O
Commercial	O
off-the-shelf	O
Virtualization	B-Protocol
Proprietary	O
VMware	O
,	O
JVM	B-Language
White	O
papers	O
,	O
ETSI	O
Network	B-Architecture
function	I-Architecture
virtualization	I-Architecture
,	O
JSR319	O
OS	B-General_Concept
RTOS	B-Operating_System
Open	O
Source	O
Development	O
Labs	O
,	O
Free	O
Standards	O
Group	O
CGL	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
HA	O
Middleware	B-General_Concept
Proprietary	O
Service	O
Availability	O
Forum	O
,	O
AIS	B-Application
,	O
HPI	B-Application
OpenSAF	B-General_Concept
,	O
OpenHPI	B-Language
Cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
Proprietary	O
AWS	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SCOPE	O
was	O
also	O
interested	O
in	O
advancing	O
Network	B-Protocol
virtualization	I-Protocol
(	O
"	O
As	O
a	O
consortium	O
of	O
NEPs	B-Protocol
,	O
it	O
is	O
important	O
for	O
SCOPE	O
to	O
address	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
standardization	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
virtualization	B-Protocol
"	O
)	O
,	O
publishing	O
white	O
papers	O
on	O
hardware	B-Device
virtualization	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
a	O
white	O
paper	O
on	O
Java	O
Virtualization	B-Protocol
describing	O
"	O
an	O
environment	O
where	O
high	O
availability	O
Java	O
EE	O
and	O
native	O
application	O
can	O
co-exist	O
and	O
be	O
supervised	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
fashion	O
in	O
a	O
clustered	O
environment	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
SCOPE	O
organized	O
workshop	O
to	O
discuss	O
the	O
effect	O
of	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
on	O
traditional	O
Carrier-Grade	O
Platforms	O
and	O
telecom	O
networks	O
,	O
publishing	O
a	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
white	O
paper	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SCOPE	O
was	O
placed	O
into	O
"	O
hibernation	O
"	O
,	O
effectively	O
retired	O
,	O
by	O
NEPs	B-Protocol
in	O
January	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telecom	O
carriers	O
(	O
NEP	O
customers	O
)	O
wanted	O
direct	O
involvement	O
in	O
driving	O
transformation	O
,	O
so	O
instead	O
,	O
both	O
groups	O
combined	O
forces	O
on	O
ETSI	O
Network	B-Architecture
function	I-Architecture
virtualization	I-Architecture
standardization	O
,	O
Software-defined	O
networking	O
adoption	O
,	O
and	O
5G	O
network	O
slicing	O
initiatives	O
.	O
</s>
