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Channel Partners Embrace Vyatta's Network Virtualization
Virtual Routing and Security Completes Virtualization Solution Set for VARs and Consultants
| Source: Vyatta
BELMONT, CA--(Marketwire - April 28, 2009) - Vyatta, the leader in open networking and
network virtualization, today announced continued momentum among its
channel partners, who have embraced the company's award-winning routing and
security software as the best possible foundation for their customers'
virtualization strategies. Most companies today use virtualization only for
their applications. Vyatta, however, makes it possible to virtualize the
entire infrastructure associated with a given application, including
network components.
Michael Kobar, CTO at Lymeware, a systems integrator implementing a
virtualization project for a major Fortune 500 client, says, "In migrating
my client's data center to VMware ESX to consolidate server resources, we
found that including Vyatta routing, firewalling, and port forwarding made
for a much more secure environment. We needed much more than the simple
virtual switching functionality included in VMware and Vyatta offered us
that solution. Running Vyatta inside the virtual environment allowed us to
manage and secure traffic between the hardware DMZ and the virtualized
applications, ensuring that data was secure and performance wasn't
affected."
Quatro, a Vyatta channel partner in the Philadelphia area, has standardized
on Vyatta routing and firewalling as part of the virtualized infrastructure
at the core of its data center managed services. Quatro also offers
customers a virtualized "office-in-a-box" server with the Vyatta router and
firewall as one its main components.
"We built our mission-critical managed services operation on a virtual
infrastructure, employing Vyatta as the routing and security solution,"
said Jim Chebin, CEO of Quatro Systems Inc. "We now offer our customers the
same Vyatta solutions, so they too can consolidate their infrastructures
and eliminate unnecessary hardware. Vyatta gives us an affordable way to
securely connect our customers to their managed IT environment with the
unique option to deploy in virtual or physical infrastructures."
As the only complete networking solution optimized for Xen and VMware
environments, Vyatta offers its partners and customers distinct benefits
compared to proprietary networking solutions. Running on standard x86
hardware, Vyatta delivers a full set of networking features that allow
customers to connect, protect, virtualize, and optimize their networks,
thus improving performance, reducing costs, and increasing manageability
and flexibility. Vyatta has been deployed by hundreds of customers
worldwide in both virtual and non-virtual environments.
"Virtualization is a fundamental building-block for the next generation of
IT infrastructure," said Kelly Herrell, CEO of Vyatta. "The problem is,
most virtualization solutions focus solely on server and storage and leave
the network out in the cold. Vyatta provides a virtualized network
operating system that gives customers and partners the most complete
routing, security, and traffic management solution available in a virtual
environment. Further, because Vyatta also runs on physical hardware
appliances, customers and partners aren't forced to use one solution in the
physical world and yet another solution in the virtual world. Vyatta
delivers to both environments equally well."
About Vyatta
Vyatta builds commercially supported, open-source networking solutions that
provide an alternative to over-priced, inflexible products from proprietary
vendors. Our customers are smarter, better looking, and drive much nicer
cars than purchasers of big-name products. Vyatta customers know that
Vyatta's Linux-based router, firewall and VPN software gives them a level
of control unavailable from proprietary solutions. Vyatta customers are
thought leaders who recognize the benefits of flexible deployment options
-- x86 hardware, blade servers, virtualization -- of freedom to integrate
applications of their choice, and of the economic and performance
advantages of commodity hardware and components. For more info, visit
http://www.vyatta.com.