Vyatta Community Edition 4 Scales From Branch Office to Data Center
Fourth Major Release of Open Network Operating System Introduces New Features and Redefines Networking Price/Performance
BELMONT, CA--(Marketwire - April 21, 2008) - Vyatta, the leader in Linux-based networking,
today announced Vyatta Community Edition 4 (VC4), the latest release of its
reliable, commercially supported open-source network operating system. VC4
delivers significant scalability improvements and expanded application
support to its router/firewall/VPN feature set and achieves a 10X
price/performance advantage over proprietary network solutions.
"Vyatta's performance and functionality have been so great we are
standardizing large parts of our network on it," said James Rigas,
President of Zito Media. "The increased scalability of Vyatta means we
will be able to use it in even more places. The price/performance is
compelling, and it positions us to provide a superior product to our
customers at very competitive prices. And with the same software image
everywhere, managing Vyatta is far easier and lower-cost than dealing with
proprietary products with fragmented software strategies."
Improved Scalability -- VC4 now scales from DSL to 10 Gigabit Ethernet
environments, providing enterprises and service providers with
high-performance networks a robust, open alternative to expensive
proprietary systems.
10X Price/Performance Advantage -- VC4 incorporates new routing technology
for improved performance and leverages the constant improvement of
open-source components and the rapid advances within the x86 ecosystem for
a substantial price/performance advantage. A recent Tolly Group test
demonstrated that Vyatta achieved 2 to 3X higher performance for Internet
routing at a cost savings of more than 75 percent against Cisco's 7200
product family -- resulting in a 10X price/performance advantage.
Similarly, VC4 delivers high-performance 10 Gbps networking for less than
$6,000 compared with more than $50,000 for competing proprietary products.
"Vyatta has been in our operational network for over a year, and we have
been thrilled to see how quickly it has progressed in performance and
scalability," said Simon Woodhead, managing director at Simwood eSMS
Limited, a Vyatta subscriber. "This is what network infrastructure is
supposed to do -- run my business, handle its growth, and have a modern
cost structure. Vyatta is the only vendor that can meet these requirements
today."
Enhanced Features for Large Network Environments -- Vyatta's open
networking software is designed to accommodate an ever-increasing number of
applications and functionality extensions. Using this capability, VC4 adds
remote access VPN, QoS, role-based access control, and the new
FusionCLI™ management interface.
Support for Smaller Networks -- VC4 makes life easier for managers of
smaller networks using DSL or cable connections by providing support for
PPPoE and dynamic interface IP addresses, and WAN load balancing.
"Vyatta is delivering the new network operating system -- a single image
that scales across the network, and includes a range of applications
required in the real world," said Kelly Herrell, CEO of Vyatta. "Customers
can now deploy and manage a single network OS, instead of juggling dozens
of incompatible versions chasing after different product requirements.
Along with a 10X price/performance advantage, the management advantages
bring a radically better TCO to customers who embrace open networking.
We're thrilled with Vyatta's adoption and community development to date,
and are looking forward to delivering more advancements at a modern pace of
innovation."
Vyatta's Community Edition software has been downloaded 150,000 times by
organizations in aerospace and defense, education, financial services,
government, technology and the Internet, and more.
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.
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