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Vyatta Turns Cisco's Gross Profit Into Discount for Customers

IT Professionals Seeking Affordable Networking Solutions Get Deal Based on Cisco’s Profits

Belmont, CA – 2009-10-20 05:00:00 – Vyatta, the leader in open networking and network virtualization, today announced the 'Gross Profit – Sweet Savings' promotion that discounts all Vyatta networking subscriptions and Vyatta 2500 series appliances. Customers that purchase a pair of subscriptions or appliances from November 4 through 18 will receive a discount based on Cisco's gross profit margin as calculated after Cisco's earning announcement on Wednesday, November 4. Since Vyatta originally launched this promotion, Cisco's gross profits have been consistently in the mid-to-high sixties, netting Vyatta customers up to 36 percent discounts.

What:
Users who register for the Vyatta promotion by November 4 will receive a discount code that can be applied to every second subscription or appliance purchase. Subscription purchases will receive the full promotional discount whereas hardware appliances will receive half of the discount (see example below). The overall size of the discount depends upon the size of Cisco's Q1 Fiscal Year 2010 gross profit margin. Customers MUST purchase two units to qualify and additional units must be purchased in quantities of two.

• Example: If Cisco announces a gross profit of 70 percent, purchases of a second subscription will be discounted 30 percent, while purchases of a second appliance will be discounted 15 percent. The lower the gross profit, the more you save.

Where:
Go to http://www.vyatta.com/promo/gross.php, prior to November 4 to register for your Vyatta subscription discount.

When:
Registration is now open. All registrants will receive a discount code after Cisco announces its earnings on Wednesday, November 4. Registrants will then have until 5:00 p.m. PT on Wednesday, November 18 to purchase discounted subscriptions or appliances.

Why:
Cisco has one of the largest gross profit margins in the IT industry. Vyatta believes customers should have access to economically priced alternatives and open networking provides just that – all the functionality and performance at a fraction of the cost.

The Cisco 'Gross Profit' campaign runs concurrent with the kick off of Vyatta University’s online training courses. Vyatta is offering a 15 percent discount on Vyatta 514 appliances plus an additional free training course from Vyatta University for customers choosing Enterprise or Premium level subscriptions. Additional details on all Vyatta promotions can be found at http://www.vyatta.com/promo

About Vyatta
Vyatta is disrupting the networking industry by delivering a software-based, open-source, network operating system that is portable to standard x86 hardware as well as common virtualization and cloud computing platforms. Vyatta software provides a complete enterprise-class routing and security feature set capable of scaling from DSL to 20Gbps performance at a fraction of the cost of proprietary solutions. Thousands of physical and virtual infrastructures around the world, from small enterprise to Fortune 500 customers, are connected and protected by Vyatta. For more information, please visit http://www.vyatta.com.

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