November 15, 2011 by
“You hang out with smart people, you get smart friends.”
– Rocky Balboa
Anyone who reads this blog knows why they’re reading it. They don’t need their advanced perspectives to be validated. That said…
The news broke this week that Vyatta received a significant financing round from an investment firm comprised of operating executives who know a thing or two about networking, infrastructure and technology disruptions.
This is...
September 28, 2011 by
“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.”
Warren Buffett, famous investor
I was recently asked by a respected Silicon Valley figure, “Why is it that Vyatta’s customers know exactly what virtualized networking problem they’re solving, but when I speak to other IT people I know in the virtualization arena they say they don’t have that problem? Or they tell me the networking problem is solved by the vSwitch that...
September 13, 2011 by
InfoWorld Magazine’s test center honored Vyatta with our fourth BOSSIE award this year for our unique ability to solve the networking and security needs of the Cloud & Virtual Datacenter.
It’s an honor to be recognized as a leader in this space and to be among great company (Xen, Eucalyptus, Gluster). There is something extra special about winning awards when nominations are sent in by readers and users. Thank you to the huge (500,000+) Vyatta community for...
September 6, 2011 by
"That’s how things change: slowly at first, then all at once.”
Ernest Hemingway
We’re back from VMWorld in Las Vegas, where the industry started viewing their virtualized environments with the same kind of wary eye they cast on a blackjack dealer with shifty eyes.
After all, you wouldn’t take your money out of an ATM leave it out in the open on a public table… so why would you take your mission-critical applications, which are...
August 23, 2011 by
“Every cloud has a silver lining, but it is sometimes difficult to get it to the mint.”
- Don Marquis
For enterprise-focused clouds to truly prosper, they need network virtual machines. With our release 6.3 Vyatta has extended our hard-earned leadership in this exciting arena.
Of all the advancements in version 6.3, the most exciting ones are cloud-related. From a feature perspective, our continued enhancements focus on security and connectivity of cloud...
August 11, 2011 by
“I told my doctor I wanted a second opinion. He said, ‘Okay, you’re ugly too.’”
Rodney Dangerfield
As applications continue to shift into cloud-based systems, the importance of architecting the proper supporting infrastructure is paramount.
Nowhere is this more evident than in healthcare. To assure high levels of compliance such as those demanded by HIPAA, network security is a crucial part of an acceptable solution. For a great...
May 26, 2011 by
“What we need are legitimate virtual lab products supported by companies like Cisco and Juniper offered directly to individuals.”
– Jeremy Stretch, Network Engineer
A recent article described how Cisco and Juniper can’t meet the needs of network engineers when it comes to accessing infrastructure for test & development outside of production environments.
The problem stems from the hardware-bound nature of the vendors...
April 28, 2011 by
“The lady doth protest too much.”
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
I (almost) cringed when I saw the news that Cisco was attempting to out-shout Gartner’s clearly presented research stating that the single-vendor network not only isn’t necessary, but in fact is the antithesis of a cogent IT strategy.
Even in a press environment where Cisco has traditionally thrived, the reader feedback was generally awful. Among the comments posted:...
April 15, 2011 by
“Someone pointed out I had two different-colored socks on. I said, ‘To me they’re the same; I go by thickness.”
– Steven Wright
F5′s Lori MacVittle made an interesting post recently arguing the necessity for ASICs (as opposed to x86) in networking infrastructure. In short she argues that latency is a bad thing in networks and eliminating latency requires ASICs.
Below are some relevant thoughts from our CTO Robert...
April 5, 2011 by
“What if I stepped outside and got blown away?”
I Never Saw It Coming, by rock band Hoobastank
From the time Vyatta launched it was easy to say that we were bringing next-gen network infrastructure to an old market. The proof point? Intel economics instead of slow, proprietary hardware. All that was needed was a serious network OS… and that’s where Vyatta came in four years ago.
The customers who bet on Vyatta’s argument have...
