Vyatta Partner Program to Accelerate Adoption of Open-Source Networking

San Mateo, CA – 2007-06-04 05:00:00 – Vyatta, the leader in Linux-based networking, today announced its Vyatta Readyâ„¢ partner program, designed to create an ecosystem around the company's open-source secure routing softwaresolution. The program targets value-added resellers (VARs) and independent hardware and software vendors (IHVs and ISVs). For this broad set of channel partners, the program offers a low-cost, high-margin alternative to network equipment solutions from Cisco Systems and other proprietary vendors. VARs can quickly and easily construct Vyatta Ready solutions to meet any market need,using individual Vyatta Ready hardware and software components certified by other Vyatta partners.

 

"Developing our Vyatta Ready partner program is an important step in the rapid growth of our global partner ecosystem, which we believe will make our Linux-based networking solution a standard fixture in growing networks and data centers around the world," said Keith Hartley, vice president of alliances at Vyatta. "We've designed the program to foster an open, flexible channel in keeping with our open-source roots, offering the maximum benefit for both our partners and their customers."

 

Many VARs, IHVs, and ISVs have already joined the program, including: Archer, Add-On Data, Computer Union, Falconer Technologies, Grahn's Mediaredigering, Inventigo, Laxo, Link Africa, Metroguard Technologies, Netgate, Netpoleon, Onega, PT Laxo Global Akses, Patara, SQIsoft, Sangoma Technologies, Silent Partner Telecom, Sourcecode, Supermicro, Symmetry Solutions, Vintek, WANtech, WL Hodge Consulting, and XTekLABS.

 

"By combining Supermicro Server Building Block Solutions® with Vyatta's new software, system builders can now deliver robust and cost-effective networking platforms without the need for proprietary hardware," said Don Clegg, vice president of marketing at Supermicro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI). "Supermicro emphasizes superior product design and quality and is pleased to be a charter member of the Vyatta Ready Partner Program."

 

"We see a tremendous opportunity to for products based on the Vyatta open-source networking solution," said Al Rao, sales manager at Sourcecode, a value-added reseller that has joined the program. "The Vyatta Ready Partner Program enables us to quickly create highly reliable networking solutions using Vyatta Ready components like those from Supermicro, offering our customers far greater value, in terms of initial costs, maintenance costs, and replacement costs."

 

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.

 

Press Contact:

Melissa Neumann

Eastwick Communications

650.480.4036

melissa@eastwick.com

 

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