Vyatta Brings Open Source Networking to Schools

Belmont, CA – 2009-07-29 05:00:00 – Vyatta, the leader in open networking and network virtualization, is bringing the benefits of open source networking to K-12 and higher education. Demonstrating its commitment to the education market, Vyatta has joined EDUCAUSE, a non-profit association that focuses on advancing higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. To celebrate this partnership and commitment to educational excellence, Vyatta is offering a limited-time, 15 percent discount off any appliance or subscription for all qualified educational institutions.

 

Vyatta solutions deliver a full set of open-source networking features that allow customers to connect, protect, virtualize, and optimize networks thereby improving performance, reducing costs, and increasing manageability and flexibility. Vyatta is used by hundreds of customers worldwide including educational institutions like the University of Florida, Florida State University, the Nebraska Department of Education, and MIT. More Vyatta Customers

 

Vyatta Education Promotion
What:   Starting today through August 31, 2009, qualified educational institutions will receive a 15 percent discount on all Vyatta appliances or subscriptions.

 

Where:   Go to http://www.vyatta.com/promo/edu.php for more information on how to purchase Vyatta solutions.

 

Why:   In today's recessionary economic climate, many educational institutions are struggling to balance budgetary constraints with the need to deliver IT infrastructure and services to their faculty, administrators, and students. Vyatta routing and security solutions offer all the performance and functionality at a fraction of the price of proprietary networking solutions.

 

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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