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Results tagged "Vyatta"

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Brocade Gets Virtual Networking with Vyatta Acquisition

November 05, 2012 07:59 PM
Brocade is buying Vyatta, which makes a software router. The move puts Brocade squarely into the virtual networking space, with implications for its SDN strategy, security and more.

Vyatta Open Source Routers: Enterprise Ready

April 15, 2010 09:00 AM
As enterprises look to cut their costs, Vyatta's introduction version 6.0 of its open source routing code last week again raises the question as to what extent IT organizations can and should trust open source code in their network operations. Within the networking world, however, open source routers have made nominal in roads into enterprise markets. There are different reasons for the lack of adoption, mostly reflecting that routing is less about features and cost within businesses today and more about Cisco's dominance.

Vyatta Announces New 3500 Series Routers

January 09, 2010 09:54 AM
Vyatta will announce a new 3500 series of open source routers this week that run on the Intel Xeon 5500 "Nehalem" chips and promise bi-directional traffic at up to 20Gbps. Scrappy Vyatta compares the 3500s to Cisco's ASR 1006s, but it's doubtful they will take a big bite out of Cisco's sales any time soon. That said, the new series of routers provides real cost savings to small enterprise customers (users numbering in the hundreds) who can't afford proprietary options. That's a serious draw in hard economic times.

Software Routing at 10 Gbps

March 17, 2008 06:07 PM
Vyatta thinks that Moore's Law will mean the end of proprietary router hardware.

BuzzCut: Open-Source-Based Businesses Square Off

October 06, 2006 04:00 AM
With the launch of its open-source routing appliance, start-up Vyatta is showing David-eqsue tenacity against 'Goliath' Cisco Systems.

Analysis: Is The World Ready For Open Source Networking?

July 31, 2006 04:00 AM
Vyatta, Sourcefire, Groundwork, and the Asterisk IP PBX represent the open source push for networks. They're gaining traction, but it could take years to make significant headway.

Vyatta Takes On Cisco With New Open-Source Router

July 24, 2006 09:00 PM
But an open-source product is no better than those who are working on its code, and that number is much larger for a company like Cisco than it is for

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