Vyatta Open Source Routers: Enterprise Ready: Page 2 of 2

Those additions resonated well with the Vyatta's customers. "As we continue to scale our network in Australia and New Zealand, Vyatta is our platform of choice for BGP routing," said Ben Matthews, Senior Network Engineer at Telarus. "As global routing tables continue to explode it delivers significant scalability and exceptional value. Many of the new features in Version 6.0, including Netflow support and Vyatta's API, offer significant advantages in our ability to monitor and manage our growing network."

The same goes for John Spracklen, CTO of Southwest Data Centers, a data hosting provider. Spracklen needed to replace a pair of Cisco 2501 routers in his co-location facility. He went out looking for a new router, came across Vyatta, and downloaded the open source code for testing. They eventually bought the Vyatta software "We spent $10,000 for the whole package plus consulting when I was prepared to spend $250,000 for a new Cisco solution." He particularly liked the introduction of NetFlow and customer firewalling. "It gave us something to monetize," he says, "now we can offer personal firewalling to our customers." The addition of those features makes Vyatta something worth considering by enterprises, particularly those constrained by tight IT budgets.