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AnswerFirst Calls on Vyatta Network Virtualization
Open Networking Software Delivers Advanced Routing and Security for Virtual Environments
| Source: Vyatta
BELMONT, CA--(Marketwire - April 7, 2009) - Vyatta, the leader in open networking and
network virtualization, today announced that AnswerFirst Communications has
purchased Vyatta's
award-winning routing and security software to virtualize critical
components in their network. The Florida-based call center answering
service needed an integrated networking solution that could securely
operate in a VMware environment and chose Vyatta for its unique ability to
deliver advanced routing and security without the hardware dependencies of
proprietary networking gear.
AnswerFirst provides a broad range of telephony-based services to its
customers, including voice mail, appointment scheduling, client care,
catalog order entry, e-commerce solutions, fulfillment, technical support,
and virtual offices, all delivered through its modern call-center. As
AnswerFirst's business grew, the company's needs quickly outpaced the
capabilities of its aging Cisco 2600 Series router. As a result,
AnswerFirst began looking for an integrated routing and security solution
and wondered whether it could find something that operated in virtual
environments.
"I first looked at a straightforward replacement solution from Cisco, but
it was expensive and didn't really fit our evolving infrastructure," said
James Cass, director of information technology, AnswerFirst. "It was the
ability to virtualize our routers through VMware that really sold me on
Vyatta. With Vyatta software, we can do everything we did with our Cisco
routers, but suddenly we have none of the limitations associated with
proprietary hardware. Instead, we have much more flexibility to add
functionality and we get the management and cost benefits of a virtualized
network."
Vyatta runs on standard x86 hardware and can be virtualized with modern
hypervisors including VMware and Xen, making it an ideal network solution
in a virtualized environment. Where required, it can be deployed on
separate physical systems for maximum performance or it can be deployed
virtually for maximum economic and management efficiency. Vyatta has
continued its commitment to virtualized networking in its latest software
release that integrates both VMtools and Xen paravirtualization to ensure
that Vyatta users are getting the maximum performance out of their virtual
networks. Vyatta gives customers ultimate flexibility to virtualize either
"horizontally," with multiple Vyatta instances sharing the same hardware
system, or "vertically," with Vyatta sharing the system with Linux or
Windows applications.
"Vyatta is leading the way in virtualized networking," said Kelly Herrell,
CEO of Vyatta. "Once freed from the limitations of physical hardware,
Vyatta's virtualized networking delivers clear economic and management
benefits that the proprietary vendors just can't match. Like hundreds of
other customers, AnswerFirst found that Vyatta brings the best of all
worlds -- the features, performance, and support they need with the cost
point and flexibility that allows them to do more with less. In today's
tough economic times, proprietary networking solutions just don't add up."
About Vyatta
Vyatta builds commercially supported, open-source networking solutions that
provide an alternative to over-priced, inflexible products from proprietary
vendors. Our customers are smarter, better looking, and drive much nicer
cars than purchasers of big-name products. Vyatta customers know that
Vyatta's Linux-based router, firewall and VPN software gives them a level
of control unavailable from proprietary solutions. Vyatta customers are
thought leaders who recognize the benefits of flexible deployment options
-- x86 hardware, blade servers, virtualization -- of freedom to integrate
applications of their choice, and of the economic and performance
advantages of commodity hardware and components. For more info, visit
http://www.vyatta.com.