Vyatta and HotLava Partner to Deliver High-Density Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Routing and Security

Partnership Leverages x86-Based Technologies to Increase Performance and Address New Network Topologies


BELMONT, CA--(Marketwire - November 30, 2010) - Vyatta, the leader in open networking and network virtualization, today announced a partnership with HotLava Systems to maximize gigabit and 10 gigabit port density on Vyatta routing and security appliances. Under the terms of the partnership, Vyatta will offer HotLava's four-port 10GbE and six-port 1GbE Ethernet interface cards as optional add-ons to the Vyatta appliance family.

"The common goal of delivering high-performance, low-cost alternatives to the marketplace makes Vyatta and HotLava perfect partners," said Bill Young, CEO of HotLava. "We are excited to work with Vyatta to offer high-performance networking using x86-based servers and accessories."

Driven by virtualization and cloud computing, 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit connectivity are requirements in today's datacenter, with over one million 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports shipping in the second quarter of this year according to IDC. By installing HotLava Systems' Shasta, Bosavi and Tambora adapters, IT managers can now scale Vyatta appliances up to 28 1GbE Ethernet ports or 16 10GbE Ethernet ports. This expanded port density and high-speed connectivity enables more cost-effective scaling of network capacity and is ideal for high-performance edge networking and large data centers.

"This partnership drives new market opportunities for Vyatta's x86-based routing and security devices in more data-intensive environments, such as virtualized datacenters and public/private cloud infrastructures," said Tom McCafferty, VP of Marketing at Vyatta. "HotLava's adapters provide the flexible connectivity options our customers need to ensure optimal network performance under the most demanding conditions."

Availability and Pricing

HotLava Systems' cards have completed qualification and performance testing and are available immediately from Vyatta sales and the Vyatta web store. The four-port 10GbE adapter card starts at $1,425. The six-port 1GbE adapter card starts at $545.

Also available from Vyatta is a complete line of Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) and Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) Transceiver Modules including SX, LX, ZX and SR, LR, ER modules.

About Vyatta
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.

About HotLava
HotLava Systems designs and manufactures innovative, server class multi-port Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet adapters. Founded in 2003 and based in Oakland, California, our customers include industry-leading innovators of network security solutions and Internet service providers throughout the world. HotLava products are natively supported by virtually all operating systems and enable servers and workstations to deliver more productivity by reducing or eliminating network interface congestion. For more information, please visit http://www.hotlavasystems.com.

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