Brocade Acquires Vyatta, a Pioneer and Leader in Software Networking
Brocade on Track to Deliver on an End-to-End Network Virtualization Architecture for SDN, Cloud Computing and Virtualized Data Centers
Brocade expects to close the acquisition by the end of the calendar year.
"This acquisition complements our R&D investments in Ethernet fabrics and SDN, as well as our broad industry and solutions-level partnerships that enable Brocade to pursue new market opportunities in data center virtualization, public cloud, enterprise virtual private cloud, and managed services," said
Vyatta is shipping products today and is developing a next-generation, on-demand network OS that delivers advanced routing, security and VPN functionality for physical, virtual and cloud networking environments. Vyatta pioneered and created the industry's first and only platform-independent network operating system, the Vyatta Network OS. This OS enables system architects to secure and connect virtual, cloud or physical infrastructures while delivering the same elasticity, mobility, auto-provisioning and utility licensing benefits of the applications they support.
Brocade plans to utilize Vyatta technology and expertise with the goal of offering its customers an end-to-end architecture built on a highly virtualized, dynamic network infrastructure. This virtualized data center infrastructure promises to make both service providers and enterprises more agile through accelerated deployment and reduced development cycles in their networks. It also enables Brocade to extend its open data center fabric and IP networking technologies directly into any number of server hypervisor environments that gives customers the utmost choice and flexibility in selecting the right solution for their business needs.
"There are many significant developments happening today that are redefining data center architectures and industry landscapes," said
Following the close of the acquisition, Vyatta will be merged into Software Networking Business unit reporting into
"Brocade and Vyatta share the philosophy that open solutions and dynamic, agile networks are the best paths for customers to evolve their data center architectures to meet their business goals," said
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This press release contains statements that are forward-looking in nature, including statements regarding Brocade's anticipated time of closing of the acquisition and its target operating model. These statements are based on current expectations on the date of this press release and involve a number of risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ significantly from such estimates. The risks include, but are not limited to, uncertainty relating to the closing conditions in the merger agreement, changes in IT spending levels in one or more of our target markets including the government sector, Brocade's ability to capitalize on new Brocade sales and marketing initiatives, including expanded go-to-market activities in our Ethernet business, customer acceptance of Brocade's Ethernet fabric solutions, Brocade's ability to continue to successfully innovate new products
and services on a timely basis and achieve widespread market acceptance, and the effect of increasing market competition and changes in the industry. Certain of these and other risks are set forth in more detail in our Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
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