Vyatta and Digium have announced a partnership to collaborate on open-source voice and data networks. They will work together to make it easier for customers to purchase, deploy and maintain high-quality, integrated voice and data platforms.
SMB and enterprise customers are increasingly seeking telecom and data communications solutions that are more flexible, efficient and tailored to their specific needs. Open source-based products are capable of rapid integration and feature flexibility, making them an ideal choice as unified communications move up on the IT and business priority list.
The partnership involves both technology and marketing initiatives, and includes efforts to improve VoIP quality of service (QoS) and security features. The companies will also focus on making it easier for customers to install and configure a secure, integrated voice and data environment using Digium’s Asterisk and Vyatta’s open-source networking solutions that include routing, firewall and VPN functionality.
“A partnership between Vyatta and Digium is a natural fit that will leverage our very complementary core competencies to enhance a common mission – to provide SMBs and enterprises with open-source alternatives to expensive and proprietary solutions,” said Bill Miller, vice president of marketing and business development at Digium.
“VoIP is now a mainstream technology and we are poised to do the same with open-source networking,” said Dave Roberts, vice president of strategy and marketing at Vyatta. “By combining efforts and working together to expand our marketing reach, we can drive rapid adoption of our solutions.”
“Vyatta” is the ancient Sanskrit word meaning “open” – a fitting name for a company that was created to bring commercial-quality, open-source networking products to market. Open source has created a profound change in the market place, shifting the balance of power from large corporations back to the users of products. Open source is about cost savings, increased flexibility and choice, and better security. Vyatta is bringing those qualities to the world of network infrastructure products.
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