California city connects with open-source networking
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| Reliance on open source has been inexpensive and stable, says IT
| manager for Madera, Calif.
|
| [...]
|
| In Madera's case, two Vyatta Inc. routers that run on the Debian
| GNU/Linux-based open-source operating system helped Wheeler consolidate
| routers in the city's data center last year. By eliminating eight Cisco
| routers that needed upgrading in order to accommodate additional traffic, he
| said he saved the city $16,000, spending about one-third of what he would
| have spent on the Cisco router upgrade.
|
| In a more dramatic money-saving move, the city did a complete network upgrade
| to implement a voice-over-IP system based on Asterisk, an open-source PBX
| system from Digium Inc. in Huntsville, Ala. The Asterisk VoIP system cost
| about $120,000, whereas a Cisco system would have run about $400,000, he
| said.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=open_source&articleId=9027911&taxonomyId=88&intsrc=kc_top
http://tinyurl.com/32s83e
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How Compaies Save Money using Midrange Linux Routers
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| The Linux operating system is a key technology that is transforming the
| midrange router market. Linux is a great router operating system (OS), but
| most big-name manufacturers like Cisco still use old proprietary technology
| like IOS that is over a decade old.
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http://www.telephonyworld.com/cgi-bin/training/viewnews.cgi?category=all&id=1184977008
Hyperic Joins Vyatta Ready Partner Program and Expands Open-Source Networking
Ecosystem
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| Vyatta, the leader in Linux-based networking, today announced that
| Hyperic, the leader in multi-platform, open-source systems management,
| has joined the Vyatta Ready partner program.
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http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070626005513&newsLang=en#0394735271148521978
http://tinyurl.com/2s2gce
Datatrend Technologies to Integrate Vyatta Open-Source Networking on IBM
Hardware
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| Vyatta, the leader in Linux-based networking, today announced that
| Datatrend Technologies, an IBM Business Partner specializing in
| data center optimization for more than 20 years, has joined the
| Vyatta Ready partner program and will distribute Vyatta's
| open-source networking software as a fully integrated appliance
| using IBM System x and BladeCenter servers.
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http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070620005025&newsLang=en#2053411798258883839
Partner Progam: Vyatta Partner Program To Accelerate Adoption Of Open-Source
Networking
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| "Developing our Vyatta Ready partner program is an important step in
| the rapid growth of our global partner ecosystem, which we believe
| will make our Linux-based networking solution a standard fixture
| in growing networks and data centers around the world," said Keith
| Hartley, vice president of alliances at Vyatta.
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http://www.itreselleronline.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=ffc059ac-bca4-4d4a-bc27-de0e3b34a69c&atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a&VNETCOOKIE=NO
Open source and secret sauce
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| Open source router outperforming Cisco device in test revives the
| "commodity" vs. "special purpose" debate
|
| [...]
|
| Marketing trumped technology, however. Competitors would say "you don't
| want to trust your network to a PC" -- even though it really wasn't a PC.
| And FUD prevailed. Today we can expect to hear the same comments made in
| reference to open source. Will they work this time?
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http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2007/041107tolly.html?fsrc=rss-ibm
Comcast invests in Vyatta, open source router maker
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| The company has raised a total of $18.5 million so far. The
| investment indicates that cable carriers are getting serious
| about chasing the small and medium sized businesses, and
| competing with the telephone companies in more than just
| consumer markets.
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http://gigaom.com/2007/04/01/vyatta-comcast/
Free Linux router distro gains sophisticated QoS
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| A small, Linux router distribution for x86 has added QoS
| (quality-of-service) management features claimed capable of
| classifying packets regardless of port. The 1.0.beta4 release
| of Zeroshell now includes QoS software from the open source
| "L7-filter" project, along with a QoS management interface.
|
| Zeroshell is available as a live CD or bootable CompactFlash
| (512MB) image. It includes a Web-based user interface, and
| supports many advanced features; see our earlier coverage
| for specifics.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9446520379.html
Vyatta Delivers Twice the Performance of Cisco at Half the Price
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| Vyatta today announced the release of independent third-party testing
| results from The Tolly Group that measured the throughput and
| performance of the open-source, x86-based Vyatta router and
| firewall appliance versus the proprietary Cisco 2821 ISR.
|
| "This report shatters the myth that proprietary hardware products
| are a better choice than standard x86-based systems for network
| infrastructure," said Dave Roberts, VP of strategy and marketing
| at Vyatta. "For the majority of routing applications, open-source
| software and x86-based hardware can easily address the performance
| requirements and at significantly lower price points."
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http://www.topix.net/content/prweb/2794294903426800112404643709233288209670
Will an open source router replace your Cisco router?
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| By using VMware, I was able to get this new router up in less than 30
| minutes--as promised by the evaluation guide. In fact, half of that time
| came from downloading the file. In addition, I ended up reading some of the
| guide to learn the default login and the basics of the user interface.
|
| In my opinion, Vyatta shows a lot of promise. While I'm not recommending
| throwing out Cisco routers in favor of Vyatta just yet, spending 30 minutes
| to familiarize yourself with what it can do is a smart idea.
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http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-6163569.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=tr
http://tinyurl.com/37zkvp
Open source router on par with Cisco, users say
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| "I'd say that any PC we could put [Vyatta OFR] on today is going to be
| way faster than Cisco. I would not be doing backbone routing with this,
| but I would not hesitate to say this will compete against Cisco
| either," Newnam said. "Well, as long as we're not switching half of
| the U.S. of course."
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1218088,00.html
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