Vyatta Adds Networking Veteran to Board

BELMONT, Calif., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Vyatta, the leader in software-based networking for physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures announced it has added long-time networking industry veteran Geoffrey Baehr to its Board of Directors.

Geoff served as Chief Network Officer for Sun Microsystems for thirteen years ending in 2000, where he was responsible for technical and strategic network directions.  Geoff has served on multiple technology advisory boards for industry and government, one of which currently includes Gordon Bell of Microsoft, Bernie Myerson, CTO of IBM, and Scott Bradner, Chief Security Officer of Harvard University.

Currently an advisor to both U. S Venture Partners and Almaz Capital, Geoff is focused on helping young innovative companies achieve their fullest potential.

"Virtualization and cloud architectures need new datacenter networking solutions, and Vyatta is very well positioned to address this rapidly-growing market," said Geoff.  "I'm extremely excited to be involved with such an innovative and energetic company and look forward to helping drive it even faster."

Vyatta's unique approach to software-based networking has attracted more than 1,000 customers to date.  With the evolution of virtualization and cloud architectures, Vyatta's strategic relevance to a large and changing industry is increasing rapidly.

"Geoff's perspectives on technologies and markets are acute and his professional network is extensive," said Kelly Herrell, CEO of Vyatta.  "We are very fortunate to have him joining our senior team and will leverage him on a global scale."

About Vyatta

Vyatta is disrupting the networking industry by delivering a software-based 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 suite capable of uniquely addressing the next-generation infrastructure requirements of flexibility, on-demand delivery and platform independence. 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. Read Vyatta CEO Kelly Herrell's Blog "Opening The Networking Industry" and follow Vyatta on Twitter: @Vyatta.

CONTACT:  Mo Mahmoud of Eastwick Communications, +1-408-470-4879, mmahmoud@eastwick.com

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