Vyatta,
the leader in software-based networking for physical, virtual and cloud
infrastructures, today announced that the Vyatta Network OS has been
selected to provide the virtual firewall and security component of the
dinStack Hosted Virtual Desktop (dinHVD) technology offering from
dinCloud.
dinStack is a collection of leading technology companies focused on
realizing and bringing the true potential of desktop virtualization to
market. Representing more than 20 components of the dinHVD technology
stack, each company brings expertise from different layers of the
next-generation data center.
The inclusion of Vyatta’s virtual firewall and network security
features, in the dinStack offering addresses the enterprise-class
security requirements of customers choosing dinCloud for hosted virtual
desktop.
“Network security in the virtualization layer is a key component of
any virtual desktop environment,” said Tom McCafferty, vice president of
marketing for Vyatta. “Our virtual firewall and other security features
allow dinStack users to leverage enterprise-grade security and
confidently migrate desktops to the cloud.”
Vyatta is enabling next-generation virtual and cloud-based services
by providing a flexible network solution that allows for the security
policies of static datacenters and branch locations to be easily
replicated within the virtual environment. Among the enterprise-class
virtual security features offered by Vyatta Network OS are Stateful
Firewall, IPSec VPN, SSL-based OpenVPN, intrusion prevention (IPS) from
SourceFire and web-filtering.
For more information on Vyatta’s virtual and cloud offerings, visit www.vyatta.com.