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.