Virtualization is radically changing datacenter architectures. And it’s not just servers and applications that are getting virtualized. Traditional networking services are now being virtualized to make the virtual infrastructure more efficient, more secure and easier to manage. While hypervisors can offer basic L2 switching, they lack the security and traffic management required to properly manage and protect a virtual infrastructure.

By transforming router, load balancer, network firewall, application acceleration, VPN, and intrusion prevention, into software that can run on virtualized servers, these core networking services can now be integrated on the same physical resource machine or logically provisioned on demand to provide an end-to-end L2-L7 software networking stack for virtual machines and servers - a virtual networking stack. Citrix and Vyatta have joined together to offer the industry’s first end-to-end L2-L7 virtualized networking services and application delivery stack.

Virtual Networking Stack Benefits:

• Migrate security and traffic management policies from physical to virtual infrastructures
• Consolidate of L2-L7 networking services on common hardware platforms
• Deliver seamless interoperability between virtual machines
• Provide on-demand comprehensive networking services
• Enable next-generation, two-tier architectures with virtualized network services close to the application and high-performance network appliances for common services
• Realize cost savings from reduction in physical network infrastructure and optimal use of servers

Virtualized Application Delivery (Citrix NetScaler VPX):		Virtualized Networking Services (Vyatta):
Full NetScaler functionality Ensures high availability with L4-L7 load balancing All-in-one application delivery platform App Firewall protects applications Accelerates Web apps by 5X Optimizes delivery of popular applications, including SharePoint, SAP, Oracle, XenApp, etc. Download NetScaler VPX		vRouter - BGP, RIP, OSPF vFirewall - Stateful Firewall Network Address Translation vLAN IPSec VPN & SSL-based OpenVPN Integrated XenServer Tools & VMware Tools Intrusion Prevention Complete Network Operating System Download Vyatta