AT&T officials continue to aggressively expand their virtual network efforts, most recently unveiling plans to buy the Vyatta network operating system and associated products from Brocade, which had become a key player in the network virtualization space before Broadcom late last year announced its intent to buy the company in a multi-billion-dollar deal.
The telecommunications giant plans to complete the deal for Brocade’s software-defined networking (SDN) products and research projects before Broadcom closes on its $5.9 billion acquisition of Brocade. No financial details of the deal were released.
