AT&T to Buy Vyatta Network Software From Brocade

AT&T agreed to buy Brocade’s Vyatta network operating system organization as the carrier virtualizes its network, the carrier said in a Friday news release. AT&T will hire some employees from the Vyatta business, it said. The deal is expected to close in early summer, subject to closing conditions and before closing of Broadcom’s acquisition of Brocade. The acquisition will help AT&T deliver cloud or premises-based virtual network functions, said the carrier, forecasting it will virtualize and software-control 55 percent of its network by year-end, and 75 percent of its network by 2020.