Cyan (NYSE: CYNI), a leading provider of SDN, NFV, and packet-optical solutions for network operators, today announced it has partnered with Kordia New Zealand to market and support Cyan technology solutions throughout New Zealand, Australia, South Pacific Islands, and Papua New Guinea. The total number of Cyan partners now stands at 30.

As a leading end-to-end telecommunications solutions provider, Kordia substantially broadens Cyan’s distribution network in the South Pacific region. The partnership allows Kordia to provide customers with full access to Cyan’s Blue Planet SDN software and Z-Series packet-optical hardware solutions that provide multivendor SDN control, visibility, and scale to network operators making global service delivery much more efficient and profitable. In addition, Kordia will provide Tier 1 service and support to help South Pacific customers deploy and enable Cyan’s platforms.

“Kordia’s distinguished history serving customers in the South Pacific for more than 50 years makes them an ideal partner for Cyan in this market,” said Mike Hatfield, president, Cyan. “They have a deep understanding of the region’s needs and will be an excellent resource for organizations seeking to scale and optimize their networks through Cyan’s network transformation technology.”

Cyan’s network of customers and partners delivers orchestration, visualization, and scale to carriers, enterprises, governments, and data centers around the world, helping them solve complex scalability and performance problems that negatively impact the end-user experience. Cyan’s award-winning Blue Planet SDN Platform and innovative Z-Series packet-optical hardware support hundreds of deployments across North America, Europe, South America, and Asia.

About Cyan

Cyan (NYSE: CYNI) enables network transformation. The company’s software-defined network (SDN) solutions deliver orchestration, agility, and scale to networks, that until now, have been static and hardware driven. Serving carriers, enterprises, governments, and data centers globally, Cyan’s open platforms provide multi-vendor, multi-layer control and visibility to network operators, making service delivery more efficient and profitable. Cyan solutions include the award-winning Blue Planet SDN software and Z-Series packet-optical transport platforms. For more information, please visit www.cyaninc.com or follow Cyan on Twitter at twitter.com/CyanNews.