Arista Networks (formerly Arastra) is an American computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

The company designs and sells multilayer network switches to deliver software-defined networking (SDN) solutions for large datacenter, cloud computing, high-performance computing, and high-frequency trading environments.

These products include an array of 10/25/40/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet low-latency cut-through switches, including the 7124SX, which remained the fastest switch using SFP+ optics through September 2012, with its sub-500 nanosecond (ns) latency, and the 7500 series, Arista’s modular 10G/40G/100Gbit/s switch.

Arista’s own Linux-based network operating system, Extensible Operating System (EOS), runs on all Arista products.

Traded as:           NYSE: ANET;    S&P 500 component

Industry:              Networking hardware

Founded:            October 2004; 16 years ago

Founders:           Andy Bechtolsheim;     David Cheriton;    Kenneth Duda

Headquarters:   Santa Clara, California, United States

Products:             Network operating systems;     Network switches

Owners:              

• Bechtolsheim Trust – 16.6%
• David Cheriton Trust – 5.6%
• Jayshree Ullal – 4.9%

Website:              www.arista.com