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