Press Releases

EOS Smart Systems Upgrade Offers Hitless Network Upgrade

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- July 15, 2014 -- Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET) today announced the 7280E Series fixed leaf switches, along with monitoring and automation enhancements to Arista EOS®, continuing the evolution of software driven cloud networking. This new family of switches with its ultra-deep packet buffers and 100GbE uplinks enhance application performance, while providing resiliency, programmability and visibility into the network.

Arista Networks, Broadcom, Google, Mellanox and Microsoft Collaborate on New Ethernet Specification to Drive Greater Performance and Cost Efficiency for Next Generation Data Centers

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- July 1, 2014 -- A consortium of companies including Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET), Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL), Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced the availability of a specification optimized to allow data center networks to run over a 25 or 50 Gigabit per second (Gbps) Ethernet link protocol. This new specification will enable the cost-efficient scaling of network bandwidth delivered to server and storage endpoints in next-generation cloud infrastructure, where workloads are expected to surpass the capacity of 10 or 40 Gbps Ethernet links deployed today.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- June 16, 2014 -- Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET) is pleased to announce it is the newest member to join AVnu Alliance, the industry consortium that certifies Audio Video Bridging (AVB) products for interoperability. Arista’s membership marks the growth of AVnu Alliance in the professional audio video industry and helps push momentum for the growing ecosystem of interoperable AVB devices through AVnu-certification.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- June 5, 2014 -- Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET) today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 5,250,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $43.00 per share. In addition, Arista has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 787,500 additional shares of common stock at the initial public offering price to cover over-allotments, if any. The shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on June 6, 2014 under the symbol “ANET.”

Booth SL12707

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- April 2, 2014 -- Arista Networks announced today a new demonstration of next-generation broadcasting technologies at the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show. The demo, a joint effort with FOX Networks Engineering & Operations (FOX NE&O), will showcase technology to support the migration of legacy broadcast plants to packet-based Ethernet networks, allowing broadcasters to benefit from Ethernet and Data Center economics.

Customer Adoption Demonstrates Versatility of Spine, Spline™ and Programmable Arista EOS

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SANTA CLARA, CA-- March 26, 2014 -- Arista Networks today announced two new 100GbE modules that, with Arista EOS, provide scalability, multi-tenancy, and network virtualization through open and programmable overlays, helping customers achieve seamless workload and VM mobility. Automated provisioning, combined with the new products, gives customers greater flexibility, scale and density for the most demanding cloud networks. Additionally, the 7300X Series with 10GBASE-T modules are gaining adoption among customers deploying cost-effective single tier and two tier networks.

EOS Enhancements Enable Network Automation and Programmability

SANTA CLARA, CA-- February 4, 2014 -- Arista Networks, Inc. today announced the crossing of another major milestone, shipping its two millionth, high speed, 10/40/100Gb Ethernet port for data center and cloud applications. This is being fueled by the increased acceptance of cloud computing and services, causing significant growth since the internet boom of the 1990s.