Ivan Pepelnjak of ipSpace.net writes: So far, Arista is the only other networking vendor that figured out it doesn’t make sense to resist the tide – Arista EOS is now available on Open Compute Networking whitebox switches. Arista always used merchant silicon in their switches to keep their hardware development costs under control, and developed a network […]
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Could Arista EOS Run On Whitebox Hardware ?
Greg Ferro of EtherealMind comments: Arista EOS already runs in VMs and used by customers for testing and software development of automation tools. Today, Arista chooses to packages their software with hardware, but recently Juniper has fully embraced whitebox with the OCX1100 switch which shows that the actual hardware matters less than years gone by (previous Ethernet switches […]
Perspective on Arista IPO and Market Positioning
Greg Ferro of EtherealMind comments: For the last 20 years, a “silicon moat” that has protected Cisco and other networking vendors from market competition. Arista was one of the first startups to embrace merchant silicon,open source software and a modern software development methodology to focus on core value like reliability and features. Arista has gotten […]