Quick Facts

Nov 2004/Fall 2008

Santa Clara, California

2004 - The company was founded with a vision to revolutionize high-speed Ethernet at massive scale.
2008 - Launched Arista EOS^® (Extensible Operating System) and shipped its first commercial switching product.
2010 - The company shipped its first modular spine product, the award-winning Arista 7500 Series, which was introduced as a revolutionary switching platform that maximized data center performance, efficiency, and overall network reliability.
2014 - The company had its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ANET. Two million ports shipped to date.
2015 - Introduced Arista CloudVision^®, pioneering a modern network operating model across enterprises.
2016 - Released the 3rd Generation 7500R, achieving one million routes and five million cumulative ports shipped.
2017 - Launched Arista “Any Cloud” with vEOS Router for flexible multi-cloud connectivity.
2018 - Introduced first Campus Switching Products. Acquired Mojo Networks and Metamako; surpassed 20 million cumulative ports shipped.
2019 - Introduced 400G and Cloud EOS Any Cloud, advancing network performance and scalability.
2020 - Acquired Big Switch Networks and Awake Security and achieved the #1 market position in the 100/200/400G ports market.
2021 - Launched AI/ML-driven AVA security; reached 50 million cumulative ports shipped.
2022 - Acquired Untangle and Pluribus Networks. The company introduced Arista CUE (Cognitive Unified Edge), a cloud-managed solution consolidating networking and security functions and 400/800G AI Networking solutions, expanding AI-driven data handling capabilities.
2023 - Entered the WAN Routing market; achieved 75 million cumulative ports shipped.
2024 - Celebrated the 20th anniversary of the company, 10th IPO anniversary, and the milestone of 10,000 customers. Reached 100 million ports installed globally and attained the #1 market share in data center switching. Launched Smart Etherlink™ 800G AI platforms, marking Ethernet as the de facto standard for the AI Center.

Approximately 10,000+ Customers

Cloud Titans
Cloud Specialized Providers
Service Provider
Financials
Enterprise
Media & Entertainment
Security

Amazon AWS, AttackIQ, Broadcom, Checkpoint, CrowdStrike, Equinix, Google/GCP, Intel, Microsoft/Azure, NetApp, Nutanix, Oracle, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat /Ansible, Salesforce/Slack, SAP, SentinelOne, VMware, Zscaler

Thought Leader and Pioneer in Cognitive Cloud Networking
Top 3 Datacenter Networking vendors
100+ Million Cloud Networking Ports

Fortune Future 50 List 2021
Sixth consecutive year Arista Networks has been recognized in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Networking published on 30 June 2020.
Top Places to work by the Bay Area News Group 2019
#17 on the Fortune Fastest Growing Companies List 2019
Arista joins the S&P 500
#8 on the Fortune Fastest Growing Companies List 2018
#3 on the 2017 Forbes' Fast Tech 25
Named to the Forbes Global 2000 list, 2018

Wilson Sonsini
Palo Alto, California