Arista Networks Names Jayshree Ullal President and CEO, Andreas Bechtolsheim Chairman...

Arista Networks Names Jayshree Ullal President and CEO, Andreas Bechtolsheim Chairman and CDO

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Arista Networks, formerly known as Arastra and leading vendor of
high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Cloud Networking Solutions,
today announced the appointment of Jayshree Ullal as President and
Chief Executive Officer. In addition, it named Andreas Bechtolsheim
Chairman and Chief Development Officer.

Jayshree Ullal was previously Senior Vice President of Cisco
Systems, responsible for the $10B Datacenter, Switching and Services
Group. A 25-year industry veteran, Ullal was named one of the "50 Most
Powerful People" in 2005 by Network World and was nominated one of the
20 most powerful "Women to Watch in 2001" by Newsweek.

Andreas Bechtolsheim, a well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur,
was a Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems and a Senior Vice President and
Chief Architect for the Systems Group at Sun. From 1996 to 2003, Andy
was Vice President and General Manager of the Gigabit Systems Business
Unit at Cisco Systems.

"The new era of cloud computing requires fundamental improvements
in capacity, latency, and cost-performance over existing enterprise
network solutions," said Bechtolsheim. "Arista is developing highly
scalable, reliable and cost-effective Cloud Networking solutions for
large-scale web and enterprise datacenters to address these
requirements."

"I am delighted to join Arista. The combination of an outstanding
team, innovative hardware and software technology and the Cloud
Networking vision drew me to this company. I look forward to creating
a unique focus for our strategic customers, partners and channels,"
said Ullal.

Arista has been shipping a portfolio of 10 Gigabit Ethernet
products since May 2008 to customers in several vertical markets,
including financial markets, high-performance computing, public
sector, manufacturing, Internet data centers, healthcare, and
media/entertainment.

About Arista Networks

Arista Networks, formerly known as Arastra, was founded to deliver
Cloud Networking Solutions for large datacenter and computing
environments. Arista offers best-of-breed 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches
that redefine scalability, robustness, and price-performance. At the
core of Arista's platform is the Extensible Operating System (EOS), a
pioneering new software architecture with self-healing and live
in-service software upgrade capabilities.

Arista's team is comprised of experienced management and
engineering talent from leading networking companies. Arista markets
its products worldwide through distribution partners, systems
integrators and resellers with a strong dedication to partner and
customer success. For more information, please visit
www.aristanetworks.com or contact Arista Networks at
info@aristanetworks.com or 650-462-5000.

Cloud Networking and EOS are trademarks of Arista Networks, Inc.

Arista Networks
Mansour Karam, 650-462-5000
info@aristanetworks.com

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