As I sit here catching up on email in a high-rise penthouse tonight in downtown Dubai, I can’t help but feel the excitement and hype that is going on in the Valley right now as if I were back home halfway across the globe. Today marks a day that will forever go down in history! Arista Networks has appointed very well-respected industry veteran Jayshree Ullal, (check out her blog), as their President & CEO while founder Andy Bechtolsheim leaves Sun Microsystems to focus whole-heartedly on this latest and greatest venture.
Arista Networks is gaining ground and rising to the very top on being known for having best-of-breed 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches that deliver Cloud Networking Solutions for large scale datacenter and computing environments. (I've been watching them very closely and you should too!) If you need a refresher, check out this 10GigE whitepaper.
Why is this so cool? With all that is going on with Cloud Computing & Networking, it’s really awesome to see such strides in innovation with some of the best & brightest people in the world leading the charge – literally.
As discussed in my previous post, In order for this to work, and work well, you need to have better cost-performance over your current network infrastructure. You also need better capacity to store everything and improved latency for the users who are depending on it to deliver their application delivery. The diagram below from the up-and-coming leader sums it up nicely:
source Arista Networks
So, as I look out my high-rise window at the Burj Dubai, which is twice as tall as the Sears Tower FYI, I can’t help but think of it as a metaphor for what’s to come in the world of 10Gbit and Cloud Networking. I guess the sky really is the limit & I can’t wait to follow along and see where this best-of-breed technology takes us!
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Gilda, good to 'hear' from you.
I have now rss'ed your blog. The need for cloud computing is crossing many technology boundaries as data volume and accessibility becomes even more important, and I like your take on it, so I'll keep listening. Your blog voice is very clear and an enjoyable read.
Hope life is treating you well,
Mitch
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