Arista expects Pluribus technology to bolster its own cloud networking services Credit: bigstock Arista Networks has acquired Pluribus Networks with an eye toward bolstering its own Unified Cloud Networking service. There were no details such as cost of the acquisition nor what the deal means for the 140 Pluribus employees most based in Los Altos, Calif. Pluribus is a software-defined networking pioneer, founded in 2010 and has morphed its original Netvisor One, a virtualized Linux-based NOS that provides Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking and distributed fabric intelligence into its Adaptive Cloud Fabric software-defined networking package. Adaptive Cloud Fabric operates without a controller and can be deployed across a data center, service provider or hyperconverged environments. The software gathers network telemetry data from Ethernet switches built on Broadcom’s Trident3 and Trident4 programmable Ethernet-switch chips. Core networking vendors including Cisco, Juniper, Dell, HPE, and others support the chips. Pluribus’ technology will be folded into a future version of Arista’s Converged Cloud Fabric offering for managing security, automation, smart edge, and telco/cloud applications, Arista stated. “Pluribus is a great acquisition for its talent and technology and to help us build and bring more capabilities to the Unified Cloud Fabric,” said Jayshree Ullal, president and CEO of Arista Networks who announced the acquisition during the vendor’s Q2 2022 financial analysts call. Pluribus wrote about the acquisition in more telco-oriented terms citing its strong relationship with European service provider Ericsson. “Ericsson has been partnering with Pluribus Networks for the unified cloud network fabric of the Ericsson NFVI solution since 2016. Together we have built a telco-grade networking fabric solution used in NFVI deployments. The acquisition of Pluribus by Arista Networks will further the Ericsson partnership with Arista Networks and benefit our joint customers deploying Ericsson’s NFVI solutions through Arista and Ericsson’s combined networking expertise,” said Lars Martensson, Head of Solutions Area Cloud and NFVi at Ericsson AB. This isn’t the first SDN-oriented acquisition Arista has made. In 2020 Arista acquired SDN and cloud-software vendor Big Switch Networks for an undisclosed amount. Founded in the same year as Pluribus, Big Switch’s Big Cloud Fabric (BCF) software lets customers manage physical switches as a single fabric that includes security, automation, orchestration and analytics. Related content how-to Compressing files using the zip command on Linux The zip command lets you compress files to preserve them or back them up, and you can require a password to extract the contents of a zip file. By Sandra Henry-Stocker May 13, 2024 4 mins Linux news High-bandwidth memory nearly sold out until 2026 While it might be tempting to blame Nvidia for the shortage of HBM, it’s not alone in driving high-performance computing and demand for the memory HPC requires. By Andy Patrizio May 13, 2024 3 mins CPUs and Processors High-Performance Computing Data Center opinion NSA, FBI warn of email spoofing threat Email spoofing is acknowledged by experts as a very credible threat. By Sandra Henry-Stocker May 13, 2024 3 mins Linux how-to Download our SASE and SSE enterprise buyer’s guide From the editors of Network World, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps network and security IT staff understand what Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge) SSE can do for their organizations and how to choose the right solut By Neal Weinberg May 13, 2024 1 min SASE Remote Access Security Network Security PODCASTS VIDEOS RESOURCES EVENTS NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe