In her keynote speech, Ullal highlighted Arista’s focus on selling high-speed switches for AI data centers and introducing a new concept of “AI centers” to streamline network management and operations, aiming for significant growth in the AI market.
Arista recently appointed Todd Nightingale as its new president with a clear objective of expanding its enterprise business. The company plans to increase its campus and WAN business from $750 million to $1.25 billion, leveraging its expertise in high-performance, resilient networking solutions.
Arista’s autonomous virtual assistant, AVA, is designed to complement network engineers rather than replace them. With proactive monitoring capabilities, AVA serves as a co-pilot, helping identify and address network issues before they escalate, emphasizing the importance of AI as an assistant in network management.