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Arista Networks Acquires Open Source SDN Pioneer Big Switch Networks

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Sean Michael Kerner
Feb 18, 2020

Financial terms of the deal have not been publicly disclosed. As part of the acquisition, Arista is bringing in approximately 75 Big Switch employees, most of whom are from the company’s engineering division. Big Switch was founded in 2010 by by Guido Appenzeller and Kyle Forster and had raised approximately $119.5 million in venture funding.
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