Arista Networks acquisition history

Mojo Networks, based in Mountain View, California, built cognitive WiFi and cloud-managed wireless networking products. It was one of Arista's first two acquisitions. Arista said the addition would extend its cognitive cloud networking approach with secure, high-performance WiFi delivered at cloud scale, broadening the company beyond its core data-center switching into the wireless campus.

We expect to extend our cognitive cloud networking architecture with the addition of Mojo by providing secure, high performance cognitive WiFi at cloud scale.Arista Networks FY2018 Form 10-K — Acquisitions (MD&A)

Metamako, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, was a specialist in low-latency networking solutions for latency-sensitive business applications such as high-frequency and electronic trading. Arista said the technology would play a key role in its next generation of low-latency platforms.

We expect this acquisition to play a key role in the delivery of our next generation platforms for low-latency applications.Arista Networks FY2018 Form 10-K — Acquisitions (MD&A)

Big Switch Networks, based in Santa Clara, California, was a pioneer in network monitoring and software-defined networking (SDN); its technology powers Arista's DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF). Arista financed the deal from existing cash and said it would expand its data-center networking solutions and strengthen its network monitoring and observability suite delivered through the CloudVision and DANZ platforms. Approximately $73.3 million (aggregate cash paid; of which $5.3 million of severance and other costs was treated as post-combination expense and excluded from purchase consideration).

With the acquisition of Big Switch, we expect to expand our data center networking solutions and further strengthen our network monitoring and observability suite delivered through Arista's software platform CloudVision and DANZ capabilities.Arista Networks FY2020 Form 10-K — Note 2 Business Combinations

Awake Security, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, was a network detection and response (NDR) platform provider whose product pairs artificial intelligence with human expertise to autonomously hunt for and respond to insider and external threats. Arista acquired all outstanding shares for total consideration of $180.5 million in cash; certain unvested Awake stock options were assumed, with the fair value of replacement options excluded from the purchase price. The deal added a dedicated NDR platform to Arista's product portfolio. $180.5 million (total purchase consideration, cash).

With the acquisition of Awake Security, we added an NDR platform to our product portfolio that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with human expertise to autonomously hunt for and respond to insider and external threats.Arista Networks FY2020 Form 10-K — Note 2 Business Combinations

Untangle was a network-security and edge-threat-management vendor serving small and mid-sized organizations. Arista folded Untangle's security assets into its Cognitive Unified Edge (CUE) commercial and branch offering. Arista's FY2022 10-K discloses only that the acquisition was completed 'in 2022' without a specific date or purchase price, so the date shown here is a year-only placeholder (2022-01-01). Related net operating loss carryforwards from Untangle Holdings and Pluribus Networks were noted in the FY2022 tax disclosure.

In 2022, we completed the acquisitions of Untangle Incorporated, a security asset for edge threat management for integration into our Cognitive Unified Edge (CUE) commercial and branch offering.Arista Networks FY2022 Form 10-K (MD&A)

Pluribus Networks was a pioneer in unified cloud fabric networking, delivering agility, security, automation and visibility across clouds. Arista disclosed the completed acquisition in its second-quarter 2022 earnings release (for the quarter ended June 30, 2022), listing 'Arista Acquires Pluribus Networks' among its company highlights, and folded the technology into Arista's Unified Cloud Fabric (UCF) for use cases including 4G/5G networks with partners such as Ericsson. The FY2022 10-K confirms Pluribus was acquired in 2022; no purchase price was disclosed.

Arista Acquires Pluribus Networks - a leader in delivering unified cloud fabrics that provides agility, security, automation and visibility across all clouds.Arista Networks Q2 2022 earnings release (Form 8-K — Item 2.02, Exhibit 99.1)

Arista acquired the VeloCloud business from Broadcom for total cash consideration of $300.0 million, completing the deal on June 30, 2025. VeloCloud's secure, AI-optimized cloud WAN (SD-WAN) portfolio provides connectivity to customer sites of any type, complementing Arista's data-center and campus wired/wireless portfolio. The preliminary purchase price allocation recorded roughly $268.4 million of intangible assets and $148.0 million of goodwill, with about $116.4 million of net tangible liabilities assumed. $300.0 million (total cash consideration).

VeloCloud's secure, AI-optimized cloud WAN portfolio provides seamless connectivity to customer sites of any type, complementing Arista's leading data center and campus wired/wireless portfolio.Arista Networks FY2025 Form 10-K — Note 4 Acquisition, Goodwill and Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets