Arista Networks acquired Big Switch Networks, Inc. for 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), a transaction completed in February 2020, structured as all cash.
Big Switch Networks, Inc. operates in Network monitoring / SDN, is based in Santa Clara, California, USA. 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.
Arista expected Big Switch to broaden its data-center networking and deepen network monitoring and observability delivered via CloudVision and DANZ.
SDN and monitoring technology that became the basis of Arista's DANZ Monitoring Fabric. Combined with CloudVision and DANZ to deliver network-wide, data-based visibility. Became the DANZ Monitoring Fabric (DMF) within Arista's portfolio
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
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