Jayshree Ullal

As CEO and Chairperson of Arista, Jayshree Ullal is responsible for Arista's business and thought leadership in AI and cloud networking. She led the company to a historic and successful IPO in June 2014 from zero to a multibillion-dollar business. Formerly Jayshree was Senior Vice President at Cisco, responsible for a $10B business in datacenter, switching and services. With more than 40 years of networking experience, she is the recipient of numerous awards including E&Y's "Entrepreneur of the Year" in 2015, Barron's "World's Best CEOs" in 2018 and one of Fortune's "Top 20 Business persons" in 2019. Jayshree holds a B.S. in Engineering (Electrical) and an M.S. degree in engineering management. She is a recipient of the SFSU and SCU Distinguished Alumni Awards in 2013 and 2016.

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Big-Data is a Big Deal for Cloud Networking

Once again new applications are pushing the envelope for modern cloud networking, a radical departure from traditional enterprises! Big Data was a hot topic at the GigaOm Structure conference last month. As companies acquire and analyze vast amounts...

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Software-Defined Cloud Networking: Hype or Reality?

I have been pleasantly surprised by the rapid adoption in data centers of cloud networking architectures in just the past two years. Cloud computing...

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Our Next Frontier in Cloud Networking

When Arista launched Cloud Networking in 2008, many did not grasp its profound impact. Today it is an industry reality, with 750+ worldwide customers...

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Big Data Needs Cloud Networking

Over the past three years computing architectures have bifurcated, resulting in markedly different network architectures for legacy enterprise and...

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A Redefining Step in Low Latency Networking

The race to zero latency networking continues - millions of transactions in real time. It has challenged traditional constructs for High Frequency...

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A to Z Cloud Networking with Zero Touch Provisioning

As Cloud Computing continues to become mainstream, the operational models around remote public and local private cloud management need careful...

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Is Cloud Networking Disruptive to Traditional Networking?

The rise in cloud computing and virtualization is pushing the envelope of cloud networking scale. Several dimensions of networking have been...

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Cloud Networking Reflections

As I ponder upon the many assertions I have made in my blogs in the past year, I know the reality of my assertions is much more pertinent! So lets...

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The Power of Extensible Open Cloud Networking

The definition of clouds continues to be both an evolving and important era in IT. Unlike the static and well-defined enterprise world of the past...

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Infrastructure is back: Reflecting upon Cloud Networking Trends

We live in contradictory times of double-dip recession predictions and giddy evaluations (well done - 3Par Data!). So I am often asked for my views...

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