--- title: Arista Networks Blog | Jayshree Ullal (9) description: Jayshree Ullal | Arista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver data-driven cloud networking solutions for large data center storage and computing environments. 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We are not addressing the legacy enterprise market... 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Once again that time... [Jayshree Ullal](https://blogs.arista.com/blog/topic/jayshree-ullal) [2012](https://blogs.arista.com/blog/topic/2012) [Read More](https://blogs.arista.com/blog/software-defined-cloud-networking-reflections) [![](https://blogs.arista.com/hubfs/Arista/Images/Blog/Arista_Tagline.png)](https://blogs.arista.com/blog/sdn-is-about-programmable-networking) 2 min read #### [SDN is about Programmable Networking](https://blogs.arista.com/blog/sdn-is-about-programmable-networking) ![Picture of Jayshree Ullal](https://blogs.arista.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Arista%20(Marketing%20Only)/Images%20(Marketing%20Only)/Blog/Jayshree_Ullal_024.png?width=30&name=Jayshree_Ullal_024.png) [Jayshree Ullal](https://blogs.arista.com/blog/author/jayshree-ullal): Nov 21, 2012, 11:46:11 AM The hype of Software Defined Networking (SDN) is alive and well. Many are advocating changing the classical IP model and moving to a network where a... 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