Arista Networks, Inc. provides cloud networking solutions for datacenter and cloud computing environments. The company offers extensible operating systems, a set of network applications, and Ethernet switches. It serves a range of industries, including Internet companies, service providers, financial services organizations, government agencies, media and entertainment companies, and others through its direct sales force and channel partners. The company was formerly known as Arastra, Inc. and changed its name in October 2008. Arista Networks, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.