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Arista vs NEC

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Arista
Based on 66 reviews.
NEC
Based on 2 reviews.
Overview
Arista Networks is a computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. The company designs and sells multilayer network switches to deliver software-defined networking solutions for large datacenter, cloud computing, high-performance computing and high-frequency trading environments. Arista's products include an array of 10s switch. Arista's own Linux-based network operating system, EOS, runs on all Arista products.
NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational provider of information technology services and products, with its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. NEC provides information technology and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and to government agencies. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as just NEC. Its NEC Semiconductors business unit was one of the worldwide top 20 semiconductor sales leaders before merging it with Renesas Electronics. NEC is a member of the Sumitomo Group.
Sample Customers
Arista Campus LAN Switches
University of Winchester, AWE, picturemaxx, Medical Mutual, Leonix, CloudEra, National Physical Laboratory, Tri-State G&T, AIS, Morph, SingTel, SDSC, BBC
NEC Campus LAN Switches
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
Real Estate/Law Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Healthcare Company
13%
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