Arista Announces Acquisition of Awake Security
September 28 2020 - 09:00AM
Business Wire
AI-driven network detection and response for
client to cloud network security
Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET), a leader in cognitive cloud
networking, today announced that it has entered into a definitive
agreement to acquire Awake Security, a Network Detection and
Response (NDR) platform provider that combines artificial
intelligence (AI) with human expertise to autonomously hunt and
respond to insider and external threats.
The Awake platform is recognized for bringing great value with
outstanding ROI between features and cost within the NDR market and
ranked #1 by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA). Awake is also
widely acknowledged for NDR technical leadership by many, including
Emerging Technology Research, IT Central Station and Frost &
Sullivan. In 2019 Awake received Frost & Sullivan's Visionary
Innovation Leadership Award for its innovation, high customer
satisfaction and overall performance.
"We see an exciting future for Awake within the Arista family,"
said Rahul Kashyap, CEO for Awake Security. “Awake pioneered NDR
platforms for real-time AI-driven situational awareness to secure
digital assets and then respond to mitigate those risks. This
acquisition allows us to further that mission.”
"We warmly welcome Awake Security to the Arista team,” stated
Anshul Sadana, COO for Arista Networks. “With the proliferation of
users, devices and Internet of Things (IOT), Awake’s best of breed
threat detection platform is synergistic with Arista’s market
leading cognitive cloud networks, delivering proactive security for
our customers.”
The transaction is expected to close in Arista’s fiscal Q4
FY2020, subject to customary closing conditions, including
regulatory approvals. This acquisition is not expected to have a
material impact on fiscal 2020 operating results.
For more details, read Rahul Kashyap’s blog here and Jayshree
Ullal’s blog here. Arista and Awake executives will host a Webinar
on “The AI-Driven Security Transformation” on October 15, at 10:00
AM PT. To attend please register here.
About Arista Networks
Arista Networks is an industry leader in cognitive cloud
networking solutions for large data center and campus environments.
Arista’s award-winning platforms deliver availability, agility,
automation analytics and security through CloudVision® and Arista
EOS®, an advanced network operating system. For more information
visit www.arista.com.
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