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Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Arista 2.0 Strategy Gaining Traction: Is it the Next Key Growth Driver?
Arista Networks, Inc. ANET is aiming to transform itself into Arista 2.0 cloud and data-driven platforms. The company is benefiting from the expanding cloud networking market, which is led by a strong demand for scalable infrastructure. In addition to high capacity and easy availability, its cloud networking solutions promise predictable performance and programmability, enabling integration with third-party applications for network management, automation and Arista 2.0 strategy is resonating well with customers, with its modern networking platforms being foundational for transformation from silos to centers of data. The strategy comprises three components that are likely to drive growth over the next few years. The first component is focused on plans to invest in core businesses by rolling out new solutions and improved AI (artificial intelligence) offerings. Secondly, Arista aims to emphasize more on software-as-a-service for improved revenue visibility. Last but not least, the company plans to enter adjacent markets to target a broader customer boasts a comprehensive portfolio with the right network architecture for client-to-campus data center cloud and AI networking, backed by three guiding principles. These include the best-in-class, highly proactive products with resilience, zero-touch automation and telemetry with predictive client-to-cloud one-click operations with granular visibility and prescriptive insights for deeper AI algorithms. Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO is the largest player in the networking space. The company has a strong presence in the router and switch market. It has retained a leadership position in WLAN and Ethernet switching and is rapidly expanding its presence in the network security domain. Cisco provides Next-Generation Network Routers that transport data, voice and video information from one IP network to another. It is expanding its Agentic AI footprint with the introduction of Webex AI Agent, Cisco AI Assistant for Webex Contact Center, Workflow Automation in Cisco AI Assistant for Webex, AI Capabilities in Webex Control Hub and Webex Calling Customer Assist. Its strategy of integrating AI across security and collaboration platforms and developing agentic capabilities across the portfolio is a key catalyst for improving customer Networks Inc. JNPR is taking significant steps to enhance the adoption of its AI-Native Networking Platform through the introduction of its Blueprint for AI-Native Acceleration. This comprehensive framework is designed to simplify and accelerate the deployment and utilization of AI-driven networking solutions, benefiting enterprises across various sectors. By leveraging Juniper's AI-Native Networking Platform, organizations can expect up to an 85% reduction in operational expenses and a 90% decrease in network trouble tickets. The platform's industry-leading AIOps technology is key to delivering these results, providing reliable, measurable and secure connections across all devices and applications. The Blueprint for AI-Native Acceleration further enhances these capabilities, enabling customers to achieve up to nine times faster Price Performance, Valuation and EstimatesArista has surged 27.1% over the past year compared with the industry's growth of 36.8% Image Source: Zacks Investment Research From a valuation standpoint, Arista trades at a forward price-to-sales ratio of 13.63, above the industry. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Arista's earnings for 2025 has increased over the past 60 days. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Arista currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) : Free Stock Analysis Report Juniper Networks, Inc. (JNPR) : Free Stock Analysis Report Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research
Channel Post MEA
20-03-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Juniper and IBM to Simplify Enterprise Network Operations
Juniper Networks and IBM today announced plans to expand their collaboration around joint sales, marketing and product integration efforts. The companies are expected to integrate Juniper's Mist AI and IBM watsonx to address the complexities of managing IT networks, which can help improve user experiences and lower operational costs. The latest collaboration will focus on bringing Mist AI, a key part of Juniper's AI-Native Networking Platform that uses AI to optimize the E2E client-to-cloud experience across wireless, wired, SD-WAN, data center and security experiences, with IBM watsonx, IBM's portfolio of AI products designed to accelerate the impact of generative AI and drive productivity in core enterprise workflows. IBM and Juniper will work together to build upon two internal IBM projects: IBM Guest Services: a project that integrates Mist AI with IBM watsonx Orchestrate to help automate IT network support and minimize manual intervention of Wi-Fi support tickets to help resolve guest Wi-Fi network issues. a project that integrates Mist AI with IBM watsonx Orchestrate to help automate IT network support and minimize manual intervention of Wi-Fi support tickets to help resolve guest Wi-Fi network issues. IBM AskNetwork: an internal tool in development by IBM's CIO office using IBM watsonx Orchestrate to integrate with tools such as Juniper's Mist AI to help resolve network infrastructure problems and diagnose end user issues. AskNetwork is expected to simplify complex technical data into consumable, actionable insights to help enterprises optimize network performance. Juniper and IBM also plan to explore additional capabilities, such as location-based insights and diagnostics that can help drive additional value around facilities management and patient / customer user experience in industries such as healthcare and retail. 'Our collaboration with IBM represents a significant leap forward in AI-Native Networking,' said Bob Friday, Group Vice President and Chief AI Officer at Juniper Networks. 'Bringing two powerful visions for cloud AIOps in the enterprise together with Mist AI and IBM watsonx can help us showcase greater efficiency, agility and security to customers.' 'IBM is committed to harnessing the power of trustworthy AI to help businesses achieve new levels of innovation and efficiency,' said Ayal Steinberg, General Manager, Technical Sales and Client Engineering, IBM. 'Our collaboration with Juniper illustrates how ecosystem partnerships can help accelerate the adoption of AI for critical business use cases such as network management, demonstrating even greater value to enterprise customers.' 0 0
