--- title: "The Forrester Wave™: Data Center Network Solutions, Q3 2026" description: "Arista Networks is named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Data Center Network Solutions, Q3 2026" image: https://solutions.arista.com/hubfs/Arista%20(Marketing%20Only)/Images%20(Marketing%20Only)/Background/Untitled%20-%20August%2017%2c%202026%20at%2014.47.10%20(1).png --- [![Arista Networks](https://solutions.arista.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Arista%20(Marketing%20Only)/Images%20(Marketing%20Only)/ACE/vast.png?width=400&height=107&name=vast.png "Arista Networks")](http://www.arista.com) Access Report # Arista is a Leader with the highest scores possible in Innovation and Switch portfolio criteria # in The Forrester Wave™: Data Center Network Solutions, Q3 2026 [Read Report](https://solutions.arista.com/the-forrester-wave-data-center-network-solutions-q3-2026#form) ![Leader\_198008](https://solutions.arista.com/hubfs/Arista%20(Marketing%20Only)/Images%20(Marketing%20Only)/Landing_Pages/Leader_198008.png) ![Screenshot 2026-08-17 at 2.37.35 PM](https://solutions.arista.com/hubfs/Arista%20(Marketing%20Only)/Images%20(Marketing%20Only)/Landing_Pages/Screenshot%202026-08-17%20at%202.37.35%20PM.png) ## **Executive Summary** Arista Networks attributes its recognition as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Center Network Solutions, Q3 2026 to its evolution from a data center specialist into a broader enterprise networking provider across campus and WAN, accelerated by its VeloCloud SD-WAN acquisition. Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client to cloud networking for large data center/AI, campus and routing environments. Arista’s award-winning platforms deliver availability, agility, automation, analytics and security through an advanced network operating stack. ## **Arista's Key Highlights** - **Strategy.** Arista has become a Leader in AI fabrics and enterprise networking, driven by high speed AI infrastructure innovation and strong customer and partner engagement. Its high-quality support and services reinforce enterprise adoption and operational confidence along with its superior pricing flexibility and transparency. Arista demonstrates a consistent vision and roadmap centered on a unified OS and platform strategy that’s designed to reduce operationalcomplexity, minimize product sprawl, and support both traditional and AI-driven data centers. However, its competitive advantage has narrowed as competitors have increasingly embraced a similar vision, resulting in an on-par score. - **Capabilities.** Arista’s differentiation lies in EOS, a consistent, modular network OS across its portfolio that enables unified automation, policy consistency, and streaming telemetry from data center to branch. Arista stands out for its management types, switch portfolio, administrative experience, design support, segmentation, Zero Trust security, declarative transformation, and scalability across data center, campus, WAN, and cloud environments. Its unified telemetry and data model enable end-to-end flow visibility, application-aware analytics, and AI-driven root cause analysis, making it one of the most mature platforms for operational consistency and cross-domain insight without major gaps. - **Customer feedback.** Customers praise Arista’s simplicity, automation, and reliability but cite supply chain delays that can slow deployments. - **Forrester’s take.** Enterprises looking for a well-integrated and consistent set of networking services across the business in a single console should shortlist Arista Networks. ## **Scorecard Highlights** #### Arista Networks scored a 5/5 in the following evaluation categories: | - Management types - Switch portfolio - Design Support - Administrative experience - Design support - Scalability - Deployment options - Microsegmentation - Zero Trust - Configuration changes | - Scaling out - Application Visibility - Identifying issues - Customer resources - AI infrastructure support - Innovation - Pricing flexibility and transparency - Community - Supporting services and offerings | | --- | --- | ## **Call to Action** We have achieved our vision through strategic steps combined with a relentless ability to execute for our customers. They asked, and we answered. Arista seeks to be the seamless gold standard for data center networking. **Connect with your Arista representative today to explore how we can support your networking needs**. Source: The Forrester Wave™: Data Center Network Solutions, Q3 2026 Forrester does not endorse any company, product, brand, or service included in its research publications and does not advise any person to select the products or services of any company or brand based on the ratings included in such publications. Information is based on the best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change. This report is part of a broader collection of Forrester resources, including interactive models, frameworks, tools, data, and access to analyst guidance. For more information, read about Forrester’s objectivity [here](https://www.forrester.com/about-us/objectivity/). #### Download full report! 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