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Arista TAC Case Study

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

Introduction

This case study of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. is based on a May 2022 survey of Arista TAC customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“It is very easy to open a ticket with Arista TAC and getting connected to a TAC Engineer is very fast.”

“The TAC response was excellent, and was exactly what I needed”

Challenges

The business reasons that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Arista:

Product quality and Reliable solutions.
A dependable Post-sales Support.

Use Case

The key features of Arista that the surveyed company is impressed by are:

Product quality and features
Post-Sales Support
Industry reputation
Account management and pre-sales engagement

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Arista:

Overall quality compared to other networking vendors:
- post-sales support: Much better
- software: Much better

Operational excellence because Arista TAC was excellent:
- technical know-how of engineers: extremely satisfied
- time to problem resolution: very satisfied
- quality of case updates: very satisfied
- responsiveness (initial and ongoing): very satisfied

About Arista TAC

Arista Networks pioneered software-driven, cognitive cloud networking for large-scale datacenter and campus environments. Arista’s award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds from 10 to 400 gigabits per second, redefine scalability, agility and resilience. Arista has shipped more than 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Committed to open standards, Arista is a founding member of the 25/50G consortium. Arista Networks products are available worldwide directly and through partners.

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Arista Networks

Case Study: Small Business Financial Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a small business financial services company is based on a December 2015 survey of Metamako customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“The Metamako device improves latency and is the best implementation of this technology we’ve found.”

Challenges

Key driver for purchasing Metamako devices:
- Lower trading latency
Evaluated the following other vendors before purchasing Metamako devices:
- Exablaze
- Arista

Use Case

Rates the following Metamako capabilities compared to the competition:
- Layer 1+ features (stats): better
- Ease of use: significantly better
Top use case for implementing Metamako devices:
- Scalable Broadcast

Results

improved their trading hit-rate after deploying Metamako.

About Metamako

Metamako is a technology company that specialises in solutions for latency sensitive businesses. It was founded by Scott Newham, Dave Snowdon and Charles Thomas who have a background in ultra-low latency hardware, software and algorithmic trading.

Their engineering team brings together a wealth of skills and experience in digital hardware design (Boards, FPGA, ASIC), PCB design, embedded software (kernel, drivers, applications), low-level networking and full product lifecycle from design to manufacturing and support.

Metamako is headquartered in the harbour city of Sydney, Australia.

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Arista Networks

Metamako

Case Study: Small Business Financial Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a small business financial services company is based on a December 2015 survey of Metamako customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Metamako devices simplify networks, reduce latency, and increase flexibility.”

Challenges

Key drivers for purchasing Metamako devices:
- Lower trading latency
- Gain operational advantages
Evaluated the following other vendors before purchasing Metamako devices:
- Exablaze
- XCelor
- Arista
- Gigamon
- CPacket

Use Case

Rates the following Metamako capabilities compared to the competition:
- Latency profile: best in class
- Signal re-generation: best in class
- Layer 1+ features (stats etc): significantly better
- Ease of use: better
- Reliability: significantly better
Top use cases for implementing Metamako devices:
- Reconfigurable Patch Panel
- Tapping
- Timestamping
- Multiplexing Connections (Order Entry)
- Tap Aggregation

Results

Found Metamako’s support services to be better than other network vendors.

About Metamako

Metamako is a technology company that specialises in solutions for latency sensitive businesses. It was founded by Scott Newham, Dave Snowdon and Charles Thomas who have a background in ultra-low latency hardware, software and algorithmic trading.

Their engineering team brings together a wealth of skills and experience in digital hardware design (Boards, FPGA, ASIC), PCB design, embedded software (kernel, drivers, applications), low-level networking and full product lifecycle from design to manufacturing and support.

Metamako is headquartered in the harbour city of Sydney, Australia.

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Arista Networks

Metamako

Case Study: Medium Enterprise Financial Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise financial services company is based on a December 2015 survey of Metamako customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Metamako devices simplify networks, reduce latency, and increase flexibility.”

Challenges

Key drivers for purchasing Metamako devices:
- Lower trading latency
- Gain operational advantages
Evaluated the following other vendors before purchasing Metamako devices:
- Exablaze
- XCelor
- Arista

Use Case

Rates the following Metamako capabilities compared to the competition:
- Latency profile: best in class
- Signal re-generation: best in class
- Layer 1+ features (stats etc): best in class
- Ease of use: best in class
- Reliability: best in class
Top use cases for implementing Metamako devices:
- Connection Monitoring
- Reconfigurable Patch Panel
- Media Converter

Results

Found Metamako’s support services to be better than other network vendors.

About Metamako

Metamako is a technology company that specialises in solutions for latency sensitive businesses. It was founded by Scott Newham, Dave Snowdon and Charles Thomas who have a background in ultra-low latency hardware, software and algorithmic trading.

Their engineering team brings together a wealth of skills and experience in digital hardware design (Boards, FPGA, ASIC), PCB design, embedded software (kernel, drivers, applications), low-level networking and full product lifecycle from design to manufacturing and support.

Metamako is headquartered in the harbour city of Sydney, Australia.

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Arista Networks

Metamako

Case Study: Medium Enterprise Financial Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise financial services company is based on a December 2015 survey of Metamako customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Metamako devices simplify networks, reduce latency, and increase flexibility.”

Challenges

Key drivers for purchasing Metamako devices:
- Lower trading latency
- Meet compliance regulations
Evaluated the following other vendors before purchasing Metamako devices:
- Exablaze
- XCelor
- Arista

Use Case

Rates the following Metamako capabilities compared to the competition:
- Latency profile: better
- Layer 1+ features (stats etc): better
- Ease of use: significantly better
- Reliability: better
Top use cases for implementing Metamako devices:
- Reconfigurable Patch Panel
- Media Converter
- Circuit Breaker/Kill Switch
- Timestamping
- Deploy custom written applications or FPGA code

Results

Found Metamako’s support services to be better than other network vendors.

About Metamako

Metamako is a technology company that specialises in solutions for latency sensitive businesses. It was founded by Scott Newham, Dave Snowdon and Charles Thomas who have a background in ultra-low latency hardware, software and algorithmic trading.

Their engineering team brings together a wealth of skills and experience in digital hardware design (Boards, FPGA, ASIC), PCB design, embedded software (kernel, drivers, applications), low-level networking and full product lifecycle from design to manufacturing and support.

Metamako is headquartered in the harbour city of Sydney, Australia.

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Arista Networks

Metamako

Case Study: Medium Enterprise Financial Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise financial services company is based on a December 2015 survey of Metamako customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Metamako devices simplify networks, reduce latency, and increase flexibility.”

“The products have allowed us to implement complex solutions in a more manageable and reliable fashion.”

Challenges

Key drivers for purchasing Metamako devices:
- Lower trading latency
- Reduce Costs
- Gain operational advantages
Evaluated the following other vendors before purchasing Metamako devices:
- Exablaze
- XCelor
- Arista
- Gigamon

Use Case

Rates the following Metamako capabilities compared to the competition:
- Latency profile: significantly better
- Signal re-generation: better
- Ease of use: better
- Reliability: better
Top use cases for implementing Metamako devices:
- Connection Monitoring
- Reconfigurable Patch Panel
- Media Converter
- Failover
- Scalable Broadcast
- Timestamping
- Deploy custom written applications or FPGA code
- Test Lab
- Multiplexing Connections (Order Entry)
- Tap Aggregation

Results

Reduced their operational costs by up to 25% with Metamako.
Found Metamako’s support services to be better than other network vendors.
Improved their trading hit-rate after deploying Metamako.

About Metamako

Metamako is a technology company that specialises in solutions for latency sensitive businesses. It was founded by Scott Newham, Dave Snowdon and Charles Thomas who have a background in ultra-low latency hardware, software and algorithmic trading.

Their engineering team brings together a wealth of skills and experience in digital hardware design (Boards, FPGA, ASIC), PCB design, embedded software (kernel, drivers, applications), low-level networking and full product lifecycle from design to manufacturing and support.

Metamako is headquartered in the harbour city of Sydney, Australia.

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Arista Networks

Metamako

TechValidate Research on Arista

6 Case Studies

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About Arista TAC

Case Study: Small Business Financial Services Company

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About Metamako

Case Study: Small Business Financial Services Company

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About Metamako

Case Study: Medium Enterprise Financial Services Company

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About Metamako

Case Study: Medium Enterprise Financial Services Company

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About Metamako

Case Study: Medium Enterprise Financial Services Company

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About Metamako