Wave Report

The Forrester Wave™: Open, Programmable Switches For A Businesswide SDN, Q3 2020

The 12 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

July 28th, 2020
Andre Kindness, Principal Analyst
Andre Kindness Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Glenn O'Donnell , Renee Taylor-Huot , Diane Lynch

Summary

In our 32-criterion evaluation of open, programmable switching solutions, we identified the 12 most significant ones — Arista Networks, Cisco IOS-XE, Cisco NX-OS, Dell EMC, Extreme Networks, H3C, Huawei, Juniper Networks, NVIDIA Cumulus, NVIDIA Mellanox, Pica8, and Pluribus Networks — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each solution measures up and helps infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals select the right one for their needs.

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