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Arrcus – Leading the transformation of the networking industry to a cloud native autonomous paradigm that is agile, elastic, and cognitive

Arrcus is a cloud and edge-based networking company. The company’s software connects people, devices, and data across infrastructure, including router, switch, server, and connected device to unify control and manageability through a unified network solution. Arrcus’ Linux-native network operating system (NOS) enables users to build scaleable infrastructures across physical environments, virtual infrastructures, and cloud infrastructures. The network is built on a microservices architecture that responds to data workloads and delivers network analytics to users.

ArcOS^™: Industry’s First Independent Network Operating System (NOS)

ArcOS^™ is a network operating system (NOS) built from the ground up using open standards to provide an internet-scale, independent network operating system (IOS) that is easy to scale, secure, and easy to manage. ArcOS delivers high-performance, high-latency, low-latency, high-convergence, and high-availability at the lowest price per terabit. ArcOS is an open-source network operating system designed to deliver low latency, high-performance, and easy-to-manage network solutions. The ArcOS network operating system is built with a micro-services-based architecture that responds to data workloads as well as other network requirements. With open standards, users can use any hardware they need, including their existing hardware, and they don’t have to use proprietary hardware.

ArcOS^™ frees you from proprietary hardware. Network Engineers and Architects can build a switch or router with any white-box /brite-box, making the most out of existing investments. Physical network devices are supported in many form factors and across all port types (1G / 10G / 25G / 40G / 100G / 400G). The solution runs physical, virtual, and container workloads and runs in any location (Datacenter, PoP, or Cloud). Built to be modular, the ArcOS architecture is multi-process, multithreaded, and uses a multithreaded CPU efficiently to deliver superior performance across CPU threads. Per process re-starting (RIB / FIB) brings unprecedented resilience to network devices running the ArcOS architecture. Its easy upgrades or hot patch is of specific PSIRT or other issues without affecting other processes.

Arrcus Connected Edge (ACE)

ACE is designed to deliver a single, unified network solution that scales for end-to-end users and is built to interoperate, with an integrated monitoring and analytics platform that provides real-time network visibility and predictive analytics. Deploy from anywhere, reduce users’ operating costs while staying compliant with open standards, and enable network operators to connect to third-party automation and orchestration tools. ACE platform architecture includes a 3-layer stack that connects to enterprise data centers, as well as service or cloud providers.

ArcRR

The ArcRR is an ArcOS-based route reflector that eliminates the need for a full-mesh architecture and enables the creation of scaleable networks. The ArcRR uses a 64-bit, multithreaded, multiprocessor architecture for scalability and convergence. The modular architecture allows critical processes to be moved up and down without restarting the operating system while providing optimized route policy lookup to optimize routing. The ArcRR also supports streaming telemetry with standardized APIs to provide programmatic access.

ArcIQ

ArcIQ is a real-time network visibility and analytics solution that delivers real-time visibility of networks and connected devices to enable proactive incident management and real-time troubleshooting. Granular management and monitoring includes monitoring and monitoring network health across data centers, clouds, and edge networks. Built-in AI and machine learning enable organizations to ingest massive amounts of data and prevent network hijacking, route leaks and threat management.

About | Shekar Ayyar

Shekar Ayyar is the Chairman and CEO of Arrcus. He is a seasoned technology executive and industry leader with over 25 years of experience in general management, research, strategy, mergers & acquisitions, and business development. Before joining Arrcus, Shekar was Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Telco and Edge Cloud business at VMware. He incubated and grew this business to become one of the largest vertical opportunities for VMware in the context of 5G and Edge Computing.

Prior to his General manager role, Shekar was EVP of Strategy and Corporate Development, leading VMware’s M&A and strategic investments for several years. From opportunity and target identification, to deal structuring, negotiation, and closure, he oversaw over 60 acquisitions and investments across a wide range of target companies and transaction sizes. These included the acquisitions of Nicira for software defined networking, Airwatch for mobility management, Velocloud for software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN), Heptio for cloud-native Kubernetes orchestration, and Uhana for AI driven closed loop automation of mobile networks.

Shekar has an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar. He also holds a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, both in electrical engineering.