The WorldTech IT Arista partnership reflects a focused commitment to excellence—Arista is now the exclusive route and switch vendor for WorldTech IT, underscoring a deep alignment between two industry leaders.
WorldTech IT is excited to share that we now offer the complete Arista Networks product line. This includes full services for installation and deployment. This expansion offers the same top-notch service that our customers expect from our F5 practice. Now, it applies to Arista’s networking solutions.
We did not make this decision easily. As many of you know, our company philosophy is not to offer every product available. Instead, we’ve built our reputation as a next-generation VAR by deeply aligning with a single vendor in each domain to ensure unparalleled expertise and focus linkedin.com.
After careful evaluation, it became clear that Arista Networks is the best-in-class vendor for the routing and switching world linkedin.com. In short, WorldTech IT has chosen Arista as our sole route/switch vendor, and we’re hitting the ground running to help our clients leverage Arista’s full capabilities linkedin.com.
The Next-Gen VAR Approach: Focused Expertise, Not “Many Vendors”
For years, WorldTech IT’s success has been built on a single-vendor expertise model. In the application delivery and security space, that vendor has been F5 Networks, and our singular focus there has paid dividends for our customers.
By exclusively supporting and selling F5 solutions (plus complementary tools like Ansible), we developed a depth of knowledge and quality of service that set us apart – in fact, we became one of the industry’s best, arguably the only partner to focus on F5 technology so completely wtit.com.
This deliberate focus is the opposite of the “legacy VAR” mentality. Traditional VARs often juggle countless products and will flip to whatever brand might win a given deal. We’ve always rejected that approach. As Austin Geraci (WorldTech IT’s CEO/CTO) has pointed out, if a provider can sell competing products from multiple vendors interchangeably, “where I come from we call that a competitor,” not a true partner linkedin.com.
Instead, our next-generation VAR philosophy is about strategic partnership – we choose to win or lose together with the vendor we believe in, acting as an extension of their team and a champion for their technology. This approach has delivered superior results for customers, and F5 recognized WorldTech IT as their 2024 North America Partner of the Year for our technical excellence and customer success.
Now we are bringing that same focused model to the entire networking stack with Arista. We believe Arista Networks offers the best-in-class solutions in routing and switching – analogous to how F5 is best-in-class in application services linkedin.com. By dedicating ourselves to Arista, we ensure our engineers live and breathe Arista’s technology every day, just as we have done with F5. This means our customers get true experts rather than generalists, and advice that puts long-term success over short-term sales.
Why Arista? Best-in-Class Networking for Modern Infrastructure
Why did we choose Arista as our exclusive networking vendor? Simply put, Arista’s technology and vision align with our high standards for excellence.
Arista Networks provides one of the broadest and most advanced product lines of data center and campus Ethernet switches and routers in the industry nasdaq.com. Their platforms deliver industry-leading performance – high throughput, ultra-low latency, impressive port density, and power efficiency – which are crucial for modern network demands nasdaq.com. After a lengthy evaluation of the market, our team saw that Arista’s innovative approach stood out from other networking vendors.
A few factors that make Arista the standout choice:
Single EOS Operating System & CloudVision: Arista’s entire portfolio runs on a single, unified operating system (Extensible Operating System – EOS) with a common CloudVision management platform. This means whether you’re deploying a data center core switch or a campus edge appliance, the software consistency is there.
That unified software stack across data center, campus, and even WAN use cases is unique – it provides consistency and simplifies operations nasdaq.com. Our engineers can leverage that one operating model to automate and troubleshoot anywhere in the network, instead of retraining on different vendor-specific OS quirks. The EOS+CloudVision combo gives cloud-like programmability and central visibility into the network, which is a huge win for efficiency and reliability.
Broad Portfolio – Data Center to Campus (and Cloud): The entire networking stack covers all aspects. Arista offers everything from high-performance 100/200/400 GbE data center switching platforms to campus switches and cognitive Wi-Fi solutions for the enterprise edge nasdaq.com. They’ve even extended into routing (for example, modern software-driven WAN routing with CloudEOS) and network security analytics.
This breadth means we can design end-to-end solutions using Arista for switching, routing, and wireless, all integrated together. It’s a complete toolkit for building next-gen networks, without having to mix and match multiple vendors.
Modern, Software-Driven Architecture: Arista built its gear in the cloud era, and it shows. The hardware is top-notch, but equally important is the software. EOS is fundamentally a Linux-based, highly modular OS with open APIs. Developers built in features like zero-touch provisioning, state streaming, and open programmability, enabling robust automation and integration into other systems.
In practice, this means networks built on Arista can achieve predictable performance and deep automation. Arista emphasizes zero-touch workflows, real-time telemetry, and “one-click” operations that give IT teams powerful tools to manage networks proactively nasdaq.com. This modern approach aligns perfectly with our ethos of driving operational efficiency through technology.
Proven in the Field: Arista might be a newer name than some legacy vendors, but they have proven themselves by powering the largest cloud providers and many enterprises worldwide. They consistently lead in key areas like high-density switching for data centers, and Gartner recognizes them as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for data center networking.
In our trials and the experience of engineers we’ve brought on board, Arista’s products have demonstrated remarkable stability and performance. (One industry anecdote even noted Arista switches running 100% lossless under stress, something not seen with other vendors – a testament to how “they make REALLY good gear” as a colleague observed.) In short, Arista meets the bar we set for technology that we can stand behind 100% for our customers.
By choosing Arista, we’re confident that we’re offering our clients the best-of-breed networking foundation available today – just as we’ve always done with F5 in the application delivery realm linkedin.com.
Delivering the Entire Arista Portfolio – What to Expect
Selecting Arista as our sole networking vendor means WorldTech IT is fully equipped to design, resell, install, and support Arista solutions across their entire portfolio linkedin.com. In practice, this covers everything from initial architecture design and procurement of hardware, to hands-on installation, configuration, and integration of Arista systems into your environment. Our team is also prepared to provide training, documentation, and ongoing managed support for all things Arista – effectively applying our end-to-end service model from F5 to Arista Networks.
To give an idea of scope, here are some of the key areas we can now help with under the Arista banner:
Data Center Switching & Routing: High-performance Arista platforms for your core network and cloud infrastructure, including 10/25/40/100/400 GbE switches and routers. These platforms deliver massive capacity and low latency for modern workloads nasdaq.com. We handle deployment in complex environments, whether it’s a leaf-spine fabric for a private cloud or high-availability routing between sites.
Campus and Edge Networking (Cognitive Unified Edge): Arista’s campus switches and wireless (Cognitive Wi-Fi) solutions bring cloud-grade networking to offices, branches, and retail sites. We offer installation and configuration of Arista campus LAN switches and wireless access points, leveraging features like Cognitive Wi-Fi for smarter connectivity. By unifying wired and wireless under EOS and CloudVision, we ensure your user access network benefits from the same simplicity and reliability as the data center nasdaq.com.
Network Management & Automation: Deploying Arista is not just about hardware – it’s also about software tools like CloudVision Portal and CloudEOS for automating and orchestrating the network. WorldTech IT will set up and integrate these tools so you gain single-pane-of-glass visibility and automate routine tasks (like deployments, upgrades, and telemetry collection).
With Arista’s telemetry and analytics, we help you gain client-to-cloud visibility and even leverage prescriptive insights for network optimization nasdaq.com. In short, we make sure you’re utilizing Arista’s software capabilities to the fullest, for a smarter and more self-healing network.
Just as we have done with F5, our Arista services cover the entire lifecycle: from purchase to day-0 design, day-1 deployment, and ongoing day-2 operations. If you’re familiar with our Always-On Support and managed services for F5, you’ll be glad to know we are extending the same level of service to Arista environments. In fact, WorldTech IT Always-On customers will soon be able to open support tickets and request project work for Arista technology just as seamlessly as they do for F5 linkedin.com.
We’re also investing heavily in our Arista practice – over half of our engineering team are already elite route/switch experts with deep Arista experience (some have been working with Arista for years), so we’re hitting the ground sprinting on day one linkedin.com.
Additionally, we’ve committed over $1M in new engineering resources to grow this practice, ensuring we have the capacity to meet demand and continue innovating on service delivery linkedin.com. This includes building out an Arista module in our own Cloud.Red platform (which many of our F5 clients use for monitoring and analytics) to bring even more value and integration for Arista deployments. In short, we’re not dipping a toe in the water here – we’re all in on Arista, with the personnel, tools, and dedication to support that commitment.
Simplicity Through a Unified Networking Stack
One of the greatest values to technical leadership in adopting a single-vendor strategy is architectural simplicity. By standardizing on Arista for networking, organizations can eliminate a lot of the complexity that comes with multi-vendor networks.
Consider the typical enterprise data center or campus: often a patchwork of different switch brands, various OS versions, multiple management consoles, and different support contracts. That complexity translates to higher operational overhead – your teams need to maintain proficiency in several vendor technologies, and troubleshooting can become a finger-pointing exercise between different support teams.
With WorldTech IT focusing on Arista, we help you simplify and streamline your network environment. All switching and routing elements share a common operating system (EOS), which means a consistent CLI and API across the board. Features and configurations behave uniformly whether it’s a top-of-rack switch or a campus core. This uniformity drastically reduces the learning curve for your network engineers and operators.
When our team performs an installation or hand-off, your staff manages one elegant system instead of juggling multiple paradigms.
Furthermore, Arista’s CloudVision ties everything together, providing a single point of management and telemetry.
For technical leaders, this simplicity means less risk and easier management: fewer vendors to coordinate, fewer integration headaches, and clearer accountability. As we often say, complexity is the enemy of reliability – by consolidating on Arista with our help, you gain a more deterministic and stable network, which ultimately supports your business with less hassle.
Depth of Knowledge and Expertise at Your Fingertips
Another major advantage of our single-vendor expertise model is the depth of knowledge we bring – something multi-vendor resellers simply can’t replicate to the same degree. WorldTech IT is applying to Arista the same formula that made our F5 services so successful: intense focus, continuous training, and real-world experience with that vendor’s products day in and day out.
Our engineers don’t just have a cursory certification; they live in Arista EOS configurations, design Arista-based architectures, and solve complex Arista challenges as their full-time job. This concentrated exposure builds expert-level skills that benefit you directly.
For technical leaders, this translates to confidence and trust. When you engage WorldTech IT for an Arista project, you’re getting seasoned experts who likely have seen similar environments or issues before.
We’re not experimenting on your dime or learning a new vendor as we go – we’ve already put in the work to master the platform. This depth shows in the quality of our designs (which follow Arista best practices), the efficiency of our deployments (we know the gotchas to avoid), and the effectiveness of our troubleshooting (we understand the nuances of EOS and Arista hardware).
In fact, as mentioned earlier, over half of our engineering team are elite Arista route/switch experts already linkedin.com, and that number is growing with our continued investments. We’re also working closely with Arista’s own technical teams and training programs to ensure we stay at the cutting edge of their technology.
The bottom line for your organization’s leadership: you have a deep bench of Arista expertise on call. Whether you need high-level architecture guidance or nitty-gritty configuration help, our team’s focused knowledge ensures you get accurate, vetted answers quickly. This depth of expertise reduces project risk and accelerates timelines because the team solves problems the right way the first time. It’s like having Arista’s top engineers as an extension of your staff – but delivered through the familiar, trusted team at WorldTech IT.
Seamless Integration and Cohesion Across the Network
Adopting Arista across your networking stack brings powerful opportunities for integration – both technical integration of systems and strategic integration of processes. On the technical side, Arista designs its platforms to work together seamlessly. The unified EOS and CloudVision architecture allows users to apply features like automation, security policies, and telemetry end-to-end. For example, you can uniformly implement network segmentation or QoS policies from the data center out to the campus edge without translating between vendor-specific syntax.
Integration with third-party tools is also a hallmark of Arista’s open approach – their programmability and APIs enable easy hooks into orchestration systems, CI/CD pipelines, or monitoring tools you already use nasdaq.com.
WorldTech IT leverages these capabilities to blend Arista into your broader IT ecosystem. We can integrate Arista’s network telemetry into your SIEM for security analytics, tie network automation into your DevOps workflows, or connect CloudVision with your ITSM for streamlined operations. The result is a network that’s not an island, but rather an active, automated component of your overall infrastructure, from on-premises to cloud.
On the strategic side, our single-vendor focus means your initiatives get cohesive treatment. When you partner with us for Arista solutions, we take a holistic view of your network. Since we focus on a limited number of product lines, we can deeply align our plans with your IT strategy.
Whether you’re aiming for a software-defined data center, a hybrid cloud network, or improving campus connectivity, we architect the Arista components to fit together and fit your needs. And importantly, we also ensure Arista solutions integrate well with your F5 application services if you’re a customer of both.
One exciting aspect of our Arista + F5 dual expertise is that we can bridge the gap between networking and application delivery. For instance, we can help integrate Arista’s network telemetry with F5’s systems for end-to-end visibility from user to application, or ensure that Arista’s network policies complement the security policies on your F5 devices.
Because we understand both sides deeply, you get a more unified outcome. For technical leadership, this kind of cross-domain integration means simpler operations and more synergistic use of technology – the network and application layers working in concert rather than silos.
Ultimately, our goal is to deliver a cohesive networking environment where all the pieces talk to each other and operate smoothly. By entrusting your full network stack to Arista (and to WorldTech IT’s care), you eliminate the infighting of multi-vendor setups and gain a harmonized infrastructure. This not only improves performance and reliability, but also frees your team to focus on higher-level initiatives rather than constant integration firefighting.
Operational Maturity and Reliability You Can Count On
When introducing any new technology into an organization, one of the top concerns for IT leadership is operational impact: Will our operations be able to handle this? Will it improve stability or introduce risk?
With WorldTech IT’s Arista offering, you benefit from the operational maturity that comes from our years of experience in critical network environments. We are applying the same rigorous operational practices that we honed with F5 to our Arista services. This includes well-defined deployment methodologies, thorough testing and validation, and strong documentation at every stage. Our engineers treat your network like the mission-critical system it is by planning changes carefully, implementing best practices, and ensuring knowledge transfer so your team stays informed.
Arista designed its technology with operational excellence in mind, which complements our approach. Their proactive health monitoring and telemetry can detect issues before they impact users, and features like self-healing and stateful fault containment in EOS increase network resilience. Arista’s commitment to high availability and non-disruptive updates (for example, features like ISSU – In-Service Software Upgrade – in the EOS for certain platforms) means we can often perform maintenance with minimal downtime.
As noted in a recent analysis, Arista’s solutions come with guiding principles of resilience, automation, and predictive operations (client-to-cloud telemetry with one-click troubleshooting) to deliver a robust network experience nasdaq.com. We fully embrace these capabilities to enhance your network’s uptime and performance.
Moreover, because of our focused expertise, our support model for Arista is extremely effective. We don’t have to scramble to find “who knows this product” when you call – our team collectively knows the Arista stack in depth, so we resolve incidents faster.
Our Always-On support for Arista will provide 24/7 access to skilled engineers who can pinpoint network issues and remediate them according to established best practices. Our partnership alignment gives us direct channels to Arista’s escalation engineers, allowing us to collaborate efficiently with the vendor if needed, without you getting caught in the middle.
From an operational maturity standpoint, engaging WorldTech IT for Arista is much more than just buying some switches – it’s about adopting a proven operational framework. We bring monitoring tools (and soon our Cloud.Red platform capabilities) to give you deep visibility into how your Arista network is behaving. We help you establish processes for configuration management and backup, disaster recovery plans for your network, and periodic health checks to keep things running optimally.
Over time, this level of operational discipline translates into lower total cost of ownership and fewer firefights for your IT staff. It’s like having a seasoned pit crew for your network – everything runs smoother, and when you need maintenance, you get it fast and precise.
Looking Ahead: A Unified Networking Vision
The expansion of WorldTech IT’s single-vendor model to Arista is more than just a new product offering – it’s a strategic evolution aimed at helping our customers conquer the full spectrum of networking challenges with confidence and simplicity.
By combining Arista’s cutting-edge networking portfolio with our focused expertise and service-first approach, we’re empowering technical leaders to build networks that are simpler, smarter, and more reliable than ever before. No longer do you need to manage a patchwork of vendors or worry that your VAR is selling you the flavor-of-the-month; instead, you have a partner who is all-in on the solutions we believe will drive your success.
We are incredibly excited about what this means for our clients. With Arista in our toolkit, alongside our continuing F5 specialization, WorldTech IT can now deliver an end-to-end infrastructure vision – from the core network to the application services – all with a consistent philosophy of depth, focus, and quality.
Early feedback from our engineering team and customers has been energizing. We’re already seeing how the synergy of Arista’s technology and our service model creates outstanding results, whether it’s a smoother data center deployment, a more transparent network operation, or a faster issue resolution process.
As we roll out these new Arista services, expect the same thoughtful, technically confident approach that you’ve come to know from our blog and our engagements. We’ll continue sharing insights and lessons learned along the way – Austin Geraci and the team will be writing more about Arista best practices, integration tips between Arista and F5, and how to maximize value from a focused network strategy.
In the meantime, if you’re a technical leader looking at the road ahead for your network, we invite you to reach out and have a conversation with us about Arista. We’re here to listen to your challenges and objectives, and to share how our single-vendor expertise model, now applied to Arista Networks, can help simplify and strengthen your IT landscape.
WorldTech IT has always believed in partnering for the long haul – with our vendors and with our clients. With Arista Networks as our route/switch partner, we’re just starting the next chapter of that journey. Here’s to simpler networks, deeper expertise, and greater operational excellence for all of our customers, with WorldTech IT and Arista Networks winning together!
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