Apstra
Top Executive: David Cheriton, CEO and Co-Founder
Headquarters: Menlo Park, Calif.
The pioneer for intent-based networking, Apstra automates the design, build, deployment and operations of data center networks through its distributed system architecture and vendor-agnostic overlay. Apstra recently nabbed Extreme Networks co-founder Herb Schneider to lead all engineering efforts and launched its first formal channel partner program in March to help scale up its data center networking solutions.