Aviz Networks
Aviz Networks is a software company focused on open networking solutions for data center and cloud environments, providing tools for multi-vendor switch management, testing, and observability.
- Open networking software for data center and cloud switching
- Multi-vendor network orchestration and lifecycle management
- Network observability and telemetry for white box and disaggregated networks (observability)
- Automated testing, validation, and interoperability for Network Optimization Suite (NOS) and network hardware
- Professional services and support for open networking deployments
More About Aviz Networks
Aviz Networks focuses on open networking for data center and cloud operators that deploy disaggregated or white box switching, providing software and services that enable multi-vendor network management, observability, and validation across heterogeneous environments.
The company’s offerings target enterprises, cloud providers, and service providers that adopt open networking architectures using merchant-silicon-based switches, network operating systems (NOS) from different vendors, and standards-based interfaces such as Ethernet, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), EVPN, and Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN). Aviz Networks positions its platforms in categories such as network observability (observability), network automation (network automation), and test and validation tooling for open networking stacks.
Aviz Networks’ observability capabilities focus on collecting, correlating, and presenting telemetry from switches and network fabrics, typically leveraging streaming telemetry, standard management protocols, and APIs. This is intended to help operations teams monitor health, performance, and configuration state across multi-vendor deployments, including white box switches and open NOS distributions. In enterprise and cloud environments, these tools are used to analyze traffic flows, detect anomalies, and validate that underlay and overlay configurations align with design policies.
On the orchestration and lifecycle management side (network management), Aviz Networks provides capabilities for onboarding switches, automating configuration, and managing software images and upgrades across mixed-vendor fleets. This includes workflows tailored to disaggregated architectures where hardware and NOS are procured and managed separately. The software is generally deployed alongside standard DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices, and integrates with APIs, scripts, and Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines used by network engineering teams.
For testing and validation, Aviz Networks offers tools and services used by NOS vendors, ODMs, and operators to verify interoperability and performance of open networking solutions before deployment. These efforts often include conformance testing to open standards, regression testing across NOS releases, and validation of fabric designs. The company also provides consulting and professional services to help customers design, deploy, and operate open networking infrastructures, assisting with migration from closed, chassis-based networking platforms to disaggregated, spine–leaf architectures.
Within an enterprise technology directory, Aviz Networks can be categorized under network observability and performance monitoring (observability), network automation and orchestration (network automation), and validation and test tooling for open networking ecosystems. Its portfolio is oriented toward organizations that require vendor-neutral control and visibility across data center and cloud network fabrics built on open, standards-based components.