Cumulus Networks

Cumulus is leading the transition of the data center market from a closed and proprietary environment to one that embraces open, standards-based systems. Unlike anyone else in the market, we build networking products purely with Linux, bringing its its standard interfaces and rich ecosystem to our customers so that they can achieve a new level of control. Our software, Cumulus Linux, is the only solution that allows you to affordably build and efficiently operate your network like the world’s largest data center operators, whether you have 6 racks or 6 data centers. By effectively unlocking the vertical network stack, this modern network architecture bridges new technologies with the old, and enables full insight and connection from mainframe to microservices. We call it web-scale networking. With over 1,000 customers and over 2.75 million switch ports worldwide, Cumulus Networks powers data centers ranging from small businesses and universities to enterprises and some of the world’s largest cloud providers. There is a reason why 1/3 of the Fortune 50 are moving away from proprietary systems and running their networks with Cumulus. Cumulus Networks has received venture funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Telstra, Peter Wagner and four of the original VMware founders.