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  "name": "Arista vEOS Lab",
  "description": "Arista vEOS Lab is a virtualized instance of Arista Networks' Extensible Operating System (EOS). It allows network engineers and developers to simulate network topologies, test configurations, and develop automation scripts in a virtual environment without physical hardware.",
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      "name": "Eve Ng"
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    {
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      "name": "Juniper vLabs"
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    "slug": "arista-networks",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-04-11T15:42:00.68+00:00",
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    "founded": "2004 (Parent: Arista Networks)",
    "headquarters": "Santa Clara, California, USA",
    "pricing_model": "Free with registration (for lab/non-production use)",
    "core_products": "vEOS Lab (Virtual Machine Image), cEOS (Containerized EOS)",
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    "target_markets": "Network Engineers, DevOps/NetOps Developers, Students, Enterprise IT Teams",
    "employee_count": "Not publicly available",
    "funding_stage": "Not publicly available",
    "subcategory": "Network Simulation & Virtualization"
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}