Glossary · Network operations vocabulary
Multi-vendor estate
A network built from equipment of several manufacturers (Cisco (opens in a new tab), Arista (opens in a new tab), Juniper (opens in a new tab), HPE Aruba (opens in a new tab), Palo Alto Networks (opens in a new tab), Fortinet (opens in a new tab), SONiC (opens in a new tab)) often across acquired sites.
In REAP
Multivendor support is the first analyst requirement; REAP reasons across vendors with one investigation surface.
Source Gartner, Market Guide for Agentic NetOps Software (May 2026)
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