“Our belief is that open RAN's success and future prospects hinge on the survival of Mavenir,” analyst Michael Thelander wrote

Seemingly every technology related news release over the past 12 months contained a least one reference to artificial intelligence

Public and private data center investment and interest surged in 2024.

SDxCentral was again on the forefront of covering the player and technologies in 2024, helping enterprise decision-makers navigate this growing complexity.

That upheaval resulted in thousands of jobs cut, the exodus of high-profile executives, and concerns over Cisco’s core networking focus moving forward.

Customers have been struggling to unpack what impact a consolidated company might have on operations.

The deal highlighted the disruptive nature large-scale merger and acquisition activity can have on the technology landscape.

SDxCentral readers were intrigued by altered VMware support and distribution plans.

That interest included focus on new platform launches and advances that refined underlying SD-WAN architectures in support of growing cybersecurity services.

Verizon's vendor bankruptcy and EchoStar ditching VMware also drew a lot of views.

Verizon is tapping Nvidia to power enterprise services running over the carrier’s 5G private network and mobile edge compute infrastructure.

Broadcom shrugged off the ability to grow the VMware business despite ongoing customer unrest.

While Nokia is making headway in the data center and cloud API space, its more traditional telecom radio access network business continues to battle

The operator pulled VMware’s platform that had been core to its unique open network architecture

The additions could be important for some of its vendors but are not unique

"We expect that 50% of operating profit going forward will come from Juniper," HPE CFO Marie Myers said.

Forrester Research Senior Analyst Alvin Nguyen explained that “tech execs need to pay attention to who Intel brings in as CEO."

It could be a month or it could take several years.

“Not a lot of specificity coming out of operators in our industry related to actual O-RAN deployments," Verizon's Adam Koeppe said.

Dell’Oro Group in a recent report noted Nokia was No. 3 in market share for “high-end routers” behind Huawei and Cisco.

IoT アナリティクスは、すべての3社が市場の勝利を主張できることも指摘した。

Overall growth is set to hit record levels in 2025.

'I've had customers put things on hold right now, and not just the Juniper side but both sides,' Forrester's Andre Kindness said.

“It's moving from I don't want to tell the network exactly what to do, I want to tell it what I want to achieve," Ericsson's Gabriel Foglander said.