Check out our top 10 articles for January 2019, covering the SDxCentral universe of SDN, NFV, and related topics. Rankings are based on unique visitors aggregated during the month.
10. IBM, Juniper Ink $325 Million Hybrid-Cloud Deal
The deal will use IBM Watson’s cognitive capabilities to help with the operation of Juniper’s cloud and data center environments. Read more.
9. McAfee Cuts 200 Employees as Buyout Rumors Persist
Thoma Bravo, the firm rumored to want to buy McAfee, spent billions on security acquisitions in 2018. It also approached Symantec about purchasing that company. Read more.
8. AT&T, Nokia Tighten 5G Focus on O-RAN, Akraino
The specific work is on developing a software platform for the RAN Intelligent Controller. That platform code will accelerate the deployment of open source software for the 5G RAN. Read more.
7. Vodafone, IBM Launch $550 Million Multi-Cloud Joint Venture
The new organization, co-led by Vodafone and IBM, will provide European companies with technologies that integrate and manage multiple clouds. Read more.
6. Cisco Pushes ACI to AWS and Azure, Embraces ‘Data Center Anywhere’ Strategy
It sounds similar to VMware’s “NSX everywhere” push, which seeks to stretch that vendor’s networking and security capabilities from data centers to clouds and the edge. Read more.
5. Huawei’s Got 99 Problems and Futurewei’s One
And Poland arrested a Huawei employee and charged him with spying for the Chinese government. Read more.
4. AT&T Outlines 3 Pillars of Its 5G Strategy
They are mobile 5G, fixed wireless, and edge computing, and AT&T says it is building its networks to allow “LTE to work efficiently in parallel with 5G.” Read more.
3. Kubernetes Dominates in IT Job Searches
Reports from job boards Dice and Indeed found that Kubernetes skills were highly sought after in 2018.
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2. AT&T Touts 5G, SDN Progress as Job Cuts Loom
The job cuts are planned to begin later this month at 10 of AT&T’s operational hubs across the country. Read more.
1. Nutanix CEO to VMware: ‘Stop Being a Bully’
The Nutanix-VMware battle escalated with a Nutanix blog accusing VMware COO Sanjay Poonen of “bullying” Nutanix customers. Read more.