Check out our top 10 articles for July 2021 covering the SDxCentral universe of cloud, telecom, security, and networking. Rankings are based on unique visitors aggregated during the month.

Palo Alto Networks’ threat-analysis engine processes about 15 trillion transactions per day, Palo Alto Networks SVP Muninder Singh Sambi said. Read more.

PsiQuantum believes that making quantum computing viable at scale will require millions of qubits and a computer the size of a building. Read more.

“Cybersecurity spending remained robust during the pandemic and is set to accelerate this year,” Canalys chief analyst Matthew Ball said. Read more.

Google said it intends to activate at least 15 zones across major U.S. cities during the next few years, starting with Chicago later this year, followed by Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, and San Francisco. Read more.

The news comes less than a month after Saudi Arabian service provider NourNet extended support for Cisco's SD-WAN and SASE offerings. Read more.

The underlying trend and realization AT&T confronted is clear: mobile network operators, no matter how invested and talented in cloud computing, are no match for the might of hyperscalers. Read more.

While many vendors claim to offer a SASE software stack, most lack the cloud-native foundation necessary to scale, Cato's Yishay Yovel argues. Read more.

“We’ve been talking about this for years and it’s time that we actually do something about it, particularly with what’s happened during the pandemic,” Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said. Read more.

Tom Corn, VMware's former SVP of security, joins Open Systems as CPO. He aims to unify the vendor's SASE and XDR product lines to better support customers. Read more.

Cisco’s current annual research and development budget is about $6 billion, and the bulk of this investment will help support hybrid work-related technologies. Read more.