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

“Much remains to be completed for some of the broader elements that sit at the cross-section of wireless, networking, and cloud industries," VMware's Benoit Pelletier said. Read more.

“This is one of the fastest-growing software-as-a-service companies in history,” Lacework's co-CEO David Hatfield said. Read more.

But Raghu Raghuram hedged when asked if and when Tanzu will overtake the hypervisor in terms of revenue for VMware. Read more.

“The telco opportunity is the most interesting right now as the competitive landscape is wide open,” ZK Research analyst Zeus Kerravala said. Read more.

Intel's Sapphire Rapids Xeon Scalable refresh will be a mile marker for the chipmaker as it embraces a chiplet architecture and adds support for a menagerie of next-generation I/O and memory tech. Read more.

The offering delivers on Cisco's promise to provide deeper integrations with Equinix global network of data centers. Read more.

Cisco’s security business only grew 1% compared to a year ago, and that represents much slower growth compared to its competitors like Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet. Read more.

“The challenge is it’s not standardized. It’s an association. Because things are not standardized, no standards, you don’t get cooperation, you don’t get competition, you don’t get innovation," Huawei CTO Paul Scanlan said. Read more.

Software component taps into Juniper's acquisition of intent-based networking vendor Apstra. Read more.

“We are thrilled that Shaila will be the first woman to run Cisco’s security business in an industry that needs far more talent like her,” EVP Jeetu Patel wrote in an email to employees. Read more.