5 election cybersecurity lessons learned; Palo Alto Networks primed its Prisma Security platform; and Red Hat automated Kubernetes management.

The new modules include identity-based microsegmentation from Palo Alto Networks’ $150 million Aporeto acquisition.

The funding round will also see Koch's Jason Illian join Alkira's board of directors.

Microsoft won a court order to take control of Trickbot; T-Mobile said Kubernetes isn’t magic dust; and Cloudflare got SASE.

The decision comes on the heels of Google taking a more controversial approach with the Istio service mesh project.

Cloudflare One combines the company's zero-trust network access, secure web gateway, and endpoint software into a single SASE platform

“Kubernetes isn’t necessarily magic dust. You’re not going to reduce your cost with Kubernetes if you don’t manage it correctly," T-Mobile's Thom McCann said.

The Department of Defense's cloud native-focused DevSecOps initiative has about 60 programs including jets, bombers, nuclear systems, and space systems.

Cisco slashed its workforce by 9% contradicting a previous pledge; AMD eyed a $30 billion Xilinx buy; and SDxCentral's weekly wrap podcast.

IBM ditched its legacy biz; ABI Research predicted open RAN shipments to surpass $47B by 2028; and Data center spend is set to grow in 2021.

The tech giant is ditching its lagging Managed Infrastructure Services and Global Technology Services business units into their own separate public company dubbed “NewCo.”

AWS announced its new edge computing infrastructure last year. But to date, neither company has said anything about AWS Wavelengths supporting VMware’s software stack.

Gartner projects end-user spending on global data center infrastructure products to reach $200 billion in 2021, an increase of 6% from 2020.

Cisco powers Internet2 and is working with Verizon to make fans safe; Microsoft's diversity pledge draws Labor Department inquiry; Juniper adds VPN app, access controls.

Pluribus Networks is preparing for deployments on a scale that is largely nonexistent today.

Druva's new offering eliminates backup performance and cost problems, and provides visibility and insight into unstructured NAS data.

“This is really focused on knowing who and what is on the network,” Juniper Networks’ Kate Adam said.

VMware rolled out a plan to win the XDR market; TIP pitched a bigger open RAN tent; and Veeam paid $150 million for Kasten.

“This is a widespread problem in the cloud,” Palo Alto Network’s Matt Chiodi said.

The vendor’s early bet on Intel chips for its initial series of 5G equipment carried high costs that continue to impact its profit margin and contribute to nagging challenges

“We have been talking about the death of [infrastructure-as-a-service] for years now, and the reality is that it’s not going away anytime soon,” DigitalOcean's Apurva Joshi said.

Kasten’s K10 platform will be integrated into Veeam Backup and Replication, and Veeam will continue to sell K10 independently.

VMware rolled out its extended detection and response strategy at VMworld, but it’s been laying the foundation for XDR for more than a year.

The service provides integrated cloud storage target for Commvault’s backup and recovery software and HyperScale X appliance managed through a single interface.