Broadcom has combined VMware’s SD-WAN with Symantec's security service edge capabilities to create the new secure access service edge solution.

The vendors' proof of concept found the AI platform reduces the energy demands of analyzing data from sensor devices at the edge by up to 40%.

The deal continues Broadcom CEO Hock Tan's plans to shed what he calls "non-core" VMware assets.

The vendor's Billing Inquiry Manager leverages generative artificial intelligence to build a holistic view of each customer’s data.

“We’re asking companies that use Linkerd to invest back in it,” Buoyant CEO William Morgan said.

“Our shared commitment to delivering Azure VMware Solution to customers is as strong as ever," Microsoft's Brett Tanzer noted.

More than half of IT decision makers have been given executive orders to increase the amount of money spent in the cloud this calendar year.

VMware by Broadcom named Google Cloud as the first hyperscale cloud partner for VMware Cloud Foundation licensing.

SUSE's Adaptive Telco Infrastructure Platform 3.0 "aligns well with telcos' move toward cloud-native packet core solutions," said Keith Basil, SUSE GM.

The hyperscaler added new data and artificial intelligence capabilities to its Cloud for Sustainability to help customers measure and report more easily.

"We have radically reduced the complexity and associated cost of scaling data storage and management," HPE's Patrick Osborne said.

Fortinet CEO Ken Xie said the focus on security operations and secure access service edge drove an 8.5% growth in billings, for a total of $1.9 billion.

Customers are concerned about data center security and uptime, but sustainability is steadily becoming a similar accelerator.

The founding members include Amazon Web Services, Cisco, IBM, IntellectEU, NVIDIA, QuSecure, SandboxAQ and the University of Waterloo.

IBM launches LinuxONE 4 Express mainframe to bring enterprise hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence to small businesses.

Wiz appointed Dali Rajic as president and chief operating officer as the vendor plans to go public.

CFO Amy Hood highlighted strong demand for Microsoft cloud and artificial intelligence services, which drove growth in Azure contracts.

Google Cloud reported $11 billion data center capex for Q4 2023 and shared plans for a “notably larger” investment in the coming year.

In a busy week for the secure access service edge industry, Netskope joined Zscaler, Versa Networks and Cato Networks with SASE announcements.

"Consulting is a core driver of our value proposition," IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said during the company's Q4 2023 earnings call.

Versa Networks' new gateways address the challenges organizations face in converging networking and security functions into a unified secure access service edge platform.

The move aims to address the challenges of deploying enterprise-grade artificial intelligence.

Cato XDR expands the vendor's platform-based security approach beyond network to endpoint, CEO Shlomo Kramer said.

The security service edge leader has been working with almost all of the leading SD-WAN vendors for its multivendor secure access service edge approach.