The FBI and ransomware gangs agree on this one point: If you don’t want to be the next Colonial Pipeline or JBS, use strong passwords.

Dell pushes open telecom; what the heck is open XDR; and Verizon taps Versa, Zscaler for managed SASE.

Fortinet today added four more managed service providers to its SD-WAN collection.

Verizon is the latest U.S. carrier to roll out a managed SASE offering. The service is built on Versa Networks' SD-WAN and Zscaler's cloud-based security functionality.

VMware and Vapor IO said the Multi-Cloud Services Grid will be available in Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, and Dallas later this year.

NetFoundry's latest Oracle Cloud integration makes it easier for developers to build zero-trust security into their apps.

“Where we really excel is highlighting what threats are actively being exploited, and what is going wrong, right this second,” Palo Alto Networks’ Varun Badhwar said.

Cloudera is being taken private by affiliates of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR in an all-cash deal valued at around $5.3 billion

SAP claims cloud neutrality; Ericsson has RAN disaggregation limits; and SDxCentral's 2-Minute Weekly Wrap podcast.

Ericsson doesn’t expect the industry to abandon or abruptly shift away from the proprietary RAN hardware it’s relied on since its inception.

“There's people looking for drama right now, but there is none. ... We're working with all of the providers and have good relationships with all the providers,” noted SAP's

VMware SVP calls XDR the "next frontier;" Cisco adds more oomph to its hybrid cloud; and Samsung says vRAN equals double-digit cost savings.

XDR is “something that we can do really, really uniquely to stop these very sophisticated attacks,” said VMware SVP Tom Gillis ahead of the company’s Security Connect event.

The vendor's Intersight and ThousandEyes platforms added more capabilities, and Cisco rolled out its new X-Series UCS to run hybrid-cloud environments.

Cisco's Stephen Augustus is focused on open source connectivity; Dell updated its VxRail HCI; and Nokia's XDR launch snared telecom operators.

HPE’s edge-as-a-service products grew triple digits year over year and represent “a meaningful contributor to HPE's overall ARR,” CEO Antonio Neri said.

Dell jointly engineers its VxRail products with VMware, and the new VxRail dynamic nodes allow users to independently scale storage and compute.

Nutanix CEO talked layoffs; Cato VP warned of SASE compromises; US carrier CEOs faced the 5G music.

Nutanix CEO talked layoffs and wins against VMware; VMware tapped a technologist as its new CEO; and Palo Alto Networks sees SASE as the future.

“I know that we say no one ever got fired for buying Cisco or IBM, but those days are ending. People are going to get fired for choosing a

Dell Technologies warned of supply chain crunch and VMware turbo charged its multi-cloud push.

“Post spin, we will be the only standalone cloud company that has the necessary strategic partnerships to deliver on a truly customer-centered, multi-cloud vision,” incoming VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram

The first experience on 5G is important, and it’s only going to be good after an operator makes investments across RAN, IP, and the core, Cisco SVP Jonathan Davidson

The startup commercialized the open source Cloud Custodian project to help enterprises manage costs, compliance, and security across multiple clouds.