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

T-Mobile US, Verizon, and AT&T aren’t complete contrasts, but the respective 5G outlook of each carrier is abundant and wide.

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

“When coupled with an improving global economy with greater demand for everything, there is an overall shortage of semiconductors," Dell Technologies COO Jeff Clarke said.

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

AT&T is on a roll with the federal government. It's landed multiple 9-figure wins with some of the country's largest federal agencies.

“The Aruba 630 Series campus access points are the first enterprise-grade WiFi 6E access points to be introduced by any of the main enterprise networking providers,” Aruba's Gayle Levin

If open RAN experiences faster adoption and higher efficacy the total global GDP impact could hit $725 billion.

"We're confident we will work through this as we have already put in place revised arrangements with several of our key suppliers," Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said.

"As cellular infrastructure evolves to be more virtualized, modular, and interoperable, it is becoming more open and competitive and a platform for innovation,” Qualcomm's Alex Katouzian said.

The product operates from Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud, but can also be integrated into Microsoft Azure Government or Google Cloud’s government cloud environments.

Rakuten sets open RAN example; White House cyber chief details staggering costs of insecure tech at RSA; AT&T sheds media assets.

“We plan to continue the momentum in our mobility business by stepping up our investment in our wireless network," AT&T CEO John Stankey said.

Rakuten's successes and mistakes are being magnified because hundreds of network operators and vendors are looking at Rakuten as an open RAN example.

“Operators have little choice. They tried playing in the cloud space and did not succeed,” Gartner VP Sid Nag said.

VMware tapped a technologist as its next CEO; cybersecurity executives lauded Biden's executive order; Cisco scooped up Kenna Security.

"The company that steps out first with the next generation of technology in a meaningful and powerful way, if you look at history, that’s the company that leads in

OpenWiFi is a fully disaggregated system spanning access point hardware, an open source access point network operating system, and a software development kit for cloud-native apps.

“IBM is all-in on hybrid cloud because we understand that businesses need a clear and critical path to modernize their mission-critical systems with advanced cloud services,” IBM CEO Arvind

AT&T inked a $175 million contract with the U.S. Department of Transportation; COVID-19 jumpstarted SASE; ONAP Honolulu hit GA.

AT&T will provide the Department of Transportation with virtual private networking, IP-based voice services, and access to cloud computing and services.

The world’s largest public cloud provider is not looking to invest in one vendor or software provider so it can push network operators in that direction, AWS' David Brown

The settlement comes as Samsung makes a concerted effort to bolster its position in the radio access network market.

Analysts conclude that the contract between the public cloud leader and Dish is a major win for AWS as it strives to earn broad business with network operators.