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

“To the extent that we are an information technology infrastructure company, this is all IP infrastructure, it's just now making its way into a whole new domain called the

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

AT&T continues to roll up government contracts; Nvidia posts record earnings; and Cisco notes critical 5G investments.

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

Firm becomes the second SD-WAN vendor after Cisco to integrate with Megaport's new network-as-a-service offering

In the year since acquiring SD-WAN vendor CloudGenix, Palo Alto Networks has moved quickly to integrate its features into its broader SASE platform.

The new Zscaler partnership fits into IBM’s zero-trust, hybrid-work blueprint, and it also marks IBM’s move into SASE.

Google and Siemens teamed up on industrial AI; Nvidia's $40B Arm acquisition hit a UK snag; and Stellar Cyber added threat into to its XDR.

The telecom industry surged past consumer services, security and investigations, internet, and cryptocurrency as the top target.

“Unlike today’s fragmented architectures, a Cloud Metro is built for resource-pooling, network slicing, and automated cloud-based operations,” Juniper's Brendan Gibbs said.

“I expect IT companies like Cisco to closely work with public institutions and universities, creating synergy in fostering people-centered digital infrastructure," South Korea’s Prime Minister Sye-Kyun Chung said.

“To unleash truly transformative innovations at the edge, what we need is a fungible edge," VMware's Kaniz Mahdi explained.

The data center operator will take advantage of Juniper's routing portfolio to address growing bandwidth demands across China.

The move could prove to be a boost for Cisco, which continues to struggle in gaining a wider hold of the 5G equipment market.

Megaport's NaaS offering combines middle-mile transport with edge compute capabilities

VMware sees 5G core opportunities; TSMC wants to spend big on chip fabs; and AT&T boosted its SD-WAN security options.

The offer uses a single piece of hardware that includes a full SD-WAN software stack and that ties into an employee’s home internet connection.

The overarching theme of this year’s Cisco Live event was that of a smarter, simpler, and more accessible product portfolio.

Cisco Duo offers passwordless security; Innovium certified its switch silicon; and Cisco, Huawei dominated a down enterprise network market.

The full-stack observability platform ties together ThousandEye's network monitoring and AppDynamics application performance monitoring capabilities

“Whether it's connectivity, security, or observability, the world does not just end at layer-7 services, it's much broader than that,” says Cisco's Vijoy Pandey.

Samsung and Marvell mix a 5G MIMO SoC; Traceable's technology makes it a target; and T-Mobile and Intel are realistic on enterprise 5G.

The service provider's Arcus platform pushes MPLS connectivity into Versa's SASE points of presence