“This Cybersecurity Action Team marshals the experts from across Google to form the world’s premier security advisory team,” Google Cloud CISO Phil Venables said.

F5 acquired Threat Stack and other recent SDxCentral news stories.

The work paired IBM's open source Qiskit Runtime and a Dell EMC PowerEdge server to emulate a quantum computer on standard x86 hardware.

Arctic Wolf promoted Nick Schneider to CEO; HPE CTO Kumar Sreekanti is leaving his position; and Exabeam appointed a new COO.

Microsoft bought RiskIQ; Sysdig acquired Apolicy; and the US Defense Department canceled its $10B JEDI contract with Microsoft.

Netskope reaches a $7.5 billion valuation; Microsoft’s bug bounty program pays $13.6 million to security researchers; and a recap of June’s biggest funding news.

PsiQuantum believes that making quantum computing viable at scale will require millions of qubits and a computer the size of a building

Intel appointed Greg Lavender as CTO; Exabeam's valuation increased to $2.4 billion after hiring a new CEO; and StackPath appointed Keith Wilson as CFO.

The Bosch foundry operation will initially produce electronic components for power tools, but by September, is expected to begin producing chips for automakers in the region.

Ransomware is likely top of mind for most businesses, and CrowdStrike and EY say it’s a key focus of their alliance.

“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

Meanwhile, Malaysian network operator Allo Technology rolled out Infinera's 600 Gb/s GX-series appliances on its network.

Lacework scored $525 million to battle Palo Alto Networks; the Linux Foundation gobbled up Open19; and Cisco paid $4.5 billion for Acacia.

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger jumped to Intel; SAP snagged a Microsoft cloud executive, and SoftBank shook up its executive ranks.

Juniper Networks acquired Apstra; Cisco bought IMImobile, Slido to boost Webex; Microsoft security execs scored $100 million, launched Wiz.

Nutanix stole VMware's COO; Cisco’s SVP of security jumped ship for Google Anthos; and Nokia confirmed multiple C-suite departures.

2020 saw some of the biggest names in tech throw their weight and wallets behind sustainability goals to slow the effects of climate change.

Nvidia, AMD took aim at Intel; IBM Cloud claimed a quantum cryptography first; and Cisco stirred the 5G open RAN M&A pot.

The vendor now offers quantum-safe cryptography support for key management and application transactions in IBM Cloud.

While AWS is partnering with traditional firewall providers such as Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet on its AWS Network Firewall, it also competes against these vendors.

Aruba bumped Cisco from the Pentagon; AMD bagged Xilinx for $35B; and Juniper paid $450 million to buy 128 Technology.

Cisco unshackled Its HyperFlex HCI; Palo Alto Networks added cloud-based DLP; and Verizon leaned on Cisco, BlackBerry for internet security.

“Our vision and our mission is to lead in video and unstructured data solutions from a storage landscape perspective," said Quantum's Eric Bassier.

AT&T and Verizon 5G deployments boosted OpenStack work; Telefónica 5G tapped Juniper security; and Akamai got more SASE.