“This was not a sophisticated attack; this was not a zero day. T-Mobile left a gate wide open for attackers, and attackers just had to find the gate,” Forrester

SDxCentral expands its editorial team and coverage; Cisco claims it's among the top 10 global software companies; and FireEye released its XDR platform.

According to FireEye, its XDR platform is best suited for enterprise and mid-market security operations teams that are increasingly at risk from cyberattacks.

“T-Mobile has been a favorite target of hackers over the past few years, and they really need a complete rethink of security,” ZK Research principal analyst Zeus Kerravala said.

5G fixed wireless is boosted by the pandemic; Netskope updated its SASE platform; and the top three operators contribute 70% of U.S. capex.

"The big three operators that account for nearly 70% of total U.S. capex — AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile — spent just over $26 billion, up 61% from the first

Fresh off its $7.5 billion valuation, the cybersecurity unicorn built a cloud-delivered firewall and integrated recent acquisitions for new remote browser isolation and SaaS security posture management.

ABI Research expects global 5G fixed wireless access to exceed 58 million residential households by 2026, while Mobile Experts predicts 66.5 million customers by that same year.

AWS, Microsoft, and Google remain the top 3 in Gartner's Magic Quadrant; data center server spending will grow at an 11% CAGR over the next five years; and GE

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

The integration allows existing VMware SD-WAN or SASE customers to securely prioritize latency-sensitive GE Healthcare application traffic.

Dell’Oro Research Director Baron Fung projects that data center server spending will grow at an 11% compound annual growth rate over the next five years.

Orange, AT&T, and Verizon were named the top global SD-WAN providers; Cisco acquired Epsagon; and 5G booms in China.

Forrester Research concludes “2021 is the year that China becomes the epicenter of 5G innovations globally.”

Application tracing startup Epsagon joins ThousandEyes and AppDynamics as part of Cisco's full-stack observability offering.

The report is a first for Vertical Systems Group that looks exclusively at globally distributed SD-WAN service providers.

IBM and Verizon test new 5G tech; Rakuten Mobile announced plans to expand its communication platform; and Arctic Wolf promoted its president to CEO.

“In five to 10 years, it is possible that we will see Rakuten Communications Platform's revenue and profit outpace our other businesses,” Rakuten founder and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani said.

The 5G testbed's initial focus is on asset monitoring and optimization, field worker productivity and safety, and visual inspection.

Dell’Oro says the ZR pluggable optics market may surpass $500M by 2025; cybercrime ransoms increased 518%; and Aligned Energy received sustainability-linked funding for waterless data centers.

The acquisition is about more than SD-WAN, it's about laying the groundwork for a SASE platform, Extreme Networks' Nabil Bukhari said.

Unit 42 researchers also detail a new trend they call “quadruple extortion,” as if double extortion ransomware attacks weren’t disturbing enough.

Dell’Oro VP Jimmy Yu predicts that Microsoft is going to be the first big purchaser of the 400ZR pluggable transceiver.

Cloudflare will eliminate its legacy footprint by 2025; Dish's commercial 5G availability has been pushed to 2022; and Extreme Networks acquired Infovista’s Ipanema SD-WAN division.