CTO Tim Tully kicked off the annual user conference by announcing a deal to buy distributed messaging startup Streamlio.

Nvidia claims it has achieved a breakthrough in edge supercomputing and is working with Ericsson to build a software-defined 5G vRAN.

That boost was felt in IBM’s Cloud and Cognitive Software business were most of Red Hat’s revenue flowed, which was the only IBM division to show an appreciative growth.

"We are ashamed of our historical performance, but we confront the issues head on and we’re now investing significant resources to strengthen our future compliance program,” CEO Börje Ekholm

It’s a big deal for the partners, who started their relationship in the cloud before announcing plans to move into on-premises facilities last year.

“Our chip enables other cloud vendors to compete against Amazon in a much better way,” Pensando CEO Prem Jain said.

The new security tool follows a slew of product upgrades and acquisitions as Google tries to wrestle cloud market share from Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.

Germany declined to ban any vendors from participating in the design and buildout of 5G mobile networks.

“In a sense, Docker is almost a victim of its own success,” said 451 Research's Jay Lyman. “It democratized containers and made them easier to use.”

In a statement, SAP explained that McDermott “decided not to renew his contract.” The company named Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein as co-CEOs.

Can’t I just use my same data center virtualization software at the edge? Zededa CEO Said Ouissal says the answer is a hard "no."

Sprint says it is “very confident” the lawsuit brought by state attorneys general will be resolved in its favor and the merger with T-Mobile US will close.

The company will cease production of new versions of SUSE OpenStack Cloud and discontinue sales of that platform.

The company plans to hire 2,000 employees worldwide to join its Cloud Infrastructure business as it struggles to compete against Amazon and Microsoft.

“This is one of the first transactions driven by climate change,” said industry analyst Roger Entner of the $1.95 billion deal.

Arm CEO Simon Segars said that the company is adding a new feature to its processors that will allow SoC makers to design custom chips.

U.S. government officials are floating the idea of subsidizing Huawei's competitors to match the generous financing terms the Chinese vendor offers operators.

The partnership is focused on ensuring that SD-WAN vendors are developing products that meet the needs of both enterprises and the service providers that serve them.

Karen Walker joined Intel as SVP and CMO; Equinix welcomed Justin Dustzadeh as CTO; plus the latest executive hirings, promotions, and staff changes.

"I want to make it unequivocally clear that Rubrik is not for sale," wrote Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha amid reports that the company is looking for a buyer.

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It recently closed its Aerohive acquisition, and CEO Ed Meyercord say the deal solidifies Extreme’s position as the No. 3 player in the enterprise networking market.

Company CEO Rob Bearden reportedly circulated a company-wide email stating that Docker Inc. has been “engaging with investors to secure more financing to continue to execute on our strategy.”

Rivers left Cumulus three months ago and started “looking for [his] next challenge,” which looks to be data center networking at the cloud giant.