Fortinet’s XDR “is largely underrated,” analyst Zeus Kerravala said. “They have a stronger offering than the market understands.”

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

F5 paid $500 million for Volterra; Cisco’s $2.6 billion Acacia deal will head to court; and Red Hat bought Kubernetes security startup StackRox.

The analysts expect cloud computing to pervade 5G networks, including the core, radio access network, and edge, but frames this transition as a years-long effort.

“Cisco is also seeking a court mandate that the agreement may not be terminated until the court resolves these matters, and an order from the court requiring Acacia to

“F5 and Volterra will introduce Edge 2.0, an open edge platform that will allow every service to run on any server, virtual or otherwise, inclusive of public clouds,” said

The deal will see Red Hat fold StackRox's security software to its OpenShift Kubernetes platform.

“The world’s crazy this year and there’s so much headwinds and tailwinds, but T-Mobile is persisting, we’re outgrowing everyone in this industry consistently,” CEO Mike Sievert said.

“We’re bullish on gaining market share in a $10-billion-plus [total available market] that’s growing faster than any other segment of the security markets,” Lacework CEO Dan Hubbard said.

“I think it’s going to play out over a longer period of time than people currently anticipate,” Equinix CEO Charles Meyers said.

Fortinet extended free security training; SolarWinds was sued over Russian hack; and Cisco touted SD-WAN for home workers.

Data lake unicorns Dremio and Starburst Data raised hundreds of millions of dollars in late-stage funding today to fight the growing data sprawl.

Fortinet extended its free security training indefinitely after receiving more than 800,000 registrations since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We don’t necessarily see ourselves as a SASE solution provider. We see ourselves as a SASE solution enabler,” said Nokia Nuage's Lindsay Newell.

“I really do believe the hyperscalers are going to become the new telecom providers going forward," Mavenir's John Baker said.

“And now we have two of the three largest OEMs — HPE and Cisco — adopting and supporting Open19,” said Open19 Foundation president Zachary Smith.

ABI Research recently flipped its proverbial crystal ball upside down and refreshingly predicted a series of outcomes that will not occur in 2021.

Cisco, VMware, Nutanix headlined 2020 tech battles; the SolarWinds hack exploded; and Operators exited 2020 unscathed.

Most operators experienced slight declines in revenue growth and flat profit margins, but much of their business was unaffected by the COVID-19 crisis.

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

“Google is more likely to become an energy company of the future than a lot of utilities,” predicts LF Energy's Shuli Goodman.

Cisco workers ‘anxious’ about job cuts; Gartner crowned top firewall vendors; and AWS stuffed Cisco SD-WAN into VPC.

IBM slashed thousands of jobs; Aruba Networks swept Cisco from the Pentagon; and Cisco workers were anxious.

The world’s biggest technology vendors’ battles boiled over in 2020, and this year the feuds stretched from the clouds to court and even to a galaxy far, far away.