“Customers have generally been accepting of the price increases, given there is inflation in the environment broadly in many different commodities and areas,” Dell CFO Tom Sweet said.

Chip Childers left the Cloud Foundry Foundation; Palo Alto Networks reported its Q4 earnings; and Arista updated its routing portfolio.

“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.

Dish now insists its 5G service will be live in Las Vegas in the fourth quarter under a beta that will run for at least 90 days. That pushes

Arista posted strong Q2 earnings; Cisco patched a firewall vulnerability; and 86% of organizations expect a serious cyberattack.

The networking vendor warned of slipping lead times and skyrocketing product costs as a result of the ongoing semiconductor shortage.

Fortinet continued to see robust revenue growth in the second quarter, driven by strong demand across both its appliance and software offerings.

As Google works to gain cloud market share and unseat Microsoft, Google CEO Sundar Pichai pointed to security as a competitive differentiator and “our strongest product portfolio.”

“Our focus here is to put our energy on the things that differentiate our service,” explained AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh.

“At this point we would not say M&A is critical, but nor would we rule it out,” Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said on the earnings call.

Verizon has the first virtualized 5G radio access network equipment; IBM released its Q2 financial results; and Tom Corn joined Open Systems as CPO.

Revenue and net income remained basically flat but were still better than what analysts expected.

Lambasting SAP is quickly becoming a favorite pastime for Oracle founder Larry Ellison, who once again went on the attack during this week's Q4 earnings call.

AT&T divested its entertainment business; Cisco went on a buying spree; and tons of venture financing deals are part of the May Money Moves.

Bell Canada ties 5G ambitions to Amazon Web Services; and catch up on this week's top news with the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap podcast.

It’s a fully managed cloud service, and customers can deploy applications and databases on demand in a pay-per-use model.

VMware names a new CEO; Nutanix's CEO talks layoffs; and other top headcount moves that happened across the industry in May.

Cloudera is being taken private by affiliates of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR in an all-cash deal valued at around $5.3 billion

For comparison: Palo Alto Networks, the largest network security vendor by revenue, grew its revenue to $3.8 billion in 2020, while No. 2 Cisco scored $3.5 billion.

Cisco's Stephen Augustus is focused on open source connectivity; Dell updated its VxRail HCI; and Nokia's XDR launch snared telecom operators.

HPE’s edge-as-a-service products grew triple digits year over year and represent “a meaningful contributor to HPE's overall ARR,” CEO Antonio Neri said.

“When coupled with an improving global economy with greater demand for everything, there is an overall shortage of semiconductors," Dell Technologies COO Jeff Clarke said.

“Post spin, we will be the only standalone cloud company that has the necessary strategic partnerships to deliver on a truly customer-centered, multi-cloud vision,” incoming VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram

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