IBM plans to integrate Turbonomic's application resource management and network monitoring capabilities into a full-stack observability platform.

Microsoft will pay $19.7B for Nuance; IBM named its infrastructure spinoff; and Comcast software jumped into the CNCF Sandbox.

Comcast's Kuberhealthy and Trickster projects are the latest CNCF sandbox entrants. Both tools aim to simplify cloud-native environment monitoring.

Palo Alto Networks championed automation in security; T-Mobile got edge-y; and ex-Viptela execs tackled multi-cloud.

The update to Arista's CloudVision platform introduces new network automation templates, streaming telemetry, and wireless insights.

Cisco Duo offers passwordless security; Innovium certified its switch silicon; and Cisco, Huawei dominated a down enterprise network market.

The full-stack observability platform ties together ThousandEye's network monitoring and AppDynamics application performance monitoring capabilities.

The partners say the new integrations for joint customers provide identity-centric and zero-trust security across data, people, devices, workloads, and networks.

The security services work across multiple clouds, and they use automation to prioritize risks, respond to threats, and connect that data with on-premises security operations.

Operators "missed out on this generation of wealth [realized] by other companies over the last decade, and they really want to make sure that they can participate in the

Unlike Spectre or Meltdown, the side-channel attacks don't rely on previously disclosed exploits and are immune to the current crop of countermeasures.

One of the new features uses Ava, Awake’s autonomous security analyst (think: Siri’s security analyst cousin) to automate forensic investigations.

The basics of GKE Autopilot is that it handles all of the management of cluster infrastructure, the control plane, and nodes that are typical of day-two operations.

Less than four months after announcing the acquisition of 128 Technology, Juniper is giving the SD-WAN vendor the Mist AI treatment.

Extended detection and response and secure access service edge were two of the hottest security trends last year, and they don’t show any sign of slowing down in 2021.

Rakuten struck a 5G deal with Ligado Networks; Juniper upped its WAN automation game; and a VMware VP spilled SASE tea.

The application performance monitoring dashboard uses machine learning to quickly surface relevant metrics and monitor workloads.

Building on the success of its ExtremeCloud IQ platform, Extreme aims to extend the service to third-party equipment vendors and 5G applications.

Comcast Business customers can now deploy Cisco Meraki appliances in their employees' homes.

The new threat hunting and incident response service uses technology from the Awake Security acquisition and identifies risks from devices, users, or third-party systems.

VMware plans to ‘pave the earth with Tanzu;’ AWS, Oracle battled for the database management crown; and Microsoft security execs scored $100 million.

The release marks Instana’s first service that supports systems running on Arm processors.

Cisco bagged Banzai Cloud; Palo Alto Networks paid $670M for Expanse; Cato claimed unicorn status; plus the latest VC/M&A news from November.

Nutanix stole VMware's COO; FireEye got poked by a nation-state attack; and Zscaler's CEO said network security is dead.