Synchronoss' CEO resigned; Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey stepped down; plus the latest headcount movements from September.

HPE’s HCI scorched Dell, Nutanix; Samsung stung Nokia with Verizon 5G deal; and Red Hat scored a 5G deal.

AT&T's CEO warned of rough waters ahead; Snowflake's IPO is forecasted to score $4 billion; and Dell plans job cuts as VMware moves on remote pay cuts.

COO Jeff Clarke reportedly told staff during a quarterly meeting that workforce reductions won’t be limited to a particular team or division within the company.

Verizon boosted 5G security; VMware, NSF offered up a $6M sustainable IT prize; and Huawei’s global footprint shrank.

“After all of this investment to enable remote everything, we will never go back to the way things were before,” Dell COO Jeff Clarke said.

VMware pushed Kubernetes automation; Amazon promised a hiring spree; and IBM went all in on AI.

Amazon’s increased investment in office-based employees stands out during an extended period of uncertainty.

Megaport Virtual Edge hosts Cisco’s SD-WAN, Red Hat’s OpenShift 4.5 update gains more management, automation is set to boost operator opex.

“Automation doesn’t mean people will become obsolete, but it does mean a changing workforce,” said Matt Walker of MTN Consulting.

Technology companies spent a lot of time this summer talking about diversity in their organizations. This goal, however, remains lightyears away.

The COVID-19 crisis effectively cost the company $2.8 billion in revenue during the quarter.

Ericsson rolled out its standalone 5G software; CNCF shook up leadership; and Liberty Mutual served up a serverless success.

Cisco revamped its security business under a new name and chief; Alibaba Cloud is set for a hiring spree; and COVID-19 claimed GSMA jobs.

Reopening branch offices and expanding a remote or digital workforce creates this “new edge” that requires connectivity, automation, and built-in security, Cisco’s Pat Vitalone said.

"The optics are definitely bad," noted William Ho of 556 Ventures, citing the broader economic environment being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

CEO Chuck Robbins didn't provide specifics but said Cisco is committed to hiring and promoting black people to top leadership positions at the company.

Massive job cuts, which impacted about a fifth of the association’s workforce, hit four months after the group canceled its flagship annual conference in Barcelona.

IBM quit the facial recognition business; A10, Dell teamed up on application delivery; and Alibaba Cloud went on a hiring spree.

The company is recruiting IT professionals with expertise in networking, database management, servers, chips, and artificial intelligence.

AT&T activated the first US dynamic spectrum sharing deployment; Ericsson burned cash on China 5G deals; and 6G entered the conversation.

Nutanix furloughed 25% of its workforce, saying COVID-19 is to blame; SAP cloud CFO jumped ship; and IBM slashed thousands of jobs.

“COVID-19 makes digital transformation more important — not less,” Gelsinger said. “This is a permanent change. We’re not going back.”

Fear not slow migrators, legacy technologies are not obsolete – yet.