Vectra AI joined the unicorn herd; Extreme Networks looks to go big; and IBM acquired Turbonomic.

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

Oracle's secure access service edge, delivered in collaboration with Check Point Security, is somewhat unique among competing vendors in that it also part of a larger public cloud offering.

“2021 will be another challenging year for us, but it’s also the year that our future development strategy will begin to take shape,” Huawei's Eric Xu said.

VMware tilted into vRAN telco cloud; Red Hat OpenShift got plussed for cloud battle; HPE scored cloud-native storage exclusive.

AT&T and Ericsson's conversations with businesses have shifted to focus on scenarios that require the bandwidth, mass connectivity, and low latency of 5G.

HPE, Facebook, and Microsoft freed up low-carbon patents; Intel beat Q1 guidance; and AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon renewed net-zero pledges.

LiquidStack data tanks suspend servers in a two-phase liquid coolant, reducing water and power consumption compared to air or liquid-cooled systems.

Verizon is bolstering its 5G push, AT&T Cybersecurity is seeing a big enterprise push, and what is technology's place in reducing waste.

"I’m a little skittish. We’re seeing dynamics that are occuring in the global supply chain where unexpected things are popping up," AT&T CEO John Stankey said.

In a circular economy, waste is designed out, and products are instead looped back into the production system at end of use.

The carrier will modernize and consolidate all of ERIKS 350 locations in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific under a single WAN infrastructure.

“We have already ordered half of the total network equipment needed from our 5G suppliers to support C-band deployments in 2021,” CEO Hans Vestberg said.

Ericsson eyed potential 5G windfall; latest nation-state attack hit Pulse Secure; and Cisco dropped $100 million on climate tech.

Also this week, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a coordinated effort with CISA to secure the energy sector against cyberattacks.

The expansion brings AppDynamics' application performance monitoring platform to a total of nine countries.

The cloud giant will act as the hub for Dish Network’s cloud-based 5G open radio access network.

At its core, OCI GoldenGate is a shift from centralized monolithic architectures. “The days are gone when a centralized batch-oriented data hub solved real-world pain points,” Oracle's Jon Pollock

Palo Alto Networks called EDR a "really stupid idea;" IBM hinted at more acquisitions; and VMware rolled SASE, endpoint security into Anywhere Workspace.

“Private 5G is very much a relationship between a carrier often, equipment providers, such as ourselves, such as Ericsson, and the enterprise," Cradlepoint's Donna Johnson said.

The PowerStore family, which sits between PowerMax for high-end storage and PowerVault for entry-level storage, is the fastest growing new architecture in company history.

Palo Alto Networks kicked off its 2021 Symphony event with founder and CTO Nir Zuk touting the benefit of a platform approach to cybersecurity.

The telecom industry surged past consumer services, security and investigations, internet, and cryptocurrency as the top target.

Open RAN and vRAN aren’t yet competitive with bare metal on capex, opex, power consumption, or performance, according to Nokia Mobile Networks President Tommi Uitto.