VMware integrated Menlo Security technologies into its SASE platform and started talking about its extended detection and response strategy today at VMworld.

“We're not quite there yet with all the pieces in the open RAN," said Ian Hood, chief technologist at Red Hat.

“Microsoft realizes the world is going hybrid, multi, and they want to be the guardian of these combined estate via their own control plane," said Gartner's Sid Nag.

Forrester Research ranked multi-cloud container development platforms from those three vendors ahead of five other vendors on the list, including VMware, D2iQ, and Mirantis.

Pure Storage's Matt Kixmoeller calls the combination of Pure Storage and Portworx "an opportunity to provide the most complete storage platform."

VMware drove Tanzu, Kubernetes deeper into its portfolio; 5G open RAN continued to struggle; and Verizon's 5G expansion will beat the next iPhone.

Adding MinIO object storage to the new vSAN platform gives VMware a healthy dose of the DevOps and open source appeal it needs to to win the Kubernetes wars.

A new vSphere-Tanzu combo provides enterprises with more flexibility to bring their own networking or storage compared with VMware's Cloud Foundation platform.

Microsoft warned of election attacks; VMware aspires to join cool kids Kubernetes klique; and Ericsson sound the open RAN security alarm.

“We want to pave the world with VMware Kubernetes,” VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger said at the Citi Global Technology virtual conference.

The new Microsoft partnership comes about a month after Nutanix landed a similar service with Amazon Web Services.

“We’re essentially delivering new versions of network cloud every three to four weeks now," AT&T's Ryan van Wyk said.

VMware repackaged tech as 5G Telco Cloud; 5G poised to boost wireless WAN; and Amazon, Microsoft teamed up with the LF Climate Finance Foundation.

Cisco smashed SD-WAN, Kubernetes into CN-WAN; T-Mobile detailed its $40B upgrade plans; and Google's Istio move ignited an open source tempest.

Nutanix CEO left amid shift to subscription-based model; VMware launched Tanzu into space; and Dell saw productivity boost from remote work.

The Kubernetes S3 Operator extends Cloudian's support for cloud-native environments where it already serves as a scale-out backup target.

CEO Pat Gelsinger said the U.S. Space Force made an “eight-figure commitment to the Tanzu platform” on VMware’s Q2 earnings call.

Fortinet raked in six MSP wins; BT crowned McAfee, PAN, Fortinet “critical security” partners; and Kubernetes finally dropped new updates.

The release was initially expected to drop around the end of June, however project leaders explained that external events altered that plan.

The cloud giant also launched its Cloud App Modernization Program that helps map out an organization's upgrade path using Google's cadre of cloud products.

The pandemic fueled a cybersecurity push; Fortinet claimed SASE superiority; and Cisco squashed a critical WAN software bug.

Cisco smashed SD-WAN, Kubernetes into CN-WAN; ZTE powered China Mobile's 5G core network; and Versa widened its SD-WAN net.

AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) enables users to leverage Kubernetes for more control over AWS service resources.

The project allows DevOps teams to tag the WAN needs of their Kubernetes-managed microservices clusters so they can be mapped to the SD-WAN controller.