IBM is betting big on blockchain technology to boost global cooperation for climate action.

The multibillion dollar deals cement the Swedish and Finnish vendors as the exclusive RAN suppliers for T-Mobile

Cisco and Acacia Communications will move forward with their merger after all, but it will cost about $2 billion more than the original price.

Nokia's shift to cloud infrastructure has been swift following the August appointment of its new CEO Pekka Lundmark.

VMware CEO Gelsinger jumped to Intel; Rakuten Mobile employee swiped SoftBank 5G tech; and Oracle's converged cloud database got 200 updates.

The general consensus among pundits and analysts is that CEO Pat Gelsinger’s departure doesn’t bode well for VMware — at least in the short term.

Ciena's Adaptive IP platform will help Consolidated Communications support 5G deployments. Meanwhile Indian network operator Lightstorm plans to use the vendor's 800 Gb/s optics.

The vendor claims that Armis Asset Management can see about five-times more assets compared to standalone endpoint detection and response and configuration and vulnerability management tools.

A former SoftBank employee and current employee of Rakuten Mobile was arrested for allegedly stealing SoftBank's data and then sharing that information with Rakuten.

Intel, Red Hat teamed up on 5G R&D; Infinera claimed 700G first; and Acacia countersued Cisco.

“Acacia intends to vigorously defend itself against Cisco’s claims,” Acacia CEO Murugesan Shanmugaraj said. “And earlier today, we filed counterclaims in that litigation.”

AMD CEO teased the companies third-generation EPYC server chips during the CES 2021 virtual conference. Meanwhile Intel's 10-nanometer Xeons are in volume production.

“The legacy of 5G depends 100% on the people who use it," Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg said at CES.

Intel and Red Hat want to address challenges that operators and enterprises confront in 5G and help develop technology that is more flexible and automated at lower costs.

The trial took place on the 6,600 kilometer Marea submarine cable and achieved a peak deployable line rate of 650 Gb/s and a maximum capacity of 28 Tb/s.

Fortinet’s XDR “is largely underrated,” analyst Zeus Kerravala said. “They have a stronger offering than the market understands.”

Juniper Networks acquired Apstra; Cisco bought IMImobile, Slido to boost Webex; Microsoft security execs scored $100 million, launched Wiz.

F5 paid $500 million for Volterra; Cisco’s $2.6 billion Acacia deal will head to court; and Red Hat bought Kubernetes security startup StackRox.

The analysts expect cloud computing to pervade 5G networks, including the core, radio access network, and edge, but frames this transition as a years-long effort.

“Cisco is also seeking a court mandate that the agreement may not be terminated until the court resolves these matters, and an order from the court requiring Acacia to

“F5 and Volterra will introduce Edge 2.0, an open edge platform that will allow every service to run on any server, virtual or otherwise, inclusive of public clouds,” said

As networking and security vendors look to do it all, service providers question whether customers are even ready for SASE.

Lacework scored $525M in battle against Palo Alto Networks; Nvidia faces an antitrust probe over Arm; and Equinix's CEO shared muted edge enthusiasm.

“The world’s crazy this year and there’s so much headwinds and tailwinds, but T-Mobile is persisting, we’re outgrowing everyone in this industry consistently,” CEO Mike Sievert said.