In addition to the critical WAN software bug, Cisco also patched two high-severity flaws and a whopping 21 medium-severity vulnerabilities.

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

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.

Versa will supply the SD-WAN while Telesystem will provide operational support to the Telarus agent community.

Nokia's wobbly Verizon footing grew shakier; Lumina Networks lights went out; and Fungible DPU drew Juniper, Samsung, Alibaba accolades.

The vendor dipped its toes into the SASE waters in January with the launch of Cloudflare for Teams.

“We invented what we believe to be the third socket in data centers,” said Pradeep Sindhu, CEO and co-founder of Fungible.

“Everybody thought we were important, everybody wanted us to be around, but nobody was willing to put the dollars in to make it a commitment quickly enough for that

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

The vendor's CloudVision platform offers customers an alternative to on-premises monitoring and management.

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

The cloud management updates “really cut across both VM-based infrastructure as well as container-based infrastructure,” VMware’s Ken Lee said.

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.

The new chips boast 30% higher performance per core and support for low latency shared memory across multiple servers.

It’s part of a new product called Megaport Virtual Edge that hosts NFVs — such as Cisco SD-WAN — on Megaport’s global SDN platform.

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

HPE swallowed Silver Peak to bolster its SD-WAN market position; VMware scored a Dish 5G deal; and Fortinet bought SASE startup Opaq.

AT&T presents a contradictory social justice position, Amazon Braket attempts to quell quantum computing costs, and Google has added free COVID-19 datasets.

AT&T is also financially supporting elected officials that promote racism, bigotry, and other efforts that run counter to the message AT&T portrays more publicly.

The cloud giant also extended its free-querying offer for all of the COVID-19 public datasets for an another year through Sept. 15, 2021.

Cisco Q4 gets hit by COVID-19, T-Mobile detailed its $40 billion network upgrade plans, and Intel unveiled its 10-nanometer transistor technology.

For CTI League members, the daily grind means preventing cyberattacks on hospitals and checking cyberthreat feeds for potential public health and safety dangers.

HashiCorp had planned to release the latest update later in the year, but the COVID-19 pandemic quickly changed customer needs.

The vendor will increase its investment in cloud technologies, and it’s also leaning into everything-as-a-service.