“I believe IoT will disappear as a term. The Internet of Things is really a snapshot in time because fundamentally everything will be connected,” AWS' Sarah Cooper said.

The Arista DANZ Monitoring Fabric combines its legacy Data Analyzer with Big Switch’s monitoring fabric software and runs on Arista’s switching platform.

“Rajiv is the right leader at the right time,” outgoing CEO and Nutanix co-founder Dheeraj Pandey said.

“Network security is not really very meaningful,” CEO Jay Chaudhry said. “We decouple network access and application access with zero trust.”

Russian hackers exploited a VMware bug; Equinix stretched SDN, expanded edge; and Verizon tapped Silver Peak SD-WAN.

The carrier's 5G network that is running on low-band spectrum shared with its 4G LTE network is “performing as we expected, on par or better than our 4G,” Verizon

The bolstered Silver Peak service will run alongside the Cisco-based managed SD-WAN that Verizon Business has offered for nearly 5 years.

Equinix Fabric is now available in 49 metropolitan areas across five continents, and the company said it will reach 56 markets by the end of 2021.

The vendor claims the capabilities provide small to midsize businesses with new tools to better manage their internet connections.

“It’s still a big question mark that how much of what ETSI has developed will be deployed there," ETSI and Huawei's Sami Kekki said.

Cisco bought IMImobile, Slido to boost Webex; Juniper Networks acquires Apstra; and McAfee put $1 Trillion price tag on cybercrime.

The announcement addresses regional data center, co-location, and edge switching, while providing tools for orchestrating network fabrics, said Aruba's Steve Brar.

A tight relationship coupled with compelling silicon helped Arm move beyond low-power electronics and into the data center and hyperscale market.

The acquisition should better position Juniper in the intent-based networking segment against rival Cisco.

IBM slashed 10,000 jobs, 20% of its European workforce; plus the latest headcount hirings, promotions, and staff changes from November.

While Cisco is eyeing growth in 400 Gb/s infrastructure, a large amount of Cisco’s optical customers are still deploying 100 Gb/s.

128 Technology is key to enabling Juniper's AI-driven WAN aspirations, says Juniper's Sudheer Matta.

Fortinet, AWS added fuel to fire(walls); VMware, Micro Focus topped Forrester’s Hybrid Cloud Management wave; and SDxCentral's weekly wrap podcast.

“So much of venture is really about forming relationships between investors and entrepreneurs, and it’s very, very difficult to build those relationships virtually,” Allegis Capital’s Bob Ackerman said.

The new integrations build on Fortinet’s existing collaboration with AWS, which includes natively integrated security for AWS cloud and on-premises services.

The report suggested that enterprises focus on the depth of platform support when selecting a vendor.

Dell deepened hardware and supply chain security; AWS exerted container dominance; and ONF scored a $30 million deal.

AWS CEO Andy Jassy noted that around two-thirds of all containers running in the cloud are running on AWS.

“The overall telecom equipment market continued to appear disconnected from the underlying economy,” Dell’Oro Group VP Stefan Pongratz wrote.