The tech giant announced several new Azure cloud services ahead of its annual Build developers’ conference next week.

The open source groups already work together. But they also have their own initiatives related to NFV and edge computing, among other technologies.

With the expansion, customers will have access to fiber, broadband, 4G wireless, and 5G connectivity options depending on availability.

Nineteen vendors took part in tests that placed a strong focus on synchronization for 5G and the 5G readiness of multi-vendor transport networks.

The company also updated its operating system to power what it calls security-driven networking, including new features for SD-WAN, edge, and multi-cloud environments.

The reference designs offer a peek inside the brains of operators, Timon Sloane, VP of marketing and ecosystem at the Open Networking Foundation, told SDxCentral in an interview.

This is the first PoC for the provider's newest portfolio addition, which provides SD-WAN and security on top of an OpenMSA framework.

The OpenDaylight project recently released its tenth iteration, adding support for optical transport networking, WAN connectivity and routing, and cloud and edge deployments.

The company issued patches for vulnerabilities found in vCloudDirector for service providers as well as VMware EXSi, Workstation, and Fusion.

Programmable chip and analytics software are helping deliver on the 5G promises of lower latency and higher bandwidth with segment routing and in-band network telemetry.

The network operator is positioning the marketplace for two distinct use cases: turnkey applications and self-service APIs.

Microsoft contributed the open source Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) to OCP in 2016. It uses the Linux kernel, and it allows cloud operators to share

Marvell announced its 400 Gb/s silicon for edge data centers, Netronome unveiled new SmartNICs for hyperscalers, and Stordis launched two bare-metal switches powered by programmable Barefoot Tofino ASICs.

Verizon makes changes to its board of directors following the retirement of two prominent board members.

The demonstration is using open APIs to connect the entire system to a programmable optical network SDN orchestrator.

The company also released research that found 97 percent of companies report problems deploying and managing public clouds.

The carrier has been finding that some software components are not quite able to meet the “five nines” needs of telecom operators, which has required a bit of extra

Operators can build new enterprise services using Cisco’s intent-based networking, CEO Chuck Robbins said. Or the 5G killer app may in fact be Fortnite.

The vendor also remains committed to open source, and believes it will be key to advancing edge computing, Bikash Koley says.

AT&T and VMware forged a similar integration of SD-WAN and 5G earlier this week.

Companies want simplicity and security, so “I don’t think building virtual networks on top of the networks we already have is the way to go,” said 128 COO Patrick

The move highlights robust plans for the carrier, though it could still lag behind rivals that are promising nationwide coverage in 2020.

The company's software is designed to support SDN in core, aggregation, and provider edge networks, and complement SDN in other parts of a network.

The fabric is in trials with “two major wireless operators,” said Thomas Eklund Kaloom’s VP of marketing and strategy. It will enter production with operators and enterprises later this