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

Azure vWAN support comes to Meraki nearly a year after Cisco's Viptela SD-WAN offering.

“Security really is something that needs to be built in and not bolted on,” Ericsson's Paul Challoner said.

Researchers at Positive Technologies discovered the firewall vulnerabilities.

Cisco tackled rural broadband; SK Telecom tapped Samsung, Intel, and HPE to speed NFV for 5G; and T-Mobile belittles U.S. 5G.

The new routing chip is built on a 7-nanometer manufacturing process and is aimed at high-line rate use cases including data center interconnect, edge routing, and disaggregated routing.

The companies will develop NFV technologies for 5G network infrastructure and establish a standardized process for NFV adoption.

“The U.S.’ natural ability to lead in 5G as it did in LTE has absolutely been challenged," T-Mobile's Neville Ray said.

Pandey explained his departure from Nutanix; T-Mobile’s 5G core snagged Cisco, Ericsson, Nokia; and AWS, GCP, Microsoft dominated Gartner’s cloud quadrant.

Cisco and MuralNet's tribal network program gives rural areas an opportunity to build and deploy fixed-wireless access networks.

Mobile core networks are typically, but not always, unified by a single vendor by function, according to Cisco's Kishen Mangat.

Versa has announced a series of service provider partnerships tailored for small-to-midsized businesses of late.

Samsung, Verizon 5G deal sealed Nokia's doom; Nutanix extended HCI to Microsoft Azure; and Chef sold its DevOps kitchen to Progress.

The agreement effectively marks the end of Nokia’s long established RAN contract with Verizon in a shakeup that could be one of the most significant vendor losses in a

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

Nokia’s new CEO confronted complacency; plus the latest headcount hirings, promotions, and staff changes from August.

Verizon boosted 5G security; VMware, NSF offered up a $6M sustainable IT prize; and Huawei’s global footprint shrank.

The battle lines have largely been drawn along divisions between the East and West, but there are some exceptions.

The partnership will see Ekinops deploy its OneOS operating system on Lanner's Atom-based universal CPE appliances.

Cisco Security exec sang a SASE security tune; AT&T talked open source; and Netskope, VMware, and CrowdStrike shared threat information.

The operator trialed quantum key distribution in the Washington, D.C. area, and it plans to be one of the first carriers to pilot the technology in the U.S.

The new program looks to academia for fresh ideas and a new generation of sustainable digital infrastructure.

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

While the optical vendor saw robust revenues in Q3, executives warned that softening orders could hamper the optical market in Q4.