Spending on AI is poised to jump, particularly among enterprises that are deploying the technology in the cloud to accelerate efforts around automation and agility, according to a new

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said his company has the wherewithal to survive the pandemic without laying off employees.

The vendor said the update assumes the demand environment continues to deteriorate through Q2 before slowly rebounding "as economies reopen and population lockdowns end.”

“No company can afford not to have a multi-dimensional, dynamic supply strategy that is capable of responding to disruption,” said IBM's Jonathan Wright.

Cisco and VMware have been battling for SD-WAN superiority ever since the two vendors paid hundreds of millions of dollars for Viptela and VeloCloud.

“Closing a major funding round during these times of economic uncertainty is testament to the promise that our investors see in Cohesity,” said CEO Mohit Aron.

The company's routers are already being used to support medical and relief workers as they attempt to contain and treat the new coronavirus.

Browser isolation is like social distancing. But instead of protecting people from pandemics, browser isolation protects users from malicious code.

VMware claimed SD-WAN victory over Cisco; HPE readied $2 billion COVID-19 relief for enterprises; and Cisco emphasized wireless-first future.

The agreement pairs Lanner's universal CPE hardware with nacXwan’s SD-WAN software stack to provide service providers an affordable, easy-to-deploy SD-WAN platform.

The company earlier this week, like many others, withdrew its previously issued financial guidance and suspended share buybacks.

“This is a huge innovation cycle we have to go through,” Cisco's Scott Harrell said.

The carrier is “sizing our operations to economic activity”; VMware is helping Vodafone cut costs; and Snyk sees the pandemic propelling DecSecOps.

It expects "sizing our operations to economic activity" along with its ongoing business execution will provide it with the necessary operating cash.

Chip Childers called the transition “a great moment in time” as Cloud Foundry continues to tighten its embrace of the Kubernetes ecosystem.

The vendor was among the first to take up the SASE sigil, which the company says described its overarching approach to security and networking.

This is also a great time to start a bug bounty program, says Guy Podjarny, founder and president of Snyk.

Cisco secured a deal to buy Fluidmesh Networks; IBM CEO threw down a hybrid-cloud challenge; and DT tapped Palo Alto Networks' managed security services.

A task force made up of computer scientists at Nvidia has joined the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium in an effort to find a vaccine for COVID-19.

The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Cisco said it expects the acquisition to close before the end of the year, bolstering its IoT business.

The two companies will offer enterprise customers managed security services for cloud and network as well as managed security operations centers.

Cisco, Hitachi cut hundreds of jobs; Nokia CEO walked the plank; AT&T slashed jobs; plus the latest headcount hirings, promotions, and staff changes.

Wood is no stranger to the SD-WAN market. He joined Versa’s executive team in February after a brief stint at Apstra and three years at Velocloud.

“As the 5G edge unfolds, we’ll start to see more of a marriage between the telcos and hyperscale clouds,” said Nick McQuire, SVP at CCS Insight.