HPE buys Scytale, embraces open source security; Intel ditches Nervana, high on Habana; plus the latest VC/M&A news from February.

"This is one of those moments when companies must strive more than ever to act with values and responsibility in the service of society,” said Telefónica CEO José María

Containership sank last fall after failing to monetize its Kubernetes distribution.

The vendor has a unique opportunity to help make the code-to-cloud space incredibly efficient, simple, and cost effective, according to Docker Inc.'s Justin Graham.

Tofino’s P4 programmability is what makes it important to Stateless, a startup targeting colocation providers and enterprises customers with its interconnection platform.

Cisco says today's cellular networks, in particular 5G, will offer high enough throughput and low enough latency to be viable alternatives to traditional wired networks.

The vendor added native Kubernetes support to its Cloud Foundation software stack and products to its Kubernetes-focused Tanzu portfolio.

“Edge compute is like a private data center but worse, like way worse,” NetFoundry CEO Galeal Zino said.

All three of those vendors have shifted planned events from a physical setting to a virtual one in light of health concerns tied to the virus.

Tom Phelan, a fellow for big data and storage organization at HPE, said the container platform’s bare-metal deployment capability is a “differentiator.”

“Confidential computing is one of the most important and relevant new paradigms that you folks will hear in the near future,” said Intel’s Anil Rao.

Google Cloud has created the Global Mobile Edge Cloud, an open cloud platform for it and network operators to jointly develop applications and a distributed edge.

SAP revamped org structure, exited 2 board members; Intel slashed jobs despite record quarter; plus the latest headcount hirings, promotions, and staff changes.

Continued job losses at one of the world’s largest network operators underlines the impact software is having on those who earn a paycheck from the industry at large.

Cumulus added open source network automation; Telefónica to lead yet another edge alliance; and Oracle cloud gained Ampere chip.

As mobile edge computing takes hold in networks around the world, multiple overlapping and seemingly redundant alliances are bubbling up to the surface.

Oracle, which holds a $40 million stake in Ampere, has announced plans to leverage the Altra platform in its Gen 2 Cloud.

Nokia Software CTO Ron Haberman likened the potential business models for mobile edge computing to those pursued by Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.

The low-code vendor is Apple's only direct software play in the B2B space.

“This is Equinix being extremely self-aware,” Packet CEO Zach Smith said, using an “Of Mice and Men” analogy. “Lennie doesn’t kill the rabbit.”

Aether, pronounced “ether,” is the first open source edge cloud platform and the first open platform supporting connectivity as a service, according to ONF.

Joint customers will be able utilize Birst's integrated end-to-end platform for building automated data warehouses natively on Snowflake.

Pekka Lundmark, who currently serves as president and CEO of Fortum, an energy company also headquartered in Espoo, Finland, has been tapped to replace Suri on Sept. 1.

SAP revamps organizational structure, exits 2 board members; coronavirus kills MWC Barcelona; and NSA ranks cloud security risks.