T-Mobile US went from nationwide 5G in non-standalone mode to standalone mode in the span of eight months.

The vendor's Flexible Service Edge allows service providers to roll out new functionality as needed to meet customer demand.

Cisco dished on cybersecurity diversity; Google's Istio move ignited an open source tempest; and Nokia’s new CEO confronted complacency.

In addition to routing, next-generation firewall, and SD-WAN capabilities, the FortiGate 80F boasts integrated WiFi and a power-over-Ethernet switch.

“I feel as if I am in a privileged position of having both an insider’s and an outsider’s perspective on Nokia," CEO Pekka Lundmark wrote.

Palo Alto Networks beat Cisco; Verizon pushed Nokia out; HPE geared up for a Cisco fight; and Google irked IBM with Istio.

VMware scored Dish 5G win; Nokia posted schizophrenic Q2 results; and Amazon still dominates the cloud, but AWS growth slowed.

Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri explained that the “better-than-expected profitability” showed that the vendor’s ongoing cost rationalization efforts were starting to pay off.

The deal calls for VMware to supply its Telco Cloud platform to support Dish’s burgeoning 5G network plans.

“Year-on-year declines in our advertising revenues from search and network were offset by growth in Google other and Google Cloud revenues,” CFO Ruth Porat said.

Cisco trailed switch leaders in Forrester report; Marvell emphasized edge in new chips; and big tech talked diversity, will it deliver?

Instead of trying to provide a complete SASE stack, Aryaka is focused on making connectivity simple and flexible.

Cisco had a dual presence in the report based on its IOS-XE and NX-OS, though neither platform could crack the "leaders" category.

The new chips introduce edge compute functionality allowing for things like traffic flows, telemetry data, and security functions to be executed in place.

Juniper threw a WAN two punch at Cisco and Aruba; Verizon nabbed Ericsson 5G gear; and HPE bedazzles Ezmeral.

CloudEOS Edge integrates with AWS Transit Gateway, which automates provisioning and multi-cloud routing, as well as Arista’s CloudVision management software.

Juniper Mist extended its artificial intelligence-driven networking capabilities to the WAN alongside its virtual assistant Marvis.

The 5G millimeter-wave base station equipment emerged socially distanced from Ericsson’s 300,000-square-foot Texas factory that came online in March.

Intel engineering executive jumped ship amid executive shake up; Nokia, Ericsson scored 5G deals; and Google tapped Dr Pepper.

SonicWall’s mid-year threat report found a 20% jump in ransomware globally in the first half of 2020 compared to mid-year 2019, with a staggering 109% spike in the U.S.

These moves play into the No. 3 cloud provider’s quest to oust Microsoft Azure from the No. 2 seat.

The deals come as Gartner predicts worldwide 5G spending will almost double this year to $8.1 billion.

SAP's focus on cloud operations paid off in Q2; Forcepoint unveiled a SASE strategy; and Riverbed punched-up Office 365 performance.

It now says it will cover two-thirds of the population before the end of the year, and pledged to cover 99% of Germany with 5G service by 2025.