The partnership enables Verizon to address Cisco-specific customer needs and provide an ecosystem on which to manage multiple VNFs.

AT&T and T-Mobile US are set to slash thousands of jobs; VMware sparked a SASE Debate; and Cisco used technology to fight the pandemic and racism.

The new firewall embeds machine learning in the core of the firewall to stop threats, secure IoT devices, and recommend security policies essentially in real-time.

"The optics are definitely bad," noted William Ho of 556 Ventures, citing the broader economic environment being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cisco SD-WAN customers can now transition to the vendor's newly unveiled SASE offering with the click of a button.

While discussing SD-WAN and VMware's emerging SASE offering, COO Rajiv Ramaswami opened a can of worms on the efficacy of service chaining.

Cisco revamped its security biz with new chief, name, and platform; Dell structured unstructured data; and HPE expanded Its 5G, edge push.

CEO Chuck Robbins unveiled Cisco’s new purpose statement at Cisco Live: To power an inclusive future for all.

The operator, as recently as last month, said it was on track to deploy nationwide 5G this summer.

SecureX integrates all of Cisco’s network, endpoint, cloud, and application security products, as well as threat intelligence from Cisco Talos, in a cloud-native platform.

The platform is designed to allow telecom operators to maintain more control over their edge deployments and the applications running over those networks.

Fortinet’s platform provides visibility and management across IT and OT devices, which allows companies to set up consistent security policies across both.

The networking vendor is set to begin offering unlimited data to its cloud customers for the lifetime of their subscriptions.

IBM bought cloud security startup Spanugo; Nokia added Broadcom 5G chips to its ReefShark portfolio; and GSMA cancelled MWC LA.

Earlier this year Nokia announced plans to use Intel and Marvell's base station chips in its ReefShark AirScale modules.

Cisco paid $1 billion for ThousandEyes; Microsoft's buying spree continued with Metaswitch acquisition; and Nvidia bought Cumulus.

“The elephant in the room with regards to open RAN is, of course, integration,” said Patrick Filkins, senior research analyst at IDC.

Of those surveyed, 74% reported had deployed or plan to deploy SD-WAN to secure cloud workloads.

Amazon said it wouldn't sell facial recognition to police; Nokia mellowed its 5G outlook for 2020; and Google tapped Telefónica for edge expansion.

Open RAN and the rise of 5G presents an opportunity for Juniper to play in a market it hasn’t played in before, Juniper Networks CTO Raj Yavatkar said.

The deal includes Google opening a new cloud region in Spain and Telefónica using Google Cloud’s Mobile Edge Computing platform.

The SD-branch capabilities will enable customers to remotely provision and manage branch deployments from a unified control center.

“There have been some customers that have slightly pushed back their plans, but by and large it’s not a big impact,” Nokia's Mark Atkinson said.

Coronavirus claimed 200 GSMA jobs; IBM Cloud suffered a massive outage; and Versa helped service providers get SASE.