Vendor revenues from ethernet switch and router markets hit $9.1 billion, dropping to the lowest level since the first-quarter of 2013, according to Synergy Research Group.

Cisco got SASE; Nutanix Q3 revenue jumped 11%; and Docker cozied up to Microsoft Azure.

"We are confident that the demand for our products and services will be strong as we emerge from this crisis," CEO Thomas Kurian said.

With the updates, Splunk intends to provide developers and IT leaders a unified set of tools to monitor and observe data in real time regardless of the infrastructure or

Wound-licking Cisco targeted the next cloud computing wave; Nokia cried foul on rivals' 800G claims; and Juniper scored Contrail win.

IBM slashed thousands of jobs; Juniper claimed wins over Cisco; and Nokia made moves on Open RAN.

Metadata must move from laying dormant in a passive state and become active. Active metadata, Gartner's Mark Beyer says, has the power to change things.

COVID-19 wrecked HPE's latest earnings; Verizon updates its 5G plans; and Palo Alto Networks posted a strong quarter.

Cisco pushed ACI for 5G; Microsoft released a preview of Azure Arc over Kubernetes clusters; and Nokia rolled out WaveFabric.

Dell gained more cloud coverage with Google, VMware; Verizon found good news in data breach surge; and global operators are feeling COVID pains.

StackRox’s Kubernetes Security Platform aims to help DevOps and security teams visualize all deployments and pods across namespaces and clusters.

AT&T teamed up with IP Infusion on a DANOS-based SD-Edge platform; Huawei poured $200M into the cloud; and Microsoft unveiled its Azure supercomputer.

Rancher Academy teaches students how to build a strategy and deliver Kubernetes-as-a-service in their organizations.

VMware shared its top 3 security priorities; Huawei played the victim; and Cradlepoint partnered with AT&T.

Oracle challenged AWS to a cloud calculator duel; Rakuten delayed its 5G timeline; and enterprise job-cut plans are accelerating, said Gartner.

Oracle claims the cloud cost calculator offers an “apples-to-apples” comparison between its own cloud infrastructure and that of AWS.

VMware and Google deepened their ties; Cisco's revenue dropped 8%; and Red Hat OpenShift extended to AWS.

The release features new ingress gateway, terminating gateway, and WAN federation over mesh gateway tools to enable an incremental migration to service mesh.

VMware bought security startup Octarine; Rakuten Mobile's ambitious 5G plan bled red; and Microsoft moved Project Cerberus to OCP.

The research firm noted that the rate of growth of the installed base of storage capacity will be most visible in core and edge deployments.

AT&T warned of 5G Impact from COVID-19; Trump rallied US chip firms to end reliance on Asia; and Nutanix HCI automated disaster recovery.

“Legacy backup and recovery solutions suck – they’re complex, slow, expensive, and offer no path to cloud,” said Rubrik President Dan Rogers.

Ericsson anticipates the pandemic to drive 5G; McAfee, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks tracked COVID-19 cyberattacks; and Rakuten raged toward 5G launch.

Nokia faced a hostile takeover bid; Google eyeing a D2iQ purchase; T-Mobile to slash $30M in cloud costs with Kubernetes; plus the latest VC/M&A news from April.