Rakuten Mobile’s successful launch serves as a clarion call for the wireless industry, proving that there are indeed new and more efficient ways to assemble networks.

More than 225,000 branch offices have deployed VMware’s SD-WAN, said VMware’s Tom Gillis. “All of a sudden we’re No. 1.”

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

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

Versa Titan promises to simplify the deployment and management of branch offices and make it easier for SMBs to control their WAN costs and improve application performance.

VMware’s network virtualization infrastructure supports voice core, data core, and service platforms on more than 900 virtual network functions.

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

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.

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.

AT&T saw a 700% SD-WAN surge; VMware, FBI warned of cybercriminals targeting teleworkers; and SDxCentral's weekly wrap podcast.

The worse-case scenario is “whether your entire brand will be used to attack your customers,” Tom Kellermann said. “There’s no coming back from that.”

The surge, which is tied to the ongoing COVID-19 virus outbreak, is being managed by the platform's cloud-based nature.

The work is based on the carrier's Conducktor internal Kubernetes platform.

When an incident occurs, enterprises typically rely on their on-site security operations centers to stop the threat. But what happens when the SOC analysts are remote?

At the heart of the new offering is AMD’s 96-core EPYC 7642 processors that launched in mid-2019.

The vendor's Managed Apps platform can oversee 10 cloud-native systems, including database and logging, monitoring, and alerting applications.

T-Mobile closed its Sprint acquisition; Intel CEO bestowed optimism despite pandemic; and CybersecurityCares listed free tools during Coronavirus.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the letter was what wasn’t said. There was not one mention of COVID-19, the coronavirus, or even persevering through difficult times.

The combination of the nation's third- and fourth-largest operators is the biggest shakeup to hit the U.S. wireless market in at least 15 years.

The operators will share base stations used to transmit 5G signals in rural areas and collaborate on the construction design and management of those base stations.