AT&T works with Palo Alto Networks and Broadcom on a Disaggregated Scalable Firewall; serious Intel vulnerability discovered; and Juniper jumped aboard the SONiC train.

This programmable fabric with embedded security functions will allow network operators to deploy firewalls as software-based platforms rather than hardware appliances, according to AT&T.

SONiC is now supported on Juniper’s QFX5210 single ASIC platform, including support for leaf and spine deployments in data centers.

AT&T slashed more jobs; Google targeted telcos with Global Mobile Edge Cloud platform; and Nokia hedged its 5G Chip bets.

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.

One of the services encrypts and replicates identity data across multiple online servers on the blockchain so there’s no centralized database.

The announcements come days after Marvell unveiled its latest Octeon chips and over a week after Intel unveiled its own Atom-based RAN chip.

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.

The facility itself is not expected to be fully operational until later this year

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

It uses Ansible for automation, and it helps companies deploy networks using infrastructure as code instead of configuring and managing their IT infrastructure manually.

Coronavirus canceled more tech events; Equinix paid $335 million for Packet; and Rakuten Mobile dismissed open RAN skeptics.

Xilinx claims its smartNIC will allow customers to offload 90% of Open vSwitch processing from the CPU for an improvement in packet throughput of more than 500%.

The open RAN framework is 40% cheaper than traditional telecommunication infrastructure, according to CTO Tareq Amin.

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.

“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.

The chips are designed to power networking equipment like switches, routers, secure gateways, firewalls, base stations, and smartNICs.

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.

Designed to reduce emissions trajectories for mobile, fixed, and data center operators, the SBT initiative is another checkpoint on GSMA’s climate action roadmap.

Huawei CSO mocked US security policy; Palo Alto Networks added X factor to $560M Demisto buy; and Fortinet CEO shared key components to next-gen security.