COVID-19 may kill the data center, or at the very least forever change storage as we know it, says Andres Rodriguez, co-founder of Nasuni.

Nokia faced a hostile takeover bid; COVID-19 related ransomware attacks spiked; and Red Hat stacked OpenStack onton ZTE's XCloud.

Google slowed hiring and data center spend due to COVID-19; GSMA marched on with MWC; and Storage unicorn Vast Data scored $100M.

“Vast Data now has a $140 million war chest that we will spend like camels, not like unicorns,” co-founder Jeff Denworth said.

Awake Security displaced Cisco; Ericsson beat out 5G rivals; and Viptela CEO launched multi-cloud startup Alkira.

Cisco paved Rakuten's virtual roaming road; VMware bolstered its hybrid cloud with Kubernetes products; and ARM joined the O-RAN alliance.

VMware continues to lead the worldwide SD-WAN market by revenue, followed by Cisco and Fortinet, according to Omdia.

VMware patched a critical bug; Ericsson scored a 5G win with Nex-Tech Wireless deal; and Altiostar's CEO shared his confidence in Open RAN to upend mobile networks.

Palo Alto paid $420M for CloudGenix; Microsoft acquired Affirmed; AWS pledged $20 million to COVID-19 testing; plus the latest VC/M&A news from March.

Cisco pledged to preserve jobs; AWS added direct storage to ECS, Fargate; and SAP prepped for COVID-19 related uncertainty in early look at its Q1 performance.

Cisco swiped back at VMware's SD-WAN claim; McAfee beefed up its SASE with browser isolation; and Cohesity topped $2.5 billion valuation.

"Closed limited resources and ideas can never compete with something that is open to the world – and the world contributing," said Google's Kelsey Hightower.

“Closing a major funding round during these times of economic uncertainty is testament to the promise that our investors see in Cohesity,” said CEO Mohit Aron.

VMware claimed SD-WAN victory over Cisco; HPE readied $2 billion COVID-19 relief for enterprises; and Cisco emphasized wireless-first future.

Chip Childers called the transition “a great moment in time” as Cloud Foundry continues to tighten its embrace of the Kubernetes ecosystem.

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.

Cisco, Hitachi cut hundreds of jobs; Nokia CEO walked the plank; AT&T slashed jobs; plus the latest headcount hirings, promotions, and staff changes.

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

IBM tapped AMD for bare metal cloud; Do Coronavirus SOCs look Like Zoom war rooms?; and Canonical launched a platform to manage away open source complexity.

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

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

Palo Alto paid $420 million for CloudGenix; Microsoft fumbled COVID-19 cloud statistic; and Cisco scored an SD-WAN win With NTT East.

Microsoft cloud usage has spiked 775%; Google gifted $800 million to slow the spread of COVID-19; and security experts continue to battle COVID-19 cyberattacks.

VMware withdrew FY21 guidance citing coronavirus concerns; Kubernetes 1.18 ramped up Windows support; and NS1 CISO dished on disaster recovery.