In a panel hosted by IDC, executives from Alkira, Aviatrix, Cisco, and Verizon discussed the benefits of and the challenges facing a multi-cloud future.

Cybercrime cartels know that banks’ nonpublic market information is their most valuable asset, and criminals can use it to facilitate digital insider trading and front running.

Microsoft will pay $19.7B for Nuance; IBM named its infrastructure spinoff; and Comcast software jumped into the CNCF Sandbox.

Comcast's Kuberhealthy and Trickster projects are the latest CNCF sandbox entrants. Both tools aim to simplify cloud-native environment monitoring.

McAfee sold its enterprise business for $4 billion; VMware joined the cloud-native app security frenzy; and Orca scored a whale of a Series C.

The Carbon Black Cloud tooling update aims to "bridge the gap between the SOC team and DevOps team,” VMware Carbon Black's Shemer Schwarz explained.

Intel's chief plotted revival with new silicon; Verizon said the pandemic worsened mobile security; and Google scored a legal win over Oracle.

FortiCWP Container Guardian secures container registries from vulnerabilities and scans for misconfigurations to protect Kubernetes workloads.

The new product brings SaaS application protection into the Dell Technologies PowerProtect portfolio for Google Workspace, Salesforce, and Microsoft 365.

Megaport tied its NaaS platform into Cisco SD-WAN; VMware tapped Knative for Tanzu Kubernetes abstraction; and Nokia plugged a triple-threat enterprise strategy.

VMware Cloud gains flexibility; HPE eyes 150 Ireland jobs; and Cisco hates spectrum auctions.

The platform is designed to help enterprises migrate and modernize any application they run on-premises to a cloud-native version that runs on Oracle’s cloud infrastructure.

McAfee added cloud-native app security; Zscaler, CrowdStrike targeted zero-trust security; and IBM open RAN tech will drive Telefónica trial.

“Whether it's connectivity, security, or observability, the world does not just end at layer-7 services, it's much broader than that,” says Cisco's Vijoy Pandey.

It’s called Mvision Cloud Native Application Protection Platform, and it includes data protection, threat prevention, governance, and compliance for container and OS-based workloads.

Palo Alto Networks SASE-fied Comcast SDN; Nokia hastened its shift to cloud; and SolarWinds' CEO claimed software will block breaches.

The combination provides users a single management platform for applying infrastructure-as-code to their private and hybrid cloud environments.

The security services work across multiple clouds, and they use automation to prioritize risks, respond to threats, and connect that data with on-premises security operations.

The company's SD-Edge platform can turn existing telecom hardware into a SASE point of presence.

VMware joined the cloud-native app security frenzy; Nokia is bullish on its open RAN future; and the telco edge should tempt operators.

The deal bolsters VMware’s growing security portfolio and also reflects the increasing importance of securing microservices and cloud-native applications.

The most significant update is to the Ezmeral Data Fabric, which is now available as a standalone offering in addition to an embedded integration inside the HPE Ezmeral Container

The trio of new agreements come on the heels of Nokia being called out by AT&T as part of a successful vRAN test riding on Nokia’s cloud-based vRAN 2.0

CrowdStrike paid $400 million for Humio; Palo Alto Networks dropped $158 million for Bridgecrew; and HPE acquired CloudPhysics.