In China’s case, being bigger than the rest plays to its advantage in positioning three Chinese firms in the top six ranking of regional cloud providers.

Kubernetes 1.18 features 38 “enhancements” that include a “kubectl debug” command, improved support for Windows, and multiple extensions to the CSI.

Microsoft sunk its teeth deeper in 5G with Affirmed acquisition; Cisco Networking learned lessons during COVID-19; and Huawei boosted its R&D budget.

Tier-1 operators backed new TIP specifications; Juniper VP shared security strategy to make networks threat-aware; and MWC refunded attendees.

Both firms’ market reports echo similar findings of vendors spending billions to build or expand data centers to offer more cloud infrastructure services.

“Ultimately, each cloud can’t hide from public, open-source benchmarks,” said Cockroach Labs' Andy Woods.

Intel warned of financial hit; Attackers exploited remote-code execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft bug; and Akamai got SASE.

Cisco pledged $225 million as IBM took charge of White House HPC group as big tech continues to battle COVID-19.

AWS pledged $20 million to COVID-19 testing; Microsoft topped cloud rankings; and Cisco donated OpenRoaming as WiFi standard.

Cisco patched SD-WAN bugs; HashiCorp bagged $175 million on a $5 billion valuation; and Comcast scored MEF SD-WAN certification.

"We can now confidently say that the network is resilient, performant, secure, and ready for broad adoption," said Storj Labs CEO Ben Golub.

COVID-19 postponed Google Cloud Next; SoftIron placed its bets on SONiC; and Telefónica tapped open RAN vendors.

Nutanix updated its object storage platform to bring “simplicity” and “performance” to big data and analytics applications and unstructured data management.

Remote worker influx stifled services; Cisco, Hitachi sliced jobs; and Red Hat, Intel bridged the gap between VMs and containers.

Operators bolstering networks against COVID-19; big tech flexes its might in coronavirus fight; and Broadcom pulled 2020 guidance.

The vendor will put the new funding toward accelerating innovation that will drive Kubernetes acceptance to become the compute standard.

Operators responded to expected network impacts from the Coronavirus; Oracle Cloud surged in Q3; and SD-WAN vendors targeted SMBs.

The vendor has a twofold strategy to address multiple orchestration and enterprise challenges in Kubernetes as telecommunication architectures migrate into the cloud-native space.

AT&T peddled its 5G lead; AWS launched Bottlerocket Container OS; and Splunk made security hygiene sexy.

Amazon, Apple convened for COVID-19 response at White House; Microsoft defeated Necurs Botnet; and Hitachi Vantara skimmed Containership’s assets.

HPE buys Scytale, embraces open source security; Intel ditches Nervana, high on Habana; plus the latest VC/M&A news from February.

Cisco dreamed of 5G WAN; VMware's modern application strategy spun Kubernetes Goldilocks tale; and HPE’s 5G core went cloud native.

The vendor has a unique opportunity to help make the code-to-cloud space incredibly efficient, simple, and cost effective, according to Docker Inc.'s Justin Graham.

Coronavirus cancelled Dell and other events; Cisco won big in Telia SD-WAN deal; and HPE delivered on Container Platform promise.