Akamai bought Guardicore for $600 million; Snyk's Series F funding bumped the company's valuation to $8.5 billion; and F5 acquired Threat Stack.

Rakuten Symphony needs money; SASE is an integral part of VMware's broader multi-cloud strategy; Cisco sets its data and privacy standard.

Mandiant released two new SaaS products; Telefónica predicts an increase of open RAN deployments; and Solo.io earned coveted unicorn status.

“More money will allow us to go faster, bigger, and stronger. And that's the reason that we took it,” Solo.io CEO Idit Levine said.

Marvell released its first 5-nm switch silicon and DPUS; VMware said it's a critical partner for 5G operators; and AT&T's CSO emphasized the value of effective authentication.

“Tanzu is the future of VMware,” Ajay Patel said during VMworld 2021, where the vendor announced expansions to its Tanzu portfolio.

VMware and Nvidia partnered to deploy AI workloads on Kubernetes; VMware boosted cloud-native security; and Dell extended its cloud partnership with VMware.

NEC and Juniper Networks partner to simplify 5G transport; telco vendors earned $110.4B in the first half of 2021; and Cisco published a framework for assessing an organization’s trustworthiness.

Gee Rittenhouse left Cisco; Secureworks appointed Wendy Thomas as CEO; and Arrcus appointed former VMware exec Shekar Ayyar as CEO and chairman.

Fugue released an infrastructure as code platform; the Quad pledged to foster open RAN tech; and Gartner analysts say security services should be consolidated.

Cisco appointed Shaila Shankar as security chief; Juniper's new switch targets Cisco and Arista gaps; and Huawei said it doesn't support O-RAN or vRAN.

Dell Technologies-VMware spinoff is on schedule to happen by the end of November; Pure Storage announced a storage-as-code platform.

Alkira expanded its security portfolio; Cisco is unphased by O-RAN Alliance drama; and Akamai acquired Guardicore for $600 million.

Coalition is looking to combine cyber insurance and security tools.

F5 acquired Threat Stack and other recent SDxCentral news stories.

The vendor’s “default” is to look to the open-source community for solutions.

Gartner released its latest WAN edge infrastructure report.

T-Mobile's CEO vowed to bolster cybersecurity; Lacework is focusing on R&D; and Equinix deployed a 5G and Edge Technology Development Center to test 5G services.

AT&T pushes software development; Dell Technologies is looking to bring AIOps to its portfolio; and Nutanix announced new security capabilities.

Cisco's security business grew 1% since last year; IDC expects annual cloud revenue will reach $300B in 2025; and Nokia announced FP5-based appliances.

Infinera believes XR optics can solve 5G challenges; remote workers' homes are a new security market; and Dish Network plans to run on AWS' cloud.

Versa Networks offers 5G-connected appliances; ForgeRock debuted on the New York Stock Exchange; and Rakuten searches for a head of global operations.

Secureworks focuses on XDR; Google Cloud introduced Google Kubernetes Engine; and Barracuda Networks launched a SASE platform.

Neosec launched with $20M in funding; former CISA director promoted company-wide security efforts; and Arrcus hired former VMware executive Shekar Ayyar as CEO.