The VividCortex acquisition better positions SolaWinds against competitors including Cisco, Aruba, Datadog, Dynatrace and New Relic.

Google buys CloudSimple, challenges VMware Cloud on AWS; Palo Alto Networks announced plans to acquire Aporeto; plus the latest VC/M&A news from November.

Juniper CTO Bikash Koley calls it quits; Nokia Kills COO role amid struggles; plus the latest executive hirings, promotions, and staff changes.

Hyperscale operator capex topped $31 billion in Q3, representing a return to growth as spending is now ahead of the record-setting levels seen in 2018.

The integration will permit Fortinet-managed rulesets for AWS Web Application Firewall (AWS WAF).

CEO Antonio Neri cited deliberate action to realign HPE’s portfolio along with macroeconomic factors for the Q4 decline.

In a separate report, Ericsson says the global number of 5G subscriptions will top 2.6 billion by the mid-2020.

K3s is basically a slimmer version of Kubernetes that is targeted at resource-constrained edge locations.

The startup claims its decentralized storage costs less than half the price of AWS and cloud providers' storage.

The partners are pitching enterprise-grade managed internet, multi-cloud connectivity, and SD-WAN visibility services to businesses and carriers.

IBM unveiled new open source projects Kui and Iter8 along with advancements to existing Tekton and Razee.

Despite its overall financial difficulties, NetApp's Cloud Data Services business posted a 167% year-over-year revenue to $72 million.

The cloud giant is pitching the platform as a way to help customers find, subscribe to, and use third-party data in the cloud.

The Cloud Information Model houses standards and source code to connect data across cloud platforms and disparate systems.

Digital Reality dropped billions on European expansion; Ciena closed its acquisition of Centina; plus the latest VC/M&A news from October.

Bill McDermott finds a home at ServiceNow; Riverbed banks a new CEO, plus the latest executive hirings, promotions, and staff changes.

The company cited simplicity and security as being the heart of its K10 platform in order to target a growing push toward Kubernetes-based, cloud-native applications.

This is the first major release since Google announced plans to buy the startup for $2.6 billion in June.

It is the second cloud-based storage project accepted by the CNCF in 2018 and the eighth project to graduate.

In a 100 switch deployment, Pica8's pricing is roughly 98.5% lower than Cisco's, the vendor claims.

NetApp executives say the company’s all-flash and hybrid storage arrays have been a burden on revenue. And so, the company is pivoting to a hybrid and multi-cloud architecture.

The joint service aims to simplify how large organizations with vast network-attached software environments manage and orchestrate data.

The report is based on a survey of 505 IT leaders and 1,566 network strategists across 13 countries.

Databricks secured a $400 million Series F funding round in tandem with a new chief financial officer: former Splunk CFO Dave Conte.