The deal calls for VMware to supply its Telco Cloud platform to support Dish’s burgeoning 5G network plans.

Ezmeral is HPE’s answer to similar Kubernetes-focused platforms like VMware’s Tanzu and Red Hat’s OpenShift Kubernetes product.

“While I am not yet concerned with the declining Azure numbers as the revenue base is growing, it's something to keep our eyes on,” noted analyst Patrick Moorhead.

The initial focus of the lab will be to “bring innovation to the previously monolithic cellular network core,” according to HPE.

One of the products, Aqua Enterprise, is essentially the company’s flagship cloud-native security product with several updates including VM support.

CEO Mike Hogan said its container application security testing service provides a more complete package than current offerings.

HyperScale X marks the first integration of the acquired Hedvig technology into the Commvault storage portfolio.

The Linux Foundation Public Health initiative launches with a pair of hosted projects that are currently used as exposure notification platforms targeting COVID-19.

While sales of legacy equipment are in decline, Ericsson reported a strong demand for its cloud-native and 5G portfolio, including multiple large customer wins on the 5G core.

The latest VMware Cloud on AWS updates are targeted at furthering the cost benefits of using the nearly three-year-old service.

Google's mobile edge cloud allows operators to build virtualized network functions and cloud-native functions for the core, evolved packet core, and radio access network.

Cisco bought AppDynamics, an application performance management company, for $3.7 billion in 2017.

Dozens of mobile network operators are posing as 5G carriers but none of them are the real thing. Not yet at least.

“I do have deep concerns about the impact of this on the health of the community,” said VMware's Craig McLuckie.

Juniper jumped into SASE with Connected Security; Google irked IBM with Istio; and Nokia dove into the data center market.

Verizon didn’t name any vendors involved in its standalone 5G core, and a spokesperson declined to answer a question about whether Nokia is playing a role in that effort.

IBM's Jason McGee said the move does not live up to what it thought were the eventual plans for Istio, which were to move it into the Cloud Native

Verizon boosted Nokia; Cisco joined AT&T’s SD-WAN lineup ; and Alibaba Cloud expanded its global reach with Equinix.

The deal will combine SUSE’s enterprise portfolio that is focused on Linux, edge computing, and artificial intelligence with Rancher Labs’ Kubernetes management platform.

Google beat cloud rivals, won a deal with Deutsche Bank; Samsung pledged 5G vRAN by fall; and VMware purchased True Visibility to bolster analytics suite.

Its namesake Data Platform monitors, protects, and recovers Kubernetes-based workloads running in Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform.

Ericsson rolled out its standalone 5G software; CNCF shook up leadership; and Liberty Mutual served up a serverless success.

Priyanka Sharma, who took over leadership of CNCF last month, said that second wave includes more education.

Cisco rolled out its SASE ambitions; Verizon teased its forthcoming DSS launch for nationwide 5G; and cryptominers attacked Azure.