VMware slashed jobs; Microsoft soared to new heights on the cloud; and the EU punts on Huawei.

Employer demand for IT professionals with Kubernetes experience is growing faster than candidate interest, according to new data from Indeed.

Cisco joined the on-premises Kubernetes party; the U.K. banned Huawei from 5G core networks; and Apstra added time travel to IBN.

The new HyperFlex Application Platform is an integrated, managed Kubernetes service deployed on Cisco’s hyperconverged infrastructure.

Rakuten Mobile is running about six months behind schedule on its plan to commercially deploy a fully virtualized, cloud-native mobile network.

“We feel like the technology is ready but there’s more features to make it more broadly attractive, and that's what we're doing with the money,” said co-founder Mark Hinkle.

Cisco advanced intent-based networking; SK boasted standalone 5G first; and Citrix swatted ADC, Gateway bugs.

If Kubernetes is the helmsman that steers containers, Loodse is the the captain's captain steering Kubernetes clusters, explained the company's Bill Mulligan.

The project was born from seed code donated by AT&T in 2018, and is targeted at developing carrier-grade computing applications running in VMs and containers.

Verizon to lead new 5G group; Microsoft, NSA warn of "critical" vulnerability; and Red Hat updated OpenShift to target multi-cloud, security.

The updates tap into Red Hat's NooBaa acquisition in 2018.

Nokia cut 180 jobs, with more to come; Equinix pushed to the edge with Packet acquisition; and Google powered up on IBM Power Systems.

With more people looking for vulnerabilities, the safer and more secure Kubernetes will be, explained Google execs.

The Falco project joins 14 other Incubating projects as the first and, so far, only security runtime platform within CNCF.

The business unit had a long list of “potential suitors,” said Symantec’s John Lioanto. “No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 on the list were Accenture. So for us

Adaptiv plans to roll LiveQoS's software portfolio into its SD-WAN offering in a move to accelerate latency and bandwidth sensitive applications.

Inspur's Nvidia EGX-based NE5260M5 edge server is already being deployed by the China Mobile Research Institute in a large-scale edge computing pilot.

Ray O’Farrell will lead the new unit as EVP and GM. O’Farrell previously served as EVP and executive sponsor of VMware’s Cloud Native Applications business.

The past year was highlighted by ongoing security and commercialization challenges around business models, the edge, and 5G.

In its most recent quarter VMware saw hybrid cloud and SaaS representing more than 13% of its total revenue — a 40% increase compared to last year.

Instana CEO Mirko Novakovic said the acquisitions advance the company's vision to "accelerate overall product vision to take APM further, faster."

The Australian operator launched limited 5G services on Ericsson equipment in May and has been building out its coverage to reach at least 35 cities during the first half

“Maybe the national anthem is still playing in this game of containers and it’s very early,” COO Sanjay Poonen said of the market.

A recent Datadog report found that 45% of its customers were running containers on Kubernetes and that most enterprises prefer older, more stable iterations.