"This is the opportunity for the carriers to step away from just being data pipes and actually participate in making and taking some of that value in the world

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.

The legacy network and endpoint security vendor acquired key pieces of cloud-native technology used in its Cloud Optix security platform when it bought Avid Secure.

The SageMaker Operators for Kubernetes product allows users to tap into data housed within SageMaker to populate a Kubernetes-controlled container or cluster of containers.

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger said he expects Carbon Black combined with VMware’s “security-driven value-add” networking and cloud products to be a $1 billion business this year.

“It has been a bit of a challenge to get that community excited about telecom and to get excited about working with us to advance networking," said LFN's Heather

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

Nokia outlined five key business objectives for 5G that can only be delivered by a cloud-native environment.

“It’ll be a fascinating test. It’s something we can’t control. I certainly have aspirations, but it’s going to be up to us to execute," said VMware's Craig McLuckie.

The turnkey platform taps into HPE’s acquisition of artificial intelligence and big data software vendor BlueData last year and MapR in August.

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

"That means that all of these programs we were going to spend 100 years of dead weight [on] is now gone out the window," said USAF Chief Software Officer

The initiative taps into Intel’s Software Guard Extension platform to support confidential computing data protection for Kubernetes workloads.

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

The engineering collaboration focuses on 5G platforms like mobile core, network and service orchestrion, device management, and operational support systems.

A 5G SA core will allow operators to offer 5G-specific services, including network slicing, mobile edge computing, AI-driven analytics, and ultra-low latency networks.

The company also scored $35 million in new funding as part of a corporate restructuring and announced a new CEO.

Gartner calls SASE a transformational technology but analysts from IHS Markit and IDC aren't convinced. Meanwhile, vendors are eagerly boarding the hype train.

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.

SnapRoute's network operating system joins InfoBlox's growing software portfolio and helps fill out its emerging secure access service edge platform.

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

VMware also added security services and unveiled a beta program for two of its new Kubernetes products

Blending the needs of DevOps and NetOps positions companies to deliver better business outcomes, VP Douglas Gourlay said.

Volterra’s SaaS-based platform can be deployed across multiple public clouds and edge locations.