Aviatrix's CEO claimed SD-WAN is dead and that AWS killed it; VMware's CEO taunted IBM for paying too much for Red Hat; and AT&T, Sprint, and Cisco execs threw

Japan has a long history of designing and building its own radio access network (RAN) equipment for domestic operators, but the push into foreign markets is relatively new.

Those receiving SD-WAN gifts include Hughes Networks, Braskem, and Impulse Advanced Communications.

Cisco has been battling Chinese manufacturers over the sale of spurious versions of its products for the better part of the last two decades.

The operator evaluated all of the vendors’ technical qualities and conducted an “extensive security evaluation” before choosing Ericsson.

Nokia doesn’t expect the technology to deliver meaningful performance gains on 5G standalone networks until 2021.

The MyAryaka cloud portal is now available in the Microsoft Azure Active Directory Application Gallery.

Aviatrix CEO Steve Mullaney says using SD-WAN to connect branch offices to the cloud misses the boat. “SD-WAN is dead. I mean, it’s over.”

Cisco's new integrations are aimed at helping campus, branch, and data center customers secure, automate, and manage their AWS connections.

The company today said it hired Raj Yavatkar as the new CTO. Like Koley, Yavatkar previously headed cloud networking at Google.

The technology is still, at least partially, theoretical because it remains under development and hasn’t been commercially deployed at large.

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.

The company picked Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs to help offload non-strategic infrastructure acquired from Interoute and Hibernia.

Bloomberg reported earlier today that Dell Technologies is considering selling RSA Security for at least $1 billion.

SD-WAN market reports consistently show Cisco and VMware jockeying for the No. 1 spot. But to date VMware hasn’t disclosed its SD-WAN customer count.

Edge computing is a dispersion or distribution of the cloud and latency is the driving force of this evolution, said MEF CTO Pascal Menezes.

The new Zero Trust Architecture blocks connectivity to servers and applications from unknown devices.

Aryaka's restructured SmartServices product line breaks out many features previously only available as part of the its SmartConnect SD-WAN platform.

MEF’s community has grown about 70% to more than 200 organizations during the last 18 months, and it expects to double that number by the end of 2020.

The cloud giant's Network Intelligence Center packs four tools aimed at helping customers monitor, test, and address performance challenges.

Technology prototypes tested and validated by the group are now commercially available and being deployed in multiple networks.

The top security concerns related to 5G include a larger attack surface, device proliferation, IoT devices, and the authentication of more devices.

T-Mobile US claims it will be the first domestic operator with a “nationwide” 5G network but it will only cover up to 61% of the U.S. population.

“The framework established by the FCC will facilitate and accelerate Dish’s entry as a new nationwide facilities-based provider,” said Dish's Jeff Blum.