Apstra grew its customer base by 400% since the acquisition and expanded to over 60 countries, according to Juniper Networks VP Mansour Karam.

The new Xeon D processors introduce a number of new features intended to make them attractive to network operators.

Users appreciate Constellation's Kubernetes-first approach, but that characteristic makes it just as complex as Kubernetes itself.

"Now you have Silicon One covering the three big, major markets: enterprise, service provider, and web scale,” Cisco's Rakesh Chopra said.

The FCC allocated $1.2 billion to fund broadband deployments; Pluribus released the seventh generation of its SDN platform; and Cisco has big dreams of growing its Networking Academy.

Cisco embraced hybrid work; Pat Gelsinger left VMware; and Nutanix cut 2.5% of its workforce.

While DPUs dominated the conversation in 2021, the fledgling technology remains mired in misconceptions.

Cisco added support for Alkira’s multi-cloud networking platform; attackers used Log4j to target 44% of corporate networks; and Sysdig raised $350 million.

Megaport's SDN spans more than 700 connected data centers, service providers, and cloud on ramps, enabling branch-to-branch and branch-to-cloud connectivity.

The managed WAN service has already garnered support from leading SD-WAN vendors: Cisco, VMware, Palo Alto Networks, and Aruba.

AWS' CEO underlined the opportunity that awaits the cloud in every industry; AWS detailed its Graviton3 chips and a private 5G service at re:Invent.

Kyndryl named Microsoft as its first cloud partner; Juniper Networks CEO challenged Cisco's compatibility with Arista switches; and Palo Alto Networks leads Gartner's firewall magic quadrant.

The security functionality embeds threat inspection and policy-based enforcement into every node running Aviatrix's cloud networking platform.

“The data cloud at Snowflake is not an idea or a long-term goal,” Snowflake SVP Christian Kleinerman said. “It is a reality, it's happening today.”

The networking giant's Edge Services Platform provides lifecycle management, observability, and troubleshooting services for DPU-accelerated data centers.

IBM announced plans to buy ReaQta; Juniper Networks’ CEO challenged Cisco and Arista; and SUSE acquired container security vendor NeuVector.

“​​I challenge Arista’s Cloud Vision to work on Cisco infrastructure or Cisco's ACI to work on Arista switches. It can't be done,” CEO Rami Rahim said.

Dell and VMware execs said everyone wins from the Dell-VMware spin; Cisco found 64% of workers said they’d consider resigning if they couldn’t work remotely; and Aruba tapped DPU

“The Cisco Silicon One P100 is the ultimate routing silicon for high-bandwidth applications,” Cisco's Eyal Dagan boasts.

Pica8 raised $20 million in Series C funding; VMware remains a supporter of the O-RAN Alliance; and Telefónica expanded its relationship with Fortinet.

“The key differentiator from other supplier RICs is ONF’s open, vendor-neutral framework which is driven by operator use cases,” Deutsche Telekom SVP Alex Jinsung Choi said.

Alkira expanded its security portfolio; Cisco is unphased by O-RAN Alliance drama; and Akamai acquired Guardicore for $600 million.

Software components tap into Juniper's acquisition of intent-based networking vendor Apstra.

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