HPE bought Athonet to pad its private network portfolio; Cisco acquired Valtix to expand its multi-cloud capabilities; and SAP sold Qualtrics.

Amazon and Zscaler announced layoffs; Verizon shook up its executive ranks; and Accenture reported on gender diversity in the tech industry.

"If you're forced to tighten your constraints as a technological business organization, you have to get creative," Lendr VP Nick Mates said.

The company doubled its headcount in the past 18 months to about 5,900 employees, CFO Remo Canessa said.

T-Mobile US' Neville Ray announced he will leave the company; Ericsson cut 10% of its Swedish workforce; and tech layoffs targeted DE&I roles.

CEO Pekka Lundmark also expressed confidence in the vendor gaining market share as “geopolitical tailwinds continue to favor us.”

“Our point-of-presence coverage is much bigger than the top three market leaders all combined,” CEO and co-founder Prakash Mana said.

The vendor is reportedly cutting 10% of its workforce in its home country, with broader cuts expected.

The vendor's Klaus Schwegler said a point-of-presence footprint is "foundational" to deploying Arayaka's secure access service edge.

Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, and SAP all announced job cuts this month due to various factors including economic uncertainty.

Tapping Prisma SASE, the service offers "a fully managed end-to-end network with cloud security features," NTT SVP Aishwarya Singh said.

The Q-CTRL investment news came on the heels of Salesforce’s 10% workforce cuts and recent leadership changes.

SAP said it will conduct “a targeted restructuring program in selected areas of the company.”

The cloud giant last week announced it's shelling out $1.2 billion to lay off slightly less than 5% of its total workforce.

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Company executives cited ongoing economic uncertainty and bloated payrolls.

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The service brings together Google Cloud’s BeyondCorp Enterprise and Palo Alto Networks' Prisma Access platforms.

Cisco plans to cut more than 4,000 jobs; and a Native American network lead pushes for transparency.

The vendor also announced its plans to acquire Cider Security for around $195 million in cash.

Cisco Security's Chief Strategy Officer Dug Song leaves as the company tackles a talent shortage; and organizations join Karat's Brilliant Black Minds movement.

Dell’Oro says the firewall market surged in Q2; AT&T built on its secure access service edge architecture; and Cisco expanded efforts to tackle a talent shortage.