TIP rolls out a disaggregated WiFi template; Nokia and Dish target 5G open RAN security; and Cisco boosts its optical networking stack.

The acquisition adds SDN automation and telemetry to Cisco's optical networking stack.

“Today is a proof point of the transformation of that core to a cloud-first, modern operational experience of our storage business,” HPE's Tom Black said.

Palo Alto Networks called EDR a "really stupid idea;" VMware eyed 5G core opportunities; and Nokia plugged a triple-threat enterprise strategy.

“Private 5G is very much a relationship between a carrier often, equipment providers, such as ourselves, such as Ericsson, and the enterprise," Cradlepoint's Donna Johnson said.

The partnership will see China Mobile Cloud deploy Nuage Network's Virtual Cloud Services platform for virtual private cloud and bare metal routing.

Microsoft will pay $19.7B for Nuance; IBM named its infrastructure spinoff; and Comcast software jumped into the CNCF Sandbox.

Nvidia's BlueField-3 DPU is capable of offloading 300 CPU cores worth of SDN, storage, security, and AI workloads.

The reorganization effort resulted in the creation of VMware’s Service Provider and Edge Business Unit and is being led by Sanjay Uppal, SVP and GM of the unit.

Oracle's Ellison threw a dig at SAP; CrowdStrike and Trend Micro faced off on XDR; and Cisco revealed its private 5G network vision.

Palo Alto Networks SASE-fied Comcast SDN; Nokia hastened its shift to cloud; and SolarWinds' CEO claimed software will block breaches.

The move combines Comcast Business’ ActiveCore SDN platform and Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma Access SASE platform for branch network and mobile user security.

The grant process is also about encouraging the cybersecurity industry to engage with these nonprofits because diversity is imperative to moving the industry forward.

“We sit at a critical point where there are significant architectural changes that are starting to happen that will fundamentally transform" network infrastructure, Cisco's Jonathan Davidson said.

Multiple changes and less obvious signs suggest AT&T has relinquished its leadership role on virtualization, according to LightCounting.

Former VMware CEO Gelsinger jumped to Intel; Cisco, VMware, Nutanix, headlined 2020 tech battles; and Cisco fought termination of $2.6B Acadia deal.

Broadcom unveiled an industry first; Palo Alto Networks pumped up Prisma; and AWS forked Elasticsearch.

ONF is targeting the RAN for the first time to address what it considers inadequacies in other open RAN projects, including those being led by the O-RAN Alliance.

Juniper Networks acquired Apstra; Cisco bought IMImobile, Slido to boost Webex; Microsoft security execs scored $100 million, launched Wiz.

Nutanix stole VMware's COO; Cisco’s SVP of security jumped ship for Google Anthos; and Nokia confirmed multiple C-suite departures.

IBM slashed thousands of jobs; Aruba Networks swept Cisco from the Pentagon; and Cisco workers were anxious.

The past year, in part because of the pandemic, has been a seminal one for the SD-WAN and SASE markets. Looking ahead, the highly competitive markets show no sign

Cisco, VMware scooped up Kubernetes startups in 2020; 5G gained and wained in 2020; and IBM, Nokia, and Cisco were among vendors that slashed jobs.

Tens of thousands of jobs were cut this year across the SDN and cloud ecosystem as vendors grappled with the financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.