NEC and Juniper Networks partner to simplify 5G transport; telco vendors earned $110.4B in the first half of 2021; and Cisco published a framework for assessing an organization’s trustworthiness.

“We’re hopeful that it will help shape the industry’s thinking about what does it mean to be a trusted provider,” Cisco’s Chief Privacy Officer Harvey Jang said.

If AT&T wants to be known as a software pioneer, it sure has an odd way of showing it.

“We'd bet heavily on our switching and routing portfolio to address what we think is an opportunity for us in this new emerging metro edge cloud market,” Ciena CEO

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said his company will spend $20 billion over the next five years to advance its own security products and services.

“That $4 billion of software revenue over the last 90 days, we’re one of the biggest software companies in the world,” Cisco CFO Scott Herren said.

The networking vendor warned of slipping lead times and skyrocketing product costs as a result of the ongoing semiconductor shortage.

Intel introduced new branding; Cisco invested in 25 cybersecurity companies; and Google is helping organizations reduce supply chain impacts.

The new tool utilizes detailed data insights and tools like machine learning and satellite imagery to develop models on how to track and act upon supply chain metrics.

Juniper Networks posted strong Q2 revenues; Cisco goes all-in on hybrid work; and the supply-chain squeeze will limit Nokia’s growth through 2021.

"We could grow even faster if there were more components available,” Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark said.

CEO Rami Rahim cited panic buying related to the ongoing semiconductor shortage as a potential headwind going into the third quarter.

The vendor’s scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions, carbon intensity, and energy consumption increased between 2018 and 2020, according to its key environmental metrics.

Chip shortages may thwart the recovering campus switching market; Nokia releases massive MIMO 5G radios; and Rakuten links Cisco's Acacia pluggable optics to 5G SA core.

The campus switching market is on the mend, but the supply chain shortages could throw a wrench in its recovery, Dell'Oro's Sameh Boujelbene said.

“I need to connect [the edge] to the rest of my enterprise, and this is where Project Aurora brings it brings it all together,” HPE CEO Antonio Neri said.

Rural carriers need time to replace Huawei, ZTE gear; Cisco unveils power-packed IoT edge routers; Google SLSA, Linux Foundation drops SBOM for supply chain security.

Both projects focus on open source software as federal agencies work on software-related standards and guidelines called for in President Biden’s recent cybersecurity executive order.

AT&T divested its entertainment business; Cisco went on a buying spree; and tons of venture financing deals are part of the May Money Moves.

“There's people looking for drama right now, but there is none. ... We're working with all of the providers and have good relationships with all the providers,” noted SAP's

Dell Technologies warned of supply chain crunch and VMware turbo charged its multi-cloud push.

“When coupled with an improving global economy with greater demand for everything, there is an overall shortage of semiconductors," Dell Technologies COO Jeff Clarke said.

The global semiconductor shortage has hobbled the auto industry and threatened Silicon Valley revenues, and relief won't arrive for years, according to analysts.

Cisco blamed a supply chain shortage for Q3 hit; SolarWinds CEO said Russian attack happened even earlier; and Qualcomm pushes into 5G open RAN.