A large majority of those surveyed stated they have difficulty in maintaining their security posture due to staffing challenges.

Intel's progressiveness in net-positive water use; Ericcson looks to LEO satellites for 5G connectivity; and Red Hat's leadership shuffles.

The initial launch is around Lumen’s bare metal-as-a-service offering, and includes access to four Lumen services based around on-premises support.

Cisco reiterated plans to integrate its SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp for Multicloud with AWS, which allows enterprises to deploy a secure SD-WAN fabric over an AWS Cloud WAN backbone.

“The ultimate result could effectively mean that no matter where you are on Earth … connectivity will be available,” Ericsson's Erik Ekudden said.

Dell'Oro on SSE and SASE growth; Deloitte introduces new zero-trust access service; and a House committee introduces a privacy bill.

“We have done one public cloud, but how do we take it to the next public cloud," Dish Wireless VP Sidd Chenumolu asked.

The managed service is grounded upon technologies from Deloitte's TransientX acquisition.

Vendors that don't have the full set of secure service edge capabilities may be at “a competitive disadvantage,” Dell'Oro's Mauricio Sanchez said.

Amazon, Google's Kubernetes-based container managements; Arctic Wolf emphasizes security for cloud migrations; and Windstream's 400G service.

The vendor's management cited growing demand for 400-gigabit Ethernet services tied to increasing cloud adoption.

Preparing for quantum computing; WAN's rise in zero-trust adoption; and Vodafone collaborates on open radio access network energy consumption.

The group reduced the power consumption of open radio access network infrastructure by 9% and 12% during high and low mobile traffic peak scenarios, respectively.

AWS, IBM, and Cisco lead a growing cybersecurity market; China continues to outspend on cloud; and Ericsson's Vonage deal runs into hurdles.

“Without a doubt, zero trust has not just progressed in awareness, but in adoption,” TeleGeography's Greg Bryan said.

Telecom's rising commitment to reducing emissions; Trelix on DE&I; and Microsoft's solution to renewable energy supply.

Measuring emissions and energy use in all parts of the network is a foundational step to reducing telecom's environmental impact.

Equinix says cyberattacks is No. 1 threat to business growth; CISA's Post-Quantum Cryptography Initiative; and steps for telecom NaaS success.

Nitel acquires Hypercore Networks; Cloudflare expands Cloudflare One capabilities; and Skyhigh Security on sensitive data challenges.

“We believe zero trust must extend to the entire network, all the way from email to data centers, and accelerate user and endpoint connections,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said.

The deal echoes an increased focus of inorganic growth strategies across the industry, with some calling the trend “service provider cannibalization.”

Juniper updated its Cloud Metro plans; data center M&A surges; and ransomware challenges security plans.

Financial and sustainability goals can no longer be separated from one another, according to Nokia's Jochen Apel.

The vendor is predicting a 500% increase in metro-focused traffic between 2021 and 2027.