Arm announced technical specifications for its Confidential Compute Architecture; Illumio reached a $2.75 billion valuation; and ONF shared three branches of its private network project.

“We can’t just spend all that money on detection and assume we’re gonna catch everything, because the math no longer works,” Illumio CEO Andrew Rubin said.

“This is intended to be an architecture for all markets spanning cloud to mobile and automotive to IoT,” Arm's Mark Knight said.

Cato launches its new managed detection and response platform; Red Hat reveals an open RAN bridge for 5G operators; and T-Mobile expands its 5G coverage to 150 million people.

“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.

The MDR platform ties directly into Cato's SASE offering and threat intelligence database to detect and mitigate threats at the network level.

Red Hat is using two variants of Intel’s Smart Edge in OpenShift; Ericsson teases late 2022 mid-band vRAN support; and Splunk security cloud adds threat intel and automated responses.

HPE also introduced Project Aurora, a zero-trust security initiative that builds on its existing silicon root of trust, that will be available as a product later this year.

The company also announced a series of rugged and value-focused switches and added IoT monitoring capabilities to its Aruba Central management platform.

The vendor also said it received a $1 billion investment from private-equity firm Silver Lake that it will use to fund new growth initiatives and manage its capital structure.

"U.S. export control applies to some of our products. It doesn’t apply to a lot of our products, so nothing changes when the deal closes,” Arm CEO Simon Segars

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.

Are AWS, Google, and Microsoft's telco software flawed?; Oracle's Ellison keeps pressure on SAP; Dish buys into Dell’s full telecom kit.

“The bombardment of ransomware attacks is forcing organizations into a constant state of defense rather than an offensive stance,” SonicWall CEO Bill Conner said.

Lambasting SAP is quickly becoming a favorite pastime for Oracle founder Larry Ellison, who once again went on the attack during this week's Q4 earnings call.

Huawei dominates global telecom gear market; Akamai battles bots, fraudsters; Versa scores Comcast SASE win.

The announcement marks Versa Networks' latest service provider win on the back of its secure access service edge offering.

“We’re trying to help digital brands get out of the way of good users, while also protecting and supporting whatever flavor of attacker abuse they’re dealing with,” Akamai VP

AT&T adds Palo Alto Networks to SASE arsenal; Trend Micro touts zero-trust risk insights; Red Hat readies for mass VM migrations.

Palo Alto Networks' Prisma Access and Prisma SD-WAN form the basis of AT&T's second managed SASE offering.

A handful of technologies support zero trust, and Trend Micro’s builds on its XDR platform, which collects telemetry across email, clouds, networks, and SaaS applications.

Cisco urges a move beyond ransomware thoughts and prayers; Intel targets private 5G networks; and AT&T divested its entertainment business.

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.