CEO Chuck Robbins unveiled Cisco’s new purpose statement at Cisco Live: To power an inclusive future for all.

The operator, as recently as last month, said it was on track to deploy nationwide 5G this summer.

SecureX integrates all of Cisco’s network, endpoint, cloud, and application security products, as well as threat intelligence from Cisco Talos, in a cloud-native platform.

“The elephant in the room with regards to open RAN is, of course, integration,” said Patrick Filkins, senior research analyst at IDC.

Company President Brad Smith said it does not sell that technology today and is in favor of a national law to oversee the control of the technology.

Open RAN and the rise of 5G presents an opportunity for Juniper to play in a market it hasn’t played in before, Juniper Networks CTO Raj Yavatkar said.

“We’ve advocated that governments should put in place stronger regulations to govern the ethical use of facial recognition technology,” Amazon said in a blog post.

Siemplify competes against Palo Alto Networks, IBM, Splunk, and Swimlane “but none of them have a cloud-native SOAR offering,” CMO Nimmy Reichenberg said.

Longhorn complements Kubernetes and provides a storage overlay that virtualizes and enhances underlying storage infrastructure, said Rancher Labs CEO.

CEO Arvind Krishna made the pledge in a letter to the U.S. Congress. It’s one of three policy areas he wants to see Congress focus on “in pursuit of

The vendor's business in China has grown as of late, having inked contracts with the country’s three largest operators — China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom.

Nutanix furloughed 25% of its workforce, saying COVID-19 is to blame; SAP cloud CFO jumped ship; and IBM slashed thousands of jobs.

VMware lassoed Lastline to boost security NDR; How to train employees not to fall for phishing attacks; and Cisco squashed dozens of IOS bugs.

“I know it’s an extremely overused term in security awareness, but gamification is extremely important,” Barracuda Networks’ Dennis Dillman said.

VMware’s Gelsinger rode a tech, software, cloud high; NetApp nabbed Spot; and the coronavirus clobbered SD-WAN revenue growth.

Coronavirus Cleaves SD-WAN Revenue Growth

Huawei, Nokia, and Cisco all saw their respective market share drop, while Ericsson was flat and ZTE managed to gain share.

“COVID-19 makes digital transformation more important — not less,” Gelsinger said. “This is a permanent change. We’re not going back.”

The vendor is now being monitored for a three-year period, following last year’s $1.06 billion settlement with the Justice Department.

“People across the U.S. and the world are dealing with so much pain, frustration, and anger, and many of us need time for space and healing,” CEO Chuck Robbins

Dell and Nutanix executives say the future of work will be more flexible — and will further blur the lines between work and home life.

Supply chain disruptions are affecting SD-WAN vendors and managed service providers differently. While some report few if any issues, others have experienced shortages and delays.

Cisco paid $1 billion for ThousandEyes; VMware posted stronger-than-expected Q1 results; and Zscaler bought Edgewise Networks.

Todd McElhatton, who currently serves as SVP and CFO of SAP’s Cloud Business Group, will join cloud-based subscription management platform provider Zuora.