In an SEC filing, VMware said COVID-19 posed a risk to its “business operations, financial performance, results of operations, and stock price.”

"The old way of growing the bandwidth of fiber is going to be increasingly difficult," said Dell’Oro analyst Jimmy Yu.

The deal adds a virtual evolved packet core element to Microsoft's already established cloud-based 5G moves.

Now that all Cisco employees work remotely, it sees more than 170,000 remote network connections daily across 96 countries and 498 cities.

Both firms’ market reports echo similar findings of vendors spending billions to build or expand data centers to offer more cloud infrastructure services.

There remains "considerable uncertainty" as to how measures taken by world governments to control the spread of COVID-19 could affect Intel's operations.

Vendors that are projecting stability amid unprecedented calamity and uncertainty face bottlenecks in access, production, and distribution.

The vendor today added secure web gateways to its security platform as it moves toward a SASE architecture for delivering security at the edge.

The vendor said the SASE architecture promises less complexity, shorter deployment times, improved security, and better performance at scale.

This rapid shift in usage, behavior, and daily activity around the world is causing “unprecedented growth in global internet traffic,” according to Nokia Deepfield.

This includes $8 million in cash, $210 million in products, and up to $5 million in grants and funds matching Cisco employees’ donations to nonprofits.

"We can now confidently say that the network is resilient, performant, secure, and ready for broad adoption," said Storj Labs CEO Ben Golub.

"Networking is the most neglected integrated thing that exists in IT right now," says SoftIron CEO Phil Straw.

Remote worker influx stifled services; Cisco, Hitachi sliced jobs; and Red Hat, Intel bridged the gap between VMs and containers.

The trial marks the successful use of a transceiver that's headline data rate can be achieved over a useful distance, said Infinera SVP Rob Shore.

The job cuts include nearly 400 Cisco employees and 151 Hitachi Vantara employees.

Nokia has also established a 5G WING lab in Dallas to give operators a testing ground for emerging IoT use cases.

Even when much of the world isn't trying to work remotely, collaborative communication tools can be incredibly challenging to deliver.

The world’s largest tech companies are looking to use their technology for ways to accelerate COVID-19 detection and response.

The executive team at the new company is primarily comprised of existing T-Mobile US leaders. Of the 18 positions announced, four will be filled by current executives at Sprint.

While other tech companies have blamed COVID-19 for recent revenue declines, citing supply chain disruptions and market uncertainties, Oracle thus far seems immune.

“We believe we're going to have the best, deepest coverage on the 5G perspective than any of our competitors," AT&T CFO John Stephens said.

"This is one of those moments when companies must strive more than ever to act with values and responsibility in the service of society,” said Telefónica CEO José María

Cisco dreamed of 5G WAN; VMware's modern application strategy spun Kubernetes Goldilocks tale; and HPE’s 5G core went cloud native.