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AT&T, DT, Dish Issue Lackluster 5G Grades

Carrier tech executives explained during a panel discussion at this week's Brooklyn 6G Summit that more work needed to be done. Read more.

VMware's SASE Blows Into Windstream

The partnership combines VMware’s Velocloud SD-WAN and SASE products with Windstream’s Cloud Core backbone network. Read more.

Can Immersion Cooling Curb Data Center Carbon Footprints?

"From a more dense computing deployment perspective, [immersion cooling] starts to become a necessity,” Dell'Oro analyst Lucas Beran said. Read more.

Aruba Drops DPU-Accelerated Switches, Pushes Zero Trust to Edge

“We're the first vendor to integrate silicon into the device itself to perform not only Ethernet switch function, but those layer 4-7 functionalities," Aruba's John Gray said. Read more.

Cato Networks Scores $200M Cash Infusion

The latest funding round brings Cato's total raised to $532 million, pushing its valuation north of $2.5 billion. Read more.

Ericsson Suffers $418M Sales Decline in China

CEO Börje Ekholm blamed the loss on retaliatory measures resulting from “decisions Sweden took to exclude Chinese vendors in the build-out of 5G networks in Sweden.” Read more.

Splunk Claims Comprehensive SOC Platform, Adds Threat Intel

The update adds threat intelligence, investigation, and response capabilities, courtesy of Splunk's TrueStar acquisition in May. Read more.