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The vendor follows in the steps of a handful of large exhibitors like Ericsson, Nokia, and Facebook that have already announced they would forgo an in-person presence at this year’s event. Read more.

The highest ransom paid by an organization to a cybercriminal gang doubled from $5 million in 2019 to $10 million in 2020, while the average ransom paid skyrocketed 171%. Read more.

The most significant update is to the Ezmeral Data Fabric, which is now available as a standalone offering in addition to an embedded integration inside the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform. Read more.

In addition to its phish-proof MFA product, Akamai also recently made available a free tier for its client-side edge security service. Read more.

The deal will see Airspan include its OpenRANGE platform that is based on the open RAN specifications to the Rakuten platform. Read more.

Some mid-band 5G gear from incumbent RAN vendors will support virtualized or open RAN frameworks, but that doesn’t mean either system will become dominant in U.S. networks soon. Read more.