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Cisco, Megaport Embrace Multicloud With SD-WAN

It’s part of a new product called Megaport Virtual Edge that hosts NFVs — such as Cisco SD-WAN — on Megaport’s global SDN platform. Read more.

Red Hat OpenShift Gains Management Features, Lower Edge Profile

The scaled-down push moves OpenShift out of the data center and public cloud environments and into edge environments. Read more.

Operator Opex Rises as Automation Renders Some Jobs Obsolete

“Automation doesn’t mean people will become obsolete, but it does mean a changing workforce,” said Matt Walker of MTN Consulting. Read more.

Money Moves: July 2020

HPE swallowed Silver Peak to bolster its SD-WAN market position; VMware scored a Dish 5G deal; and Fortinet bought SASE startup Opaq. Read more.

IBM Bakes AI Into Power10 Chips

The new chips boast 30% higher performance per core and support for low latency shared memory across multiple servers. Read more.