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Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said his company has the wherewithal to survive the pandemic without laying off employees. Read more.

The move targets the challenge of container storage by extending persistent data storage to containers running in the AWS ecosystem. Read more.

The vendor said the update assumes the demand environment continues to deteriorate through Q2 before slowly rebounding "as economies reopen and population lockdowns end.” Read more.

Vodafone has cut costs by 50% with VMware’s Telco Cloud; Cisco and VMware clashed over SD-WAN dominance; and IBM’s new CEO challenged employees to embrace hybrid cloud. Presented by Silver Peak.

Spending on AI is poised to jump, particularly among enterprises that are deploying the technology in the cloud to accelerate efforts around automation and agility, according to a new report from IDC. Read more.

Gartner recommends all security vendors invest in cloud security posture management and forecasts “through 2024, organizations implementing a CSPM offering will reduce cloud-related security incidents due to misconfiguration by 80%.” Read more.