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Ericsson Releases Standalone 5G Software

With the world’s first standards-based mobile 5G networks now up and running for 18 months, the race is on to formally separate 5G as an independent offering. Read more.

CNCF Leadership Change Targets Cloud Native ‘Second Wave’

Priyanka Sharma, who took over leadership of CNCF last month, said that second wave includes more education. Read more.

Liberty Mutual Serves Up Serverless Success

"This is more than someone else's data center. This is a whole new paradigm," noted Liberty Mutual's Dave Anderson on serverless computing. Read more.

Headcount: Firings, Hirings, and Retirings — June 2020

Cisco revamped its security business under a new name and chief; Alibaba Cloud is set for a hiring spree; and COVID-19 claimed GSMA jobs. Read more.

Will VMware (or Someone Else) Scoop Up Bitglass?

“It’s a hot market, we have a hot product, and that automatically makes the company valuable,” said Bitglass CTO and co-founder Anurag Kahol. Read more.

A Look Back on 2020 (So Far)

2020 has been a doozy and we're only halfway through it. Read more.