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Mist serves as the heart of Juniper’s AI-driven enterprise strategy. And Mavis is the brain. Read more.

Nokia continues to stand out in supporting open RAN efforts by joining more collaborative bodies than its closest competitors Ericsson and Huawei. Read more.

The cuts, which were first reported by Bloomberg, are tied to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Read more.

An open source alternative to proprietary SD-WANs could become the de facto industry standard, said TechVision Research analyst Sorell Slaymaker. Read more. Read more.

“The evolution of web applications has not gone unnoticed by attackers, and web defenders haven’t thought as much about it,” said Akamai CTO Patrick Sullivan. Read more.

Metadata must move from laying dormant in a passive state and become active. Active metadata, Gartner's Mark Beyer says, has the power to change things. Read more.