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McAfee Pulls Insights for Proactive XDR Security

The platform uses McAfee’s analytics engine, Mvision Insights, to provide proactive security, and this predictive element is unique to MvisionXDR, ESG analyst Jon Oltsik said. Read more.

Juniper Rebounds in Q4, Looks to Grow SaaS Business

Juniper carried its momentum forward into Q4 posting revenues of $1.22 billion, up 1.7% year over year. Read more.

Operators’ Software Spend Expected to Reach $126B in 2025

“No other single factor is as important as cloud in our software forecast,” Analysys Mason's Larry Goldman wrote. Read more.

Ericsson Caps 2020 Aplomb, Hints at Exposure in China

Ericsson has now inked commercial 5G contracts with 127 operators and its 5G technology is actively deployed in 79 live networks. Read more.

Google Combats Cloud Complexity With VM Manager

In its latest update, Google aims to make moving virtual machines to its public cloud a little easier with the launch of a new management dashboard. Read more.

SDxCentral 2-Minute Weekly Wrap Podcast

Cisco updated its Catalyst router portfolio; Palo Alto Networks bolstered its Prisma security; and Samsung fully virtualized its 5G RAN kit. Stream now.