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KDDI Claims World’s First 5G Standalone Open RAN Site

The site combines Samsung’s virtualized distributed unit and virtualized central unit with Fujitsu's massive MIMO radios in Kawasaki, Japan. Read more.

Water Utility Taps Cisco As Cyberattacks Loom

“You don't want your OT side going out talking to the internet. That's a big no, no. So proper segmentation is huge,” CISO Kristen Sanders said. Read more.

Who Will Cisco Buy Instead of Splunk?

“But I will tell you that you should expect us to continue to be very, very disciplined as we go forward as well,” Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said. Read more.

Arcion Augments Enterprise Data Mobility

"Our vision at the end of the day is to be the final piece that breaks down all of those [data] silos," Arcion CEO Gary Hagmueller said. Read more.

SDxCentral 2-Minute Weekly Wrap

Akamai buys Linode to join the cloud club; Rakuten Mobile reports $1 billion in Q4 losses; and Google Cloud scores a defense department win. Read more.