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Nokia’s Cloud Reach Expands With Amazon, Microsoft, and Google Deals

The trio of new agreements come on the heels of Nokia being called out by AT&T as part of a successful vRAN test riding on Nokia’s cloud-based vRAN 2.0 system as a key enabler of AT&T’s O-RAN vision. Read more.

Can Defenders Break Up the $1.5 Trillion Cybercrime Market?

“It’s a wild and tough time in security,” VMware Cybersecurity Strategist Rick McElroy said. “The future for defenders is going to be tough. Read more.

Money Moves: February 2021

CrowdStrike paid $400 million for Humio; Palo Alto Networks dropped $158 million for Bridgecrew; and HPE acquired CloudPhysics. Read more.

Cisco Rack Servers Served an EPYC 3 Boost

The company's Unified Computing System server portfolio is aimed at ultra-low latency workloads like high-frequency trading. Read more.

AMD Data Center Chip Update Jabs at Intel's Delays

“Third-gen EPYC is the highest performance server processor,” AMD's Ram Peddibhotla boasted. Read more.

Security Continues to Seek Developers

“There's always been some mysticism around security. I think most developers are interested in it, or curious about it, or pay attention to it in some fashion," Google's Dan Lorenc said. Read more.

T-Mobile Backloads Edge Into 5G Strategy

“We have not talked much about edge computing or cloud computing because we’ve been busy working with our customers" to solve real pain points, T-Mobile EVP John Saw said. Read more.

Intel Report Finds Growing Appetite for Security Transparency

A survey conducted by Ponemon Institute found 73% of respondents wanted more transparency from their technology partners. Read more.