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Cisco Scores SD-WAN Win With NTT East

The operator tapped Cisco’s SD-WAN to “solve corporate challenges from workstyle reform, security measures, and labor shortage,” said NTT East SVP Naoki Shibutani. Read more.

Microsoft Fumbles COVID-19 Cloud Stat

The reported 775% increase in cloud usage in areas operating under enforced social distancing or shelter-in-place orders was not as specific as it should have been. Read more.

Palo Alto Folds CloudGenix in $420M SASE Play

CloudGenix will form the second pillar of Palo Alto's emerging secure access service edge offering, which it announced last fall. Read more.

Lenovo, Microsoft Push HCI to the Edge

Lenovo also rolled out new NVMe storage systems that integrate with AWS, Azure, Google, and IBM public clouds for hybrid cloud storage. Read more.

Splunk Dives Into Cloud Native Application Monitoring

The application performance monitoring service launches less than a year after the company acquired SignalFx and Omnition. Read more.

Nokia Blends AI, Cloud for 5G Automation

Nokia AVA 5G Cognitive Operations is designed to increase automation of network operations by maintaining service requirements and predicting challenges before they occur. Read more.