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Verizon Forks Edge for Private Networks on Azure

Verizon’s 5G Edge has been exclusively anchored to AWS since late 2019, but a separate effort will eventually allow enterprises to deploy edge services riding on Azure. Read more.

Cisco Unifies Services Routers Under Catalyst Umbrella

The new routers replace Cisco's integrated service, aggregated service, and cloud service routers while introducing wireless WAN capabilities to its IOS-XE platform. Read more.

Can Cybersecurity Weather Election, COVID-19 Perfect Storm?

Attackers “want to take over your entire brand, your entire digital presence, and use it to attack your customers,” VMware Carbon Black’s Tom Kellermann said. Read more.

Qualcomm Vows to Break Into 5G RAN Chipset Market

Qualcomm's system-on-a-chip based products will adhere to open RAN standards and universally support 5G on millimeter-wave and sub-6 GHz spectrum. Read more.

IBM Struggles Dampen Hybrid Cloud Enthusiasm

CFO Jim Kavanaugh explained that customers are continuing to hold their financial investments close to the chest in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.