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The deal bolsters VMware’s growing security portfolio and also reflects the increasing importance of securing microservices and cloud-native applications. Read more.

Nokia “will make the first fully open RAN compatible deliveries and deliver a fully virtualized RAN with hardware acceleration” later this year, Nokia's Tommi Uitto said. Read more.

Operators "missed out on this generation of wealth [realized] by other companies over the last decade, and they really want to make sure that they can participate in the next wave of growth,” Cisco's Jonathan Davidson said. Read more.

The newly dubbed Fastlane+ platform adds more advanced scheduling intelligence so that it can better interpret application requirements. Read more.

Oracle's Ellison digs at SAP; cybersecurity vendors zero-in on XDR; and Nokia scales its cloud ambitions with hyperscaler deals. Stream now.