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VMware Acquires AIOps Vendor Nyansa to Bolster SD-WAN

The software giant says Nyansa's technology will enable improved network visibility, monitoring, and remediation features for its VeloCloud SD-WAN platform. Read more.

Red Hat, Cloud Save IBM

More than 2,000 IBM clients were using its container systems, and it signed 21 Red Hat deals in Q4 valued at more than $10 million each. Read more.

Vapor IO Raises $90M to Build ‘Nationwide’ Edge Network

It also reached an agreement for Cloudflare to deploy its cloud services on Vapor IO’s Kinetic Edge platform. Read more.

Verizon Exec Launches Privafy, Challenges Firewall, SD-WAN, VPN Vendors

The security startup has about a dozen paying customers and is “working with some of the largest service providers,” said CEO Guru Pai. Read more.

Snyk Secures $150M, Snags $1B Valuation

The open source security startup reported over 400% revenue growth in 2019 and says its customers include Google, Intuit, New Relic, and Salesforce. Read more.

Telefónica Scores SD-WAN, Security Deal With Arlanxeo

The five-year contract will span more than 20 production sites in 11 countries across four continents for the Netherlands-based synthetic elastomer company. Read more.

Arista Networks Buys Big Switch

Several incumbent networking players, including Cisco, Dell Technologies, VMware, Juniper Networks, and Extreme Networks held “multiple meetings” with Big Switch. Read more.