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VMware, Red Hat Lead 'Fierce' 5G Cloud-Native Platform Race

Cloud giants like AWS and Microsoft have a lot of catching up to do if they want to overtake incumbent network equipment vendors. Read more.

Headcount: Firings, Hirings, and Retirings — February 2022

Google Cloud's CISO wants to talk about your digital immune system; Ericsson struggles with its history of criminal activity; and Arm appointed Rene Haas as CEO. Read more.

Intel Lays Open RAN Claim With Xeon D Refresh

The new Xeon D processors introduce a number of new features intended to make them attractive to network operators. Read more.

Nutanix CEO on Public Cloud Providers: Both Partners and Competitors

"Oracle, Google Cloud, IBM, everybody, Alibaba even — those are all potential future public cloud partners for us," CEO Rajiv Ramaswami said. Read more.

Verizon Spurs Mid-Band 5G to 175M People This Year

Verizon reaffirmed plans to deploy its 5G core this year, but wireless customers won’t gain access to standalone mode until 2023, VP Bill Stone said. Read more.