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Will Dell’s Cloud Strategy Survive in a Post-COVID-19 World?

“Cloud is an operating model,” said Deepak Patil, SVP for cloud platforms and solutions at Dell Technologies. “It’s not a destination.” Read more.

Microsoft XDR Security Simplified Under Defender Brand

Underneath that Defender brand will sit Microsoft 365 Defender for end-user environments and Azure Defender for cloud and hybrid infrastructure. Read more.

Palo Alto Networks SASE Adds Microsoft Identity Management

The integration aims to simplify identity-based policy enforcement when using Palo Alto's Prisma Access and Prisma Cloud platforms. Read more.

Intel Water Facility Recycles 1 Billion Gallons

Intel has pledged to achieve net positive water use by 2030 through conserving 60 billion gallons of water and funding external water restoration projects. Read more.

Huawei, ZTE Prop Up Q2 Network Spend, MTN Says

“The second half of 2020 is increasingly looking like it may be worse than the first," MTN Consulting's Matt Walker said. Read more.

Podcast: SDxCentral Weekly Wrap

HPE HCI outgrows Dell and Nutanix; VMware adds SD-WAN VNFs to Equinix’s Network Edge; and Ericsson buys Cradlepoint for $1.1 billion. Stream now.