Here are the top stories SDxCentral wrangled this week related to SDN, NFV, 5G, IoT, cloud, and more:

AT&T's 'Nirvana Stack' Uses ODL Rather than Contrail — Contrail's lack of community is a problem for AT&T.

VMware Buys Monitoring Company Wavefront — The acquisition of Wavefront automatically fulfills VMware’s desire to expand its monitoring capabilities into containers.

Huawei Invests $1 Billion in Public Cloud Platform — The company is committed to working with operators on their cloud services as well as building its own public cloud.

Here are the week’s strays and stragglers we roped for you:

Ubuntu 17.04 was released and supports Kubernetes, Docker, LXD, and Snaps.

Red Hat announced the general availability of its OpenShift Container Platform 3.5, the newest version its Kubernetes-native container application platform.

ZeroStack integrated its Intelligent Cloud Platform with Nexenta’s storage systems to create a converged private cloud solution.

NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology conducted a trial for a system combining network functions virtualization (NFV) and 10G Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) technologies.

Avaya said that deployments of Avaya Fabric Networking recently surpassed 1,000 customers.

ZTE Corporation and the Guangdong, China branch of China Mobile — Guangdong Mobile — accomplished China Mobile’s first narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) field test in Guangzhou, China.

VergX has partnered with Versa Networks to create a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) and security solution for providers and resellers.

CoreDial picked VeloCloud to offer SD-WAN capabilities to its channel partners and their customers.

Windstream launched its SD-WAN solution, which is specifically designed for the reseller community.

Nokia picked database provider VoltDB to power two enterprise applications in its packet core business.

Here are the other stories SDxCentral covered this week:

  • Canonical CEO Jane Silber to Step Down in 3 Months
  • Comcast-IBM Deal Gives Enterprises Direct Link to Cloud Services
  • Calix Introduces a VNF for Cable Operators
  • KT and Verizon Work on NFV Orchestrator Interoperability
  • Un-Masking FD.io — the Open Source Project that Processes Packets
  • Huawei Unveils Cloud Application Platform
  • A10 Networks 'Harmonizes' Multicloud App Management
  • Actility Raises a $75M Series D for Industrial IoT Platform
  • HPE Packages its IT Operations Products in Containers
  • Citrix Makes SD-WAN Platform More Compatible for Cloud
  • Fortinet Brings Security to SD-WAN and SaaS Applications
  • VeloCloud Creates Ecosystem of Security Partners for its SD-WAN
  • VMware Adds Native Security to its Software-Defined Storage
  • Microsoft Acquires Container Software Company Deis
  • Microsoft and Docker Partner to Serve the Enterprise
  • Arista Prevails Against Cisco in Latest Patent Ruling
  • Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firings, And Retirings for March 2017
  • AT&T Advances 5G Strategy by Snapping Up Straight Path for $1.6B
  • Comcast's New Wireless Services Uses Verizon's Network
  • Cohesity Scores Over $90M to Enhance Data Platform