Here are the top stories SDxCentral wrangled this week related to SDN, NFV, cloud, and virtualization infrastructure:

Ericsson Names Board Member Borje Ekholm as New CEO — Ekholm said that Ericsson needs to make adjustments to its cost structure before it can grow.

Will AT&T's $85B Acquisition of Time Warner Help or Hinder 5G? — The Time Warner deal may drive more demand but it won't accelerate the timeline for the 5G standard.

New Attack Vector Can Amplify DDoS by 55x —With more attacks becoming automated, it is getting easier to take advantage of protocols like Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

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

Netronome added its Express Virtio (XVIO) technology to its Agilio Server Networking Platform.

At this year's OpenStack Summit, Hauwei introduced FusionSphere, its enterprise-level cloud OS, and FusionCloud, which can be deployed in multiple environments.

Platform9 has made contributions to OpenStack to enable hybrid cloud management by integrating with public cloud endpoints.

HPE used the OpenStack Summit 2016 in Barcelona to release of HPE Helion OpenStack 4.0, specifically developed and hardened for enterprise workloads across a variety of vertical industries.

Global IT leaders in the OpenStack ecosystem showcased progress in application portability across OpenStack public and private clouds.

Symantec Corp added enhancements to its threat intelligence capabilities by integrating Symantec and Blue Coat’s security telemetry and applying artificial intelligence.

Aqua Security now supports Windows Server 2016 containers and is integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS).

OneAccess Networks unveiled its open virtualization platform for operators and service providers.

ENEA signed an agreement to acquire Qosmos, a privately held company with product in IP traffic classification and network intelligence.

Databricks, founded by the creators of the Apache Spark project, announced the addition of deep learning support to its cloud-based Apache Spark platform.

vArmour was awarded a patent issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that is focused on segmentation and service chaining in the modern data center.

Security company Nozomi Networks has completed a $7.5 million Series A round of funding.

Wind River Titanium Server network virtualization software helps Dell EMC’s new NFV infrastructure platform meet the requirements of service providers.

KT and Samsung Electronics demonstrated an end-to-end 5G network in Suwon, South Korea.

AT&T deployed LTE-M technology at the AT&T Labs in San Ramon, Calif.

Nuage Networks introduced the Nuage Networks eXperience (Nuage X), a publicly accessible cloud environment that lets users deploy their own Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP) instance.

The Linux Foundation's newest massive open online course (MOOC) is available for registration.

Palo Alto Networks appointed Mary Pat McCarthy to the company's board of directors.

Riverbed SteelHead CX and Riverbed SteelCentral AppInternals will be available on Microsoft’s U.S. Azure Government Cloud Marketplace, a new cloud environment specifically for federal agencies.

Accedian has appointed Martin Labelle to the role of vice president of research and development.

Here are the other stories SDxCentral covered this week:

  • AWS Revenues Soar Again, but Amazon's Q3 Misses
  • Cisco Scores Six Operator SD-WAN Deployments
  • Fortinet Q3 Earnings Disappoint
  • CenturyLink, Level 3 In Merger Talks
  • Nokia Hit With Q3 Net Loss as Network Buildouts Slow
  • Qualcomm to Acquire NXP for $38B, the Latest Chip Megamerger
  • F5 Beats Q4 Predictions With Strong Sales in North America
  • VMware Emphasizes Cloud Even More, Promoting Two Execs
  • Is Juniper's QFX10000 Keeping Margins Down?
  • Nutanix Would Be Worth Even More Without Hardware
  • Juniper Breaks Out With a Strong Q3
  • Mirai Botnet: Now the Government Is Involved
  • Berkshire's Masergy Acquisition Will Fuel Growth, New Products
  • AppViewX Gives Users an Application Perspective View
  • Wavefront Raises $52M in Series B Funding
  • Intel Capital Reveals $38M in New Investments
  • OpenStack Revenue Will Top $5B by 2020, Says 451 Research
  • Pluribus Adds VXLAN to Tackle Data Center Interconnect
  • IoT Botnet To Blame for Big DDoS Attack
  • Swisscom, UKCloud Adopt Red Hat OpenStack Platform
  • Operators Want Flexibility & Reduced Costs From SD-WAN & vCPE, Report Says