Check out our top 10 articles for August 2019, covering the SDxCentral universe of SDN, NFV, and related topics. Rankings are based on unique visitors aggregated during the month.

10. Cisco Recommits $5B to 5G Amid Rapid Workforce Changes
Cisco, which originally made the $5 billion commitment for 5G in February, is also building strategies and programs to prepare its workforce for new jobs and opportunities that 5G will enable. Read more

9. Broadcom Releases PCIe Switches for Data Centers
Broadcom claims its PEX88000 family of switches are "ideal for high-throughput and low-latency applications such as deep learning and high-performance computing." Read more

8. Cisco Pays $8.6M in First-Ever Security Software Whistleblower Payout
It’s essentially pocket change for the vendor — Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins' house sold for $10.65 million last year — but it could have broader implications for other security vendors. Read more

7. MEF Unveils Long-Awaited SD-WAN Standard
MEF unveiled the first standardized definition for SD-WAN. The definition stands to help to accelerate the SD-WAN market and improve customer service. Read more

6. VMware Buying Spree Continues With Intrinsic
VMware bought Intrinsic, an application security startup, in its fifth acquisition in three months, adding serverless security to its lineup. Read more

5. A10 for Sale, CEO on the Way Out Following Dismal Q2 Earnings
CEO Lee Chen blamed the revenue miss on several large deals being delayed, and he sounded oddly optimistic on an earnings call despite the bad-news trifecta. Read more

4. AT&T CEO Donovan Departs After Paving SDN Foundation
Donovan's departure follows a busy summer where he played a key role in landing major deals with Microsoft and IBM to advance AT&T’s push into the cloud. Read more

3. Sprint and Nokia Fall Behind on 5G Launch Plans
The companies are scrambling to get 5G service up and running in America’s most populated cities after missing last month's deadline. Read more

2.VMware Buys Veriflow for Network Monitoring, Verification
The deal follows three other VMware acquisitions announced since May, and this week the company said it’s also in talks to buy sister company Pivotal. Read more

1. HCX, VMware’s Top-Secret Sauce, Comes Out
If you think VMware’s secret sauce is its network virtualization platform NSX, you’re wrong. The real secret sauce is HCX. Read more