Check out our top 10 articles for August 2020 covering the SDxCentral universe of SDN, NFV, and related topics. Rankings are based on unique visitors aggregated during the month.

10. VMware Shoots Tanzu Into Space, SaaS Skyrockets

CEO Pat Gelsinger said the U.S. Space Force made an “eight-figure commitment to the Tanzu platform” on VMware’s Q2 earnings call. Read more.

9. AT&T Waxes 5G Edge for Enterprise With IBM

AT&T is deploying a 5G and multi-access edge computing network at IBM’s lab to develop and showcase new capabilities for enterprises. Read more.

8. Cisco’s 5 Cybersecurity Diversity Lessons Learned

“Our teams have to be representative of those we serve, and that’s one of the biggest opportunities we have in this industry,” said Cisco’s Dug Song. Read more.

7. Juniper, Samsung, Alibaba Jump On Fungible DPU

“We invented what we believe to be the third socket in data centers,” said Pradeep Sindhu, CEO and co-founder of Fungible. Read more.

6. VMware Embraces Intel for vRAN Integration

The goal is to build a repeatable platform that will foster a healthier ecosystem for virtualized and open radio access networks. Read more.

5. Cisco, Megaport Embrace Multi-Cloud With SD-WAN

It’s part of a new product called Megaport Virtual Edge that hosts NFVs — such as Cisco SD-WAN — on Megaport’s global SDN platform. Read more.

4. Nokia’s Wobbly Verizon Footing Grows Shakier

“If [Nokia was] on the verge of negotiating a massive 5G contract with Verizon, you’d have to believe that it would be” more than $500 million, analyst Ryan Koontz said. Read more.

3. Google’s Istio Move Ignites Open Source Tempest

The waves created by moving Istio into the Open Usage Commons group could have been tempered had it done that with Knative instead. I am glad it didn't. Read more.

2. T-Mobile Details $40B Network Upgrade Strategy

“I’ve never had this level of production in terms of radio upgrades and programs running through the team,” T-Mobile's president of technology Neville Ray said. Read more.

1. Cisco CN-WAN Smashes Together SD-WAN and Kubernetes

The project allows DevOps teams to tag the WAN needs of their Kubernetes-managed microservices clusters so they can be mapped to the SD-WAN controller. Read more.