\Check out our top articles of February 2016, covering the SDxCentral universe of SDN, NFV, and related topics. Rankings are based on unique visitors aggregated during the last four weeks. Enjoy.

10. Judge Rules Arista Violates 3 Cisco Patents

One of them involves Arista's prized SysDB. Read more.

9. Another Cisco Departure: Pankaj Patel Stepping Down as CDO

CEO Chuck Robbins's team continues to take shape. Read more.

8. Cisco Says Its Next-Generation Firewall Is More ‘Next-Gen’ Than Yours

Cisco's Firepower is about threat defense. Read more.

7. Cisco & Ericsson Announce 2 Service Provider Deals

They're claiming 200 customer engagements in just 11 weeks.  Read more.

6. Ericsson-Cisco Partnership Is Already Flowering, Cisco Claims

The communications giants prepare to square off against Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent. Read more.

5. Nuage Networks Gets Some Love From Nokia

Enterprise and IoT loom in Nuage's future. Read more.

4. Ericsson Teams Up With Amazon Web Services

Telcos want to use AWS infrastructure for new services. Read more.

3. Verizon Is the Next to Exit Public Cloud

Another domino falls to AWS. Read more.

2. Cisco Buys IoT Startup for $1.4B

Jasper Technologies brings big-name customers. Read more.

1. Martin Casado Is Leaving VMware to Become a VC

The SDN Wunderkind grows up to join Andreessen Horowitz. Read more.