Check out our top articles of February 2017, covering the SDxCentral universe of SDN, NFV, and related topics. Rankings are based on unique visitors aggregated during the last four weeks. Enjoy.

10. Juniper CTO Sindhu Stepping Aside to Focus on His Startup

Fungible hasn’t revealed what it’s working on, but it does seem to involve semiconductors. Read More.

9. Arista Founder: Networking Standards Move Too Slowly for Cloud Giants:

Arista is trying to start a grass-roots standards effort for 800 Gb/s optics. Read More.

8. Nine Security Startups Worth Watching In 2017

Legacy security products are not keeping up, and that's creating a lot of opportunity for nimble startups. Read More.

7. AT&T Flings Doors Wide Open on ECOMP Platform

ECOMP is officially an open source project hosted by the Linux Foundation. Read More.

6. AT&T ICEs Vendors of Virtual Network Functions

Vendors must use ICE to introduce and certify their VNFs for AT&T’s network. Read More.

5. Cisco Unveils New Hardware for Virtual Functions at the Branch

Cisco says enterprises want services on top of their branch connectivity. Read More.

4. Walmart Boasts 213,000 Cores on OpenStack

The retailer says it's become one of the world's largest users of Puppet. Read More.

3. Why Open Source ECOMP? AT&T Needs the Help

Without it, the telco won't meet its 75 percent virtualization goal. Read More.

2. Arris Buys Brocade’s Ruckus Wireless and ICX Switch Business for $800M

Broadcom might have more IP pieces to divest, however. Read More.

1. Cisco’s Former Spin-In Crew Resurfaces

The team that sold three “spin-in” startups to Cisco has launched its newest venture, called Pensando. Read More.