Check out our top articles of January 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. 4 Carriers Create NFV MANO Open Source Groups

Carriers want their own flavors of MANO. Read more.

9. 5 Cloud Un-Predictions for 2016

What won't happen to clouds, containers, and Cisco in 2016. Read more.

8. OpenStack Finds a Place in Operators’ NFV Deployments

OpenStack summarizes its NFV work. Read more.

7. Dell’s OS10 Is a Platform Play That Goes Beyond Networking

Dell prepares to leap into infrastructure-as-code. Read more.

6. AT&T Wants 50% of Its Software to Be Open Source

It only has 5% of its software built on open source now. Read more.

5. Google Invests in Plexxi

Is Plexxi looking ahead to an IPO? “Of course.” Read more.

4. VMware Cuts 800 & Rethinks Its Cloud Strategy

vCloud Air gets a new (smaller) lease on life. Read more.

3. EMC Fully Absorbs VCE, Naming Chad Sakac as President

VCE goes “EMC Style.” Read more.

2. Huawei Starts Building Its Open Source Dream Team

Two well-known open source experts move to Huawei. Read more.

1. VMware Reportedly Prepping Layoffs in vSphere

Before it happened (see No. 4, above), a source said vSphere was the target. Read more.