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

Acacia, which makes high-speed coherent optical interconnect products, plays a major role in Cisco’s 5G strategy. Read more.

Datrium is already a VMware partner and offers disaster recovery-as-a-service with VMware Cloud on AWS. The deal marks VMware’s third acquisition in as many months. Read more.

Cisco had a dual presence in the report based on its IOS-XE and NX-OS, though neither platform could crack the "leaders" category. Read more.

IBM's Jason McGee said the move does not live up to what it thought were the eventual plans for Istio, which were to move it into the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Read more.

Reopening branch offices and expanding a remote or digital workforce creates this “new edge” that requires connectivity, automation, and built-in security, Cisco’s Pat Vitalone said. Read more.

Strategically, the acquisition stands to improve Aruba's standing in the crowded and highly competitive SD-WAN market. Read more.

Juniper Mist extended its artificial intelligence-driven networking capabilities to the WAN alongside its virtual assistant Marvis. Read more.

HPE's acquisition of Silver Peak puts the vendor in a unique position to directly challenge Cisco in the enterprise networking market, said Dell'Oro Group's Shin Umeda. Read more.

The deal will see Verizon go from three RAN vendors to two, including a shocking decision by Verizon to replace all of Nokia’s 4G LTE gear in its network. Read more.

However, Fortinet’s revenue growth in the second half of 2019 and first quarter of 2020 actually outpaced Palo Alto Networks. Read more.