May is always a busy month – Cinco de Mayo, the Kentucky Derby, college graduations, Mother’s Day, May Day, Memorial Day … . In short, there’s a lot going on. That holds true in the technology world as well, as vendors and enterprises get busy before summer kicks in. So it's not surprising that May was a busy month for the SDxCentral editorial team, which reported on a wide range of topics.

On May 10, Cisco’s Viptela SD-WAN suffered an outage. Customers reacted big-time as the downtime impacted business. Reporter Emma Chervek tapped Reddit and Twitter to get the lowdown on the outage and see what customers were saying. That story topped the charts in May.

There are a lot of thankless jobs in IT, but leading security teams during these days of increased threats (that are increasingly sophisticated) when budgets are tight is at the top of the list. Contributing writer Taryn Plumb looks at why CISOs are fed up and aren’t going to take it anymore.

Also among our top 10 stories is contributor Sean Michael Kerner’s look at what to expect in open-source networking this year. Plumb reports on how Dell is helping to brew better beer with 5G and edge technology. Staffer Nancy Lui covers why misusing software is a costly mistake. And as is the case every month, SASE, 5G and security are top of mind and on our Top 10 list for May.

Check out our top 10 articles for May 2023. Rankings are based on unique visitors aggregated during the month.

The certifications on Cisco Viptela vEdge 1000, vEdge 2000 and Edge 1000 SD-WAN hardware expired, leaving customers with network downtime.

Security leaders face shrinking budgets, skeleton crews, and more and more security tools and protocols — and many are just up and quitting.

Open source-based technologies are now leading the way forward for enterprises, cloud and telco.

Dell and Exhibit A are experimenting with how technologies such as intelligent sensors, 5G devices and edge computing can enhance brewing craft beer.

Nutanix has concluded its audit, revealing noncompliant usage of evaluation software from two software providers over a multiyear period.

As the secure access service edge market matures, customers are searching for the right architecture, design and vendor, Kumar Ramachandran noted.

Verizon’s virtualization efforts are allowing the operator to use automation and orchestration for more rapid network updates.

Cisco security executives argued current security approach is “untenable” given the rise of the cyberattack sophistication.

Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen laid out three options for the nascent carrier to enter the lucrative private 5G wireless market.

Google announced it will start rolling out passkey support across Google Accounts on all major platforms including Chrome and Android.