Check out our top 10 articles for November 2018, covering the SDxCentral universe of SDN, NFV, and related topics. Rankings are based on unique visitors aggregated during the month.

10. AT&T Likes That the ONF Brings Original Design Manufacturers to the Table

AT&T is at 63 percent of its goal to bring 75 percent of its networks under SDN control by 2020, according to AT&T CTO Andre Fuetsch. Read more.

9. Nokia Veers From Red Hat OpenStack With Latest CloudBand Update

The latest update uses an in-house developed open source version of OpenStack that provides for more agility and a smaller footprint to support edge computing. Read more.

8. Nokia Strikes Infosys Deal That Targets Enterprise Digitization

The vendor recently announced plans to slash thousands of jobs as part of a major corporate restructuring. Read more.

7. Former Oracle Exec Thomas Kurian Replaces Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene

Kurian spent 22 years at Oracle before abruptly resigning in October. Reports quickly surfaced that Kurian clashed with CTO Larry Ellison over Oracle's cloud strategy. Read more.

6. Xilinx, Under a New CEO, Mulls Acquisition of Mellanox

Xilinx is renown for its field programmable gate array, which the company's founder invented. A purchase of Mellanox could give it additional products to sell into the data center.  Read more.

5. AWS Sells Hardware to Enterprises to Use in Their Private Data Centers

The company is working with VMware on the new Amazon Outposts initiative. Considering VMware's sister company Dell EMC makes hardware, this could have some interesting implications. Read more.

4. Cisco Combines SD-WAN and Security, Extends Intent-Based Networking to Wireless

The new Cisco SD-WAN Security product combines Viptela's technology with Meraki, Cisco's cloud-managed IT service and wireless LAN product, plus Cisco security software. Read more.

3. Germany Jumps on Huawei 5G Ban Plans, Says Report

Government officials want to prevent German telecom operators from using equipment from Chinese firms to construct their 5G networks. This would be similar to moves made by the U.S. and Australia. Read more.

2. Cisco Files SEC Documents Revealing Its Top Executive Salaries

Cisco's CEO Chuck Robbins earning $21.28 million in fiscal 2018. Read more.

1. Cisco Axes Hundreds of Jobs

This round of layoffs follows several recent departures from Cisco's senior executive team. Read more.