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

10. How VMware Plans to Win the XDR Security Market

VMware rolled out its extended detection and response strategy at VMworld, but it’s been laying the foundation for XDR for more than a year. Read more.

9. Fortinet Revamps Large Enterprise SD-WAN CPE

The FortiGate 200F is the company's latest F-Series CPE appliance, slotting in above the company's 80F and 100F appliances. Read more.

8. Are VMware, Amazon on the Same Wavelengths?

AWS announced its new edge computing infrastructure last year. But to date, neither company has said anything about AWS Wavelengths supporting VMware’s software stack. Read more.

7. Cisco: Long-Term Cybersecurity Changes Afoot

The survey found 66% of organizations plan to increase their cybersecurity investments because of COVID-19 and remote workforces. Read more.

6. Juniper Jumps On SD-WAN Vendor 128 Technology

The $450 million deal will boost Juniper's Mist networking portfolio and mirrors Aruba's $925 million acquisition of Silver Peak announced in July. Read more.

5. Cisco’s Silicon One Portfolio Gets 6 New Chips

The chips span the gamut from 12.8 Tb/s at the high end down to 3.2 Tb/s of routing or switching capacity at the low end. Read more.

4. T-Mobile Cloud Leader: Kubernetes Isn’t Magic Dust

“Kubernetes isn’t necessarily magic dust. You’re not going to reduce your cost with Kubernetes if you don’t manage it correctly," T-Mobile's Thom McCann said. Read more.

3. Cisco Slashes Workforce by 9%, Contradicts Previous Pledge

Cisco declined to say how many employees will be impacted by the job cuts. Read more.

2. Palo Alto Networks Exposes Multi-Million-Dollar Cloud Misconfigurations

“This is a widespread problem in the cloud,” Palo Alto Network’s Matt Chiodi said. Read more.

1. Aruba Bumps Cisco From the Pentagon

When complete, the project will see more than 150,000 wired ports and 3,000 additional access points distributed across the 6.5 million-square-foot facility. Read more.