Check out our top 10 articles for October 2022 covering the SDxCentral universe of cloud, telecom, security, and networking.

Rankings are based on unique visitors aggregated during the month.

1. Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks Continue to Dominate Surging Firewall Market, Dell’Oro Says

Cisco, Fortinet, and Palo Alto Networks devoured over half of the firewall market share in the second quarter, Dell’Oro Group found. Read more.

2. AT&T Embeds ‘SASE Plus’ Into Network to Lighten Security Burden

AT&T has been striving to build security capabilities including those the secure access service edge (SASE) architecture can offer into its network, its executives said. Read more.

3. Cisco Expands Efforts to Tackle Talent Shortage

Cisco’s Networking Academy – a global training platform –  announced its goal to train 25 million new people in the next decade. Read more.

4. IBM Absorbs Entire Red Hat Storage Portfolio

IBM will transfer the Red Hat storage portfolio and its associated teams to IBM storage including Ceph Storage and OpenShift Data Foundation. Read more.

5. AT&T Aims to be ‘Quantum Ready’ by 2025

For the last few years, AT&T has been looking into quantum security, aiming to become “quantum ready” by the year 2025. Read more.

6. Cisco and Microsoft Expand Site-to-Site Global Connectivity

Cisco said the integration will significantly cut down the time needed to bring up site-to-site connectivity across regions. Read more.

7. Microsoft Touts Industrial Metaverse as Innovation, Sustainability Tool

The industrial metaverse connects the physical and digital world to drive industry forward, Microsoft's Judson Althoff said. Read more.

8. Extreme Network Gear Routed to Russia

Extreme Networks reported networking equipment had been funneled by a former employee to a military contractor in Russia. Read more.

9. AT&T 5G SA Rides Edge Zones Expansion

AT&T is expanding its 5G SA core through edge zones that can more quickly connect to hyperscalers like Microsoft, AWS, and Google. Read more.

10. Ericsson Q3 Results Show Ongoing Challenges

Ericsson reported disappointing Q3 fiscal results that showed the vendor has a long way to go in order to solidify its operational stance. Read more.