Check out our top 10 articles of 2019, covering the SDxCentral universe of SDN, NFV, and related topics. Rankings are based on unique visitors aggregated during the year.

10. VMware, Silver Peak Lead SD-WAN Pack; Cisco, Riverbed Lose Ground

Gartner's latest WAN Edge Magic Quadrant report has VMware and Silver Peak leading that market in 2019, while Cisco and Riverbed have slipped. Read more. 

9. HCX, VMware’s Top-Secret Sauce, Comes Out

If you think VMware’s secret sauce is its network virtualization platform NSX, you’re wrong. The real secret sauce is HCX. Read more.

8. Fortinet Leapfrogs Cisco With 21,000 SD-WAN Customers

Cisco previously announced it had 20,000 SD-WAN customers spread across its Viptela and Meraki SD-WAN platforms. Read more.

7. Cisco Networking Trends Report: ‘Intent-Based Networking Is Coming’

The report is based on a survey of 505 IT leaders and 1,566 network strategists across 13 countries. Read more.

6. AT&T Abandons Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands

“This is one of the first transactions driven by climate change,” said industry analyst Roger Entner of the $1.95 billion deal. Read more.

5. Nutanix CEO to VMware: ‘Stop Being a Bully’

The Nutanix-VMware battle escalated with a Nutanix blog accusing VMware COO Sanjay Poonen of “bullying” Nutanix customers. Read more.

4. IHS: SD-WAN Market Reaches $359M, VMware Dominates Over Cisco and Aryaka

According to the research firm there are new market opportunities for SD-WAN vendors in 5G and IoT. Reach more.

3. AT&T, Sprint, and Cisco Execs Throw Cold Water on 5G

The general consensus is that the IoT, enterprise, and security markets will be impacted differently by 5G deployments. Read more.

2. VMware CEO: IBM Paid Too Much for Red Hat

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger thinks IBM paid too much for Red Hat at $34 billion. Meanwhile VMware paid $2.8 billion for Pivotal, and “I have better assets.” Read more.

1. Aviatrix CEO: SD-WAN Is Dead. AWS Killed It

Aviatrix CEO Steve Mullaney says using SD-WAN to connect branch offices to the cloud misses the boat. “SD-WAN is dead. I mean, it’s over.” Read more.