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SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Oct. 9, 2020 Plus, Nvidia eyes data center domination, and IBM slashes some of its legacy operationsPalo Alto's Unit 42 found flaws in AWS deployments; Nvidia rolls new DPU, data center architectures; and IBM is all-in on cloud. Palo Alto Networks Exposes Multi-Million-Dollar Cloud Misconfigurations Nvidia DPU Eyes Data Center Domination IBM Slashes Legacy to Focus on Hybrid Cloud

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Oct. 2, 2020 Plus, Gartner's WAN Edge leaders gets crowded, and Arista is buying Awake SecuritySamsung's 5G will ride Red Hat's OpenShift; Gartner counts six WAN Edge Infrastructure leaders; and Arista buys Awake to target Cisco. Red Hat Scores Samsung OpenShift 5G Deal SASE, Acquisitions Drive SD-WAN Competition, Gartner States Arista Acquires Awake for NDR Security

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Sept. 25, 2020 Plus, VMware VNFs its SD-WAN to Equinix's Edge, and Ericsson acquires CradlepointHPE HCI outgrows Dell and Nutanix; VMware adds SD-WAN VNFs to Equinix's Network Edge; and Ericsson buys Cradlepoint for $1.1 billion. HPE Scorches Dell, Nutanix Hyperconverged Revenue Growth VMware SD-WAN, SASE Expands to the Equinix Network Edge Ericsson Plunks $1.1B on Cradlepoint to Boost 5G WAN in Enterprise

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Sept. 18, 2020 Plus, AT&T CEO expects ongoing economic upheaval, and Dell plans job cutsPalo Alto Networks updated its SD-WAN platform; AT&T CEO John Stankey girds for more economic upheaval; and Dell is cutting jobs. Palo Alto Networks Updates SD-WAN With AIOps, New Hardware AT&T CEO Warns U.S. Economy Will Worsen Dell Plans Job Cuts, VMware May Reduce Remote Pay

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Sept. 11, 2020 Plus, T-Mobile's intricate 5G tapestry, and Nutanix CEO explains why he is leaving Samsung's gain is Nokia's loss; T-Mobile's 5G runs on Cisco, Ericsson, and Nokia; and COVID-19 impacts Nutanix's future. Samsung’s Massive Verizon 5G Contract Spells Doom for Nokia How T-Mobile Weaved Cisco, Ericsson, Nokia Into Its 5G SA Core Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey Talks Remote First Grade, Why He’s Leaving

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Sept. 4 , 2020 Plus, VMware shoots Tanzu into space, and Dell expects employees to stay remote AT&T deploys a 5G and multi-access edge computing network at IBM’s lab; VMware’s Q2 beats expectations; and Dell expects about 60% of its workforce to stay remote. AT&T Waxes 5G Edge for Enterprise With IBM VMware Shoots Tanzu Into Space, SaaS Skyrockets Dell Expects Most Employees to Stay Remote  

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Aug. 28, 2020 Plus, Nokia’s Verizon footing grows shakier, and Fortinet makes ASICs SASE Cisco launches Cloud Native SD-WAN; a loan cast doubt on Nokia’s 5G future with Verizon; and Fortinet builds security into every SASE component. Cisco CN-WAN Smashes Together SD-WAN and Kubernetes Nokia’s Wobbly Verizon Footing Grows Shakier Fortinet Puts ASICs at Heart of SASE Play

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Aug. 21, 2020 Plus, Cisco taps Megaport for SD-WAN expansion, and Fungible's DPU garners accoladesT-Mobile plans $40 billion in network upgrades; Cisco and Megaport embrace multi-cloud to expand SD-WAN; and Fungible touts a powerful chip. T-Mobile Details $40B Network Upgrade Strategy Cisco, Megaport Embrace Multi-Cloud With SD-WAN Juniper, Samsung, Alibaba Jump On Fungible DPU

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Aug. 14, 2020 Plus, Verizon launched its first two Amazon Wavelength markets, and Nutanix expanded its HCI to AWSVerizon is close to launching its nationwide 5G network, which will also benefit from Amazon's Wavelength launch; and Nutanix targets VMware's AWS partnership. When Will Verizon Flip Nationwide 5G Switch? Verizon Edge Parks AWS Wavelength in Bay Area, Boston Nutanix HCI Lands On AWS Public Cloud

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Aug. 7, 2020 Plus, VMware and Intel partner on vRAN, and T-Mobile launches its 5G standalone networkForrester Research crowns switch leaders; VMware taps Intel for vRAN integration; and T-Mobile sparks a 5G first. Arista, Juniper, Nvidia Switch Vendor ‘Leaders,’ Says Forrester VMware Embraces Intel for vRAN Integration T-Mobile Sparks World’s First Standalone 5G Network

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for July 31, 2020 Plus, Verizon nabs Ericsson 5G gear, and Arista updated its EOS softwareJuniper's SD-WAN update targets Cisco; Verizon handed Ericsson's first U.S.-made 5G gear; and Arista extended its EOS software to the edge. Juniper Takes On Cisco, Aruba With AI, WAN Two Punch Verizon Snares Ericsson’s First US-Made 5G Gear Arista Gets Edgy With Multi-Cloud Networking

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for July 24, 2020 Plus, HPE girds for Cisco SD-WAN fight, and Fortinet is buying OpaqPalo Alto tops Cisco for security revenue crown; HPE's Silver Peak deal targets SD-WAN rivals; and Fortinet buys Opaq to clarify SASE. Palo Alto Networks Beats Cisco, Claims Security Revenue Crown Is HPE Gunning for Cisco? Fortinet Buys Opaq, Claims First Complete SASE Stack

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for July 17, 2020 Plus, AppDynamics exec launch a new security firm; and Verizon Taps Google for customer service pilotHPE buys SD-WAN giant Silver Peak, Traceable targets application code, and Verizon selects Google for customer service pilot. HPE Swallows Silver Peak in $925M Bid to Bolster SD-WAN AppDynamics CEO Launches Traceable, Banks $20M for App Security Verizon Grabs Google to Broaden Multi-Cloud Strategy

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for July 10, 2020 Plus, Cisco scores AT&T SD-WAN deal, and Ericsson launched its standalone 5G New Radio softwareVerizon is set to boot Nokia for Samsung; AT&T adds Cisco's SD-WAN; and Ericsson takes off 5G's training wheels. Verizon Boots Nokia, Samsung Gets the Spoils Cisco Joins AT&T’s SD-WAN Lineup Ericsson Releases Standalone 5G Software

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for July 3, 2020 Plus, Cisco expands its edge, and VMware's buying spree continuesAWS joins rival hyperscalers in the no-code/low-code hive; Cisco targets the new edge; and VMware buys DRaaS provider Datrium. AWS Honeycode Sweetens the No-Code/Low-Code Pot Cisco Rolls Out Networking for New Edge VMware’s Buying Spree Continues With Datrium

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for June 26, 2020 Plus, HPE targets VMware and IBM, and Microsoft fills its data lakeVerizon nationwide 5G plans remain on track; HPE Ezmeral Eyes VMware, Red Hat; and Microsoft acquired data lake vendor ADRM. Verizon Teases Forthcoming DSS Launch for Nationwide 5G HPE Challenges VMware, IBM Red Hat With Ezmeral Microsoft Buys ADRM for Azure Data Lake Boost

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for June 19, 2020 Plus, Cisco adds SASE flare to its SD-WAN, and AT&T, T-Mobile US prepare to slash jobs The Azure attack targets Kubeflow; Cisco SD-WAN update adds SASE flare; and AT&T, T-Mobile prepare for job cuts. Hackers Cryptojack Microsoft Azure ML Clusters Cisco Rolls Out SASE Platform AT&T, T-Mobile to Cut Thousands of Jobs

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for June 12, 2020 Plus, AT&T claims DSS first, and Nokia remains bullish on 5GIBM Cloud hit by a mass outage; AT&T said it was first with DSS technology; and Nokia's 5G plans impacted by COVID-19. IBM Cloud Back Online After Mass Outage AT&T Trumpets First US Activation of Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Nokia Mellows 5G Outlook for 2020

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for June 5, 2020 Plus, Cisco gains insight focus with ThousandEyes purchase, and VMware brushes off COVID-19 concernsCisco admits to missing cloud's first wave; ThousandEyes sees $1 billion; and VMware posts robust Q1 results. Cisco Licks Wounds, Targets Next Cloud Computing Wave Cisco Advances Software Push With $1B ThousandEyes Buy VMware Posts Q1 Beat, Reports Triple-Digit VMC on AWS Growth

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for May 29, 2020 Plus, HPE slashes salaries, and Juniper claims Mist superiorityIBM job cuts are tied to the coronavirus pandemic; HPE is slashing salaries companywide; and Juniper claims Mist is drowning Cisco's Meraki. IBM Reportedly Cuts Thousands of Jobs HPE Cuts Salaries Companywide as COVID-19 Wrecks Q2 Juniper Claims Mist Win Rate Against Cisco Tops 80%

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for May 22, 2020 Plus, Google takes aim at its cloud rivals, and Dell taps Google and VMwareOracle claims cloud cost-superiority over AWS; Google hugs VMware to fight its cloud rivals; and Dell bolstered its cloud platform. Oracle Challenges AWS to Cloud Calculator Duel Google Takes Aim at AWS With VMware Engine Dell Gets Cloudier With Google, VMware

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for May 15, 2020 Plus, Cisco patches a dozen security bugs, and Ericsson now sees a 5G bumpMicrosoft overhauled its Azure VMware platform; Cisco patched a dozen high-severity security bugs; and Ericsson now expects a 5G surge. Microsoft Revamps Its Azure VMware Platform Cisco Firewall Bugs Leave Networks Vulnerable to Attacks Ericsson Pins 5G Gains on Pandemic

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for May 8, 2020 Plus, IBM taps Red Hat for 5G and edge; and Nvidia is buying CumulusNutanix to furlough 25% of its workforce; IBM wears Red Hat for its 5G and edge play; and Nvidia is accumulating Cumulus. Nutanix Furloughs 25% of Workforce Citing COVID-19 IBM Doffs Red Hat to Target 5G, Edge Deployments Nvidia Will Buy Cumulus Networks

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for May 1, 2020 Plus, Microsoft closes the public cloud gap to Amazon, and AT&T sets its executive futureThe ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is stressing networks; Microsoft continues to reach for Amazon; and AT&T is set for a new CEO. Facebook, Cisco, Verizon Give Glimpse Into Future of Networks AWS Narrowly Escapes Azure Defeat as Public Cloud Surges, Flexera Says AT&T CEO Shake Up Sees Stephenson Out, Stankey In

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap: April 24, 2020 Plus, Google launched its BeyondCorp security platform, and T-Systems tapped Juniper's SD-WANThe vendor's future could shape the broader market; Google launched its BeyondTrust security platform; and T-Systems tapped Juniper's SD-WAN. Nokia Stares Down Hostile Takeover Bid Google Brings BeyondCorp Zero-Trust Security to the Masses T-Systems Taps Juniper for Managed SD-WAN

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap: April 17, 2020 Plus, VMware plugs a critical bug, and a new report fuels the SD-WAN market fire Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said job cuts would be "silly" in this environment; VMware patches a critical bug; and an SD-WAN report pits VMware vs. Cisco. Cisco, Other Tech Firms Vow No Job Cuts VMware Patches Critical Bug That Exposes Sensitive Data Omdia SD-WAN Report: Fuel to VMware, Cisco Fire?

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap: April 10, 2020 Plus, VMware and Cisco clash Over SD-WAN dominance, and IBM's new CEO throws down a hybrid-cloud challenge Vodafone has cut costs by 50% with VMware's Telco Cloud; Cisco and VMware clashed over SD-WAN dominance; and IBM's new CEO challenged employees to embrace hybrid cloud. Vodafone Cut Costs 50% With VMware Telco Cloud VMware Claims SD-WAN Dominance Over Cisco Cisco SD-WAN Strikes Back Against VMware IBM CEO Throws Down Hybrid-Cloud Challenge

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap: April 3, 2020 Plus, VMware pulls its 2021 guidance due to COVID-19 concerns, and Microsoft previews its Azure Edge Zones CloudGenix had been targeting Cisco in the SD-WAN space; VMware pulled its 2021 guidance; and Microsoft drives its cloud to the edge. Palo Alto Folds CloudGenix in $420M SASE Play VMware Pulls 2021 Guidance Citing COVID-19 Risk Microsoft Dives Into 5G With Azure Edge Zones

March 27, 2020 Plus, Microsoft nips Amazon in Forrester's cloud rankings, and white hats attack the COVID-19 virusThe surge in remote workers is teaching Cisco a lot; Microsoft, Amazon, and Google were designated market leaders; and white hats target COVID-19 research. What Cisco Networking Learned During the Pandemic Microsoft Skins AWS in Forrester Cloud Ranking White Hat Hackers Fight COVID-19, Donate GPUs for a Cure

March 20, 2020 Plus, Microsoft Teams buckles under European pressure, and Verizon commits $500M more to bolster its network Oracle posts strong results despite virus concerns; Microsoft Teams glitch highlights collaboration pressure; and Verizon boosts its capex plans. Coronavirus No Match for Oracle’s Larry Ellison Larry Ellison’s Oracle Customer-Win Claim ‘Inaccurate’ Remote Worker Influx Strains Collaboration Services Verizon Boosts Capex $500M to Deal With Coronavirus Impact

Weekly Wrap for March 13, 2020 Plus, Juniper jumps on SONiC, and vendors scramble to virtualize their trade shows The Sweden-based vendor cited Viptela's remote provisioning; Juniper throws support behind SONiC; and Microsoft, Dell, and Red Hat scramble to virtualize events. Telia Taps Cisco Viptela SD-WAN Juniper Jumps Aboard SONiC Train COVID-19 Pushes Microsoft, Dell, Red Hat to Virtualize Events

Weekly Wrap for March 6, 2020 Plus, Palo Alto Networks updates its Demisto platform, and Nutanix is sunk by coronavirus fears The telecom giant cited "headcount rationalization" as a cost-cutting option; Palo Alto adds more security automation; and coronavirus fears impact Nutanix's outlook. AT&T Puts More Jobs on the Chopping Block Palo Alto Networks Adds X Factor to $560M Demisto Buy Nutanix Hammered by Coronavirus-Tainted Outlook

Weekly Wrap for Feb. 28, 2020 Plus, Cisco unifies its security, and DigitalOcean grabs a financial life preserver The SAP re-org runs up to its board; Cisco SecureX combines a lot into a cloud-native package; and DigitalOcean grabs a $300M lifeline. SAP Revamps Org Structure, Exits 2 Board Members Cisco SecureX Unifies Network, Cloud, Endpoint Security DigitalOcean Grabs $300M Life Preserver

Weekly Wrap for Feb. 21, 2020 Plus, Arista finally makes Big Switch deal official, and the U.S. intensifies its battle with Huawei The RSA deal includes the upcoming RSA security conference; the Big Switch deal was an Arista bright spot; and Huawei is charged with theft and espionage. Dell Sells RSA Security Biz for $2.075 Billion Arista Finally Makes Big Switch Official, Disappoints in Q4 US Charges Huawei With Theft, Espionage Huawei Fails to Reverse Federal Ban

Weekly Wrap for Feb. 14, 2020 Plus, Cisco CEO claims U.S. 5G supply chain is healthy, and T-Mobile scores a big court ruling GSMA cancels this year's MWC Barcelona event; Cisco CEO tells U.S. government to butt out; and T-Mobile moves closer to closing its Sprint deal. Coronavirus Kills MWC Barcelona Cisco’s Robbins: US Should Not Invest in 5G Companies T-Mobile Scores Court OK to Buy Sprint

Weekly Wrap for Feb. 7, 2020 Plus Cisco scores a 400GbE router deal with Telia Carrier and an SD-WAN deal with TPx Communications Supply chain security flaws are expected to increase; Telia Carrier is the first with a Cisco 400GbE upgrade; and TPx adds Cisco Meraki's SD-WAN. NSA Ranks Cloud Security Risks Cisco Routers Power Telia Carrier 400GbE Network Cisco Meraki SD-WAN Sashays Into TPx Communications SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript Today is February 7, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. The National Security Agency released a report that found four specific cloud security risks account for a vast majority of known security flaws. Those risks include misconfiguration, poor access control, shared tenancy vulnerabilities, and supply chain vulnerabilities. The misconfiguration issue is the most common and is linked to cloud service policy mistakes or misunderstanding of shared responsibility. This most often arises from the rapid pace of innovation from cloud service providers that can add complexity to securely configuring an organization’s cloud resources. Poor access control happens when companies have weak authentication methods in place to allow access to cloud resources, or when these cloud resources have flaws that enable attackers to bypass these methods. The NSA deems this vulnerability widespread and says it requires a moderate level of sophistication to pull off. Shared tenancy vulnerabilities are admittedly rare and require a high level of sophistication. But the NSA noted that these types of vulnerabilities in cloud hypervisors or container platforms can be especially severe. Supply chain security flaws also remain rare and require highly sophisticated attackers. However, the report states that they are becoming more common and they expect to see an increase in these types of attacks this year. Cisco scored a significant win this week as Sweden-based Telia Carrier became its first customer to launch a 400-gigabit Ethernet-ready network based on Cisco’s cloud-scale routing platform. The network uses Cisco’s NCS5500 series routers, which it first unveiled in mid-2015. That platform was initially developed to support 100-gigabit speeds per port for wide area network aggregation, with Cisco last year adding 400-gigabit capabilities. Telia Carrier last year installed more than 10,000 new 100-gigabit ports using the Cisco platfo...

Weekly Wrap for Jan. 31, 2020 Plus, VMware and AT&T are slashing jobs The virtualization giant will fight the ruling, and is also set to cut some jobs; and AT&T plans $1.5 billion in labor-cost savings tied to its SDN work. VMware Loses $237M Patent Infringement Lawsuit VMware ‘Rebalances’ Jobs Following 12-Month Buying Spree AT&T Employees Pay Price for SDN SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript Today is January 31, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. VMware plans to fight a $237 million jury decision that found the company guilty of infringing on patents held by a Canadian startup. A federal jury in Delaware awarded the damages after it agreed with Densify that VMware had infringed on patents tied to virtualization services. Those patents cover technology that enables multiple computer systems to run on a single server. Densify is a Toronto-based startup that makes cloud and container resource management software. It was formerly known as Cibra before changing its name in 2017. The lawsuit claimed that VMware was using that technology as part of its vRealize Operations software product that provides operations management across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. VMware said it would appeal the decision, noting that it does not think it infringed on the patents. VMware this week also announced that it would be cutting a number of jobs tied to its recent buying spree. The company did not specify the exact number of layoffs or where in the company they would come from. Published reports indicated the cuts would impact several hundred jobs across its global organization. VMware explained that the move was tied to a rebalancing of its job force following a number of acquisitions it closed over the past year. Those deals have resulted in some redundancy and the company said it was looking to redistribute those impacted employees to other parts of its operations. VMware also noted that it has more job openings than the number of planned cuts. The company’s career page does currently list approximately 1,250 job openings. AT&T plans to cut $1.5 billion in labor-related costs this year tied to its ongoing network virtualization efforts. Those cuts are enabled by the carrier’s increased use of SDN technology that in turn supports a greater use of automation across its operations.

Weekly Wrap for Jan. 24, 2020 Plus, IBM scores a $1B bank deal, and a former Verizon exec launches a new security startup Big Switch will bolster Arista's enterprise play; IBM taps Red Hat as part of a bank IT overhaul; and Privafy goes after Palo Alto, VeloCloud. Arista Networks Buys Big Switch IBM Secures $1.1B Contract With Banco Sabadell Verizon Exec Launches Privafy, Challenges Firewall, SD-WAN, VPN Vendors SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Podcast Full Transcript Today is January 24, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. Arista Networks is buying SDN vendor Big Switch Networks in a move that will fill a big hole in Arista’s current cloud portfolio. Sources told SDxCentral that the deal is the biggest in Arista’s history, though exact financial terms were not known. The deal will integrate Big Switch’s Big Monitoring Fabric hybrid cloud visibility and security product into Arista’s enterprise platform. This is important as enterprise customers increasingly adopt multi-cloud environments and need tools to monitor and orchestrate workloads across their data centers and in public clouds. It also puts Arista in a better position to more directly compete against Cisco and its multi-cloud play. Sources noted that Big Switch had a long list of suitors it was speaking with over the past several months that wanted to bring its technology in house. The interested parties included several incumbent networking players like Cisco, Dell Technologies, VMware, Juniper Networks, and Extreme Networks. Big Switch previously partnered with Dell on its open networking product line, which takes aim at proprietary vendors including Arista and Cisco. The deal is Arista’s third acquisition following its purchase of cloud-managed WiFi firm Mojo Networks and low-latency field programmable gate away provider Metamako in mid-2018. IBM this week scored a 10-year, $1.1 billion contract to help Spain’s Banco Sabadell modernize its IT infrastructure and migrate its applications to the cloud. The agreement calls for IBM to migrate the financial institution’s existing applications to a hybrid cloud environment while helping the company keep up with security and regulatory requirements. IBM will leverage several assets from its recently acquired Red Hat business, including the Kubernetes-focused OpenShift platform. This will allow the bank to deploy an on-container architecture, cloud-native applications,

Weekly Wrap for Jan. 17, 2020 Plus, a Citrix ADC, Gateway bug is on the loose, and AT&T will deploy 5G at Nellis Air Force Base 5G competition has been rough on Nokia; Citrix promises a bug fix by month-end; and AT&T's 5G is set to fly. Nokia Cuts 180 Jobs With More to Come Citrix ACD, Gateway Bug Gets Even Uglier AT&T Wins 5G Contract for Nellis Air Force Base SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript Today is January 17, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. Nokia this week announced plans to cut 180 jobs in its home country of Finland as it continues to streamline its operating expenses and hinted that more cuts could be on the way. The vendor said the job cuts could begin as early as next week and are part of its ongoing attempt to slash $556 million in operational costs by the end of this year. Nokia counts 6,000 employees in its home country and said that it hired around 370 employees in Finland last year. Those hires came as part of a broader commitment to increase its investment in 5G technology and automation. But first the vendor must get through its current slump that it forecast will last through the end of this year. Company executives have blamed its reduced near-term outlook on high costs associated with its first generation 5G products, challenges in China, and pricing pressure in early 5G deals. The company expects its recovery efforts to result in improved financial performance in 2021, but the reduced guidance contrasts with Nordic rival Ericsson, which is forecasting growth through 2020. Nokia said it ended 2019 with 63 commercial 5G contracts. Citrix this week admitted that a fix for a security flaw in its Application Delivery Controller and Gateway products might not be available until later this month. The vulnerability is present in more than 25,000 servers and was initially discovered last month. If exploited, the bug could allow an attacker to access private enterprise networks without authentication. Threat researchers at Bad Packets that discovered the flaw said that most of the impacted servers are located in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. They are being used by military and government systems, schools, hospitals and health care providers, utilities, financial institutions, and numerous Fortune 500 companies. A pair of security research groups have already released proof-of-concept exploit code for the vulnerability. Citrix’s chief information security officer explained in a blog post that patches for the bug...

Weekly Wrap for Dec. 20, 2019 Plus, Google expands its cloud security posture; and Cockroach Labs tests the cloud The SD-WAN space has become a numbers game; Google Cloud gets more secure; and the cloud giants are all the same. Fortinet Leapfrogs Cisco With 21,000 SD-WAN Customers Google Cloud Beefs Up Security With Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet Gap Narrows Between Azure, AWS, GCP in Cockroach Labs 2020 Report SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript Today is December 20, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. Fortinet this week said its FortiGate Secure SD-WAN technology has been adopted by 21,000 customers, which happens to just outpace the adoption recently reported by rival Cisco. The company’s customer count does line up with Gartner’s latest magic quadrant WAN (ran) edge report, which estimated Fortinet had approximately that many WAN edge customers. However, that report suggested that Fortinet's customers were primarily leveraging the company’s next-generation firewall or unified threat management capabilities. The vendor countered that concern by stating that its customer count reflects organizations that have specifically deployed the company’s SD-WAN technology. The platform has enjoyed steady growth over the past year as the company has earned service provider contracts at a regular clip, including lucrative contracts with Telenor Sweden, SoftBank, and Orange Business Services. Fortinet has also delivered a slew of integrations with leading public cloud providers Microsoft, Amazon, and most recently Google to bolster its cloud capabilities. Google Cloud announced partnerships with a handful of vendors as part of its ongoing effort to beef up its security and attract more enterprise customers to its cloud platform and services. Those vendors include Palo Alto Networks, McAfee, Qualys, and ForgeRock. With Palo Alto Networks, Google is developing a multi-cloud security framework for its Anthos hybrid-cloud platform and multi-cloud Kubernetes deployments. The McAfee deal is focused on endpoint security technology for Linux and Windows workloads, and for container security on Google Cloud infrastructure. Qualys is adding its cloud-based security and compliance p...

Weekly Wrap for Dec. 13, 2019 Plus, VMware and Silver Peak top Gartner's WAN Edge ranking; and VMware is banking on vSphere to topple Red Hat AWS' Outposts, Wavelengths are the nail in SD-WAN's coffin; Gartner favors VMware, Silver Peak WAN Edge; and VMware is targeting Red Hat's Kubernetes lead. Aviatrix CEO: SD-WAN Is Dead. AWS Killed It VMware, Silver Peak Lead SD-WAN Pack; Cisco, Riverbed Lose Ground VMware vSphere Key to Slicing Red Hat’s Kubernetes Head Start SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript Today is December 13, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. Aviatrix’s bombastic CEO Steve Mullaney said that Amazon’s recent announcements tied to its on-premises infrastructure and edge initiatives could spell the end of SD-WAN as we know it today. The executive cited Amazon’s Outposts on-premises platform that the cloud giant recently launched on a commercial basis and its newly announced Wavelengths edge platform as two that could increase the cloud focus for SD-WAN. Mullaney explained that those platforms will allow enterprises to shrink their own data centers that have typically been the home to their SD-WAN services. Instead, enterprises will increase their reliance on public cloud providers to host the data center and networking components that make up those services. Mullaney said that he expects Amazon’s cloud rivals Microsoft and Google will launch similar initiatives that will increase the opportunity for enterprises to migrate their SD-WAN services into the cloud. He did note that such a drastic move might not happen for another five years, but that at this point it’s inevitable and that today’s SD-WAN iteration is dead. Mullaney joined Aviatrix earlier this year claiming that the public cloud networking startup was going to aggressively take market share away from market stalwarts Cisco and VMware. VMware and Silver Peak continued to lead Gartner’s ranking of the market’s top WAN Edge infrastructure providers, while Cisco and Riverbed lost ground. Gartner’s Magic Quadrant rankings for 2019 had VMware and Silver Peak as the only inhabitants in the highly coveted “leaders” box in the market that is also closely tied to SD-WAN services. Those two vendors were cited for having the most complete platform available to ...

Weekly Wrap for Dec. 6, 2019 Plus, Juniper jams SD-LAN control into its SD-WAN management platform, and AWS partners with Verizon at the edge One former Google exec replaces another at Juniper; enterprises gain a new SD-branch management option; and Verizon gets on AWS' wavelength. Juniper CTO Bikash Koley Calls It Quits Juniper SD-WAN Now Handles SD-LAN AWS, Verizon Launch 5G Partnership at re:Invent SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript Today is November 22, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. Juniper Networks named a new CTO that will see the vendor exchange one former Google executive for another. The company noted in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing late last month that Bikash Koley would leave his CTO role effective January 3. Juniper followed up that discrete announcement with an official press release this week touting the hiring of Raj Yavatkar to that position. Yavatkar is currently an IEEE Fellow and previously headed the development of network virtualization infrastructure and products for cloud networking at Google. Prior to Google, Yavatkar held leadership roles at VMware and Intel. Koley joined Juniper from Google in 2017. The hire was quite a coup for the networking vendor, which at the time had seen declining router and security business revenue and struggled to sell its technology strategy. During his tenure with the cloud giant, Koley designed Google’s production network infrastructure, spanning data center, backbones, optical, and the content edge. His team also oversaw Google’s SDN evolution. After jumping ship for Juniper, he said his strategy was to make the network simple using automation and orchestration across a multi-cloud environment. Like his predecessor, Yavatkar will be tasked with advancing Juniper’s strategy of enabling highly automated, artificial intelligence-driven networks. Juniper this week also announced that its SD-WAN management console now includes support for its SD-LAN service that provides enterprises with a simplified approach to managing their SD-branch deployments. The SD-WAN enhancement allows users to now provision Juniper’s EX Series switches to manage LAN fabrics and configure LAN virtualization and security policies similar to how they control their SD-WAN environment. This should reduce the cost and complexity of managing those environments. The newly enhanced portal can also be used to show Mist wireless access points and launch the Mist cloud product to provisio...

Weekly Wrap for Nov. 22, 2019 Plus, Nokia expanded its software platform to Amazon, and Google acquired CloudSimple The burgeoning SASE market lures another entrant; Nokia strengthens its software ties to Amazon; and Google bought VMware-migrator CloudSimple. Palo Alto Networks Leaps Into SASE Market AWS Absorbs More of Nokia’s 5G-Focused Software Platform Google Buys CloudSimple, Challenges VMware Cloud on AWS SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript Today is November 22, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. Palo Alto Networks is the latest vendors to jump into the burgeoning secure access service edge bandwagon. The security vendor’s SASE bid is through a cloud-based SD-WAN and data loss prevention service that ties into its Prisma Access platform. The company said that the combination delivers an end-to-end networking and security service from a distributed platform that is based in the cloud. This aligns with Gartner’s SASE definition that states such platforms stitch together elements of edge computing, security, and wide-area networking into a single cloud-managed package. Palo Alto Networks explained that its SASE platform is different from competing SD-WAN offerings that compromise on security, add complexity, and deliver unpredictable performance when users are accessing cloud applications. The vendor also revamped its Panorama management console to allow for easier and more consistent application of security policies, and a rebuilt workflow for configuring and managing a SASE deployment. Others that have recently entered the nascent space include VMware, Cato Networks, Infoblox, and Open Systems. Nokia expanded the availability of its Common Software Foundation platform to Amazon Web Services. The vendor claims that the expansion is its first step toward delivering cloud native network functions and applications to help operators deploy 5G and digital services. The engineering collaboration will focus on 5G platforms like mobile core, network and service orchestrion, device management, and operational support systems. It will also push all of Nokia’s cloud-native network functions and applications to Amazon once they are released. Nokia currently offers customer experience, service fulfillment, and orchestration services through the cloud giant. Nokia explained that operators are increasingly looking to tap public cloud options to bolste...

Weekly Wrap for Nov. 15, 2019 Plus, Juniper tackles network monitoring, analytics, and troubleshooting, and Dell Technologies embraces an on-demand pricing model Juniper enhances its Mist AI platform and launches a new Contrail Insights option; and Dell gives customers three ways to pay. Juniper Guns for Cisco, Aruba With Mist AI Juniper Targets VMware, Data Center Complexity With Contrail Insights Michael Dell: The Future of Tech Is Autonomous SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript Today is November 15, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. Juniper Networks extended its Mist artificial intelligence engine to wired networks in a move that bolsters its competitive position against similar platforms from rivals Cisco and Aruba. The Mist platform now provides AI-powered service assurance to both wireless and wired networks within an enterprise. It does this by feeding switch telemetry data into the Mist microservices-based cloud and AI engine that can measure the user experience and provide performance metrics for IoT endpoints. It can also detect anomalies and proactively alert administrators when there is a deviation in switch performance. The wired integration also allows the AI engine to identify root cause of wired and wireless problems and can automate the remediation process. The launch is Juniper’s first step into what it calls the AI-driven enterprise space that will use AI and automation to troubleshoot and self-correct across the entire IT environment. The company explained that this means that wireless access, wired access, data centers, SD-WAN, and security will overlap in an IT environment. A Juniper executive also noted that the company’s Mist platform has captured large customers from rivals Cisco and Aruba, including the Orlando VA Medical Center, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, and the University of Texas at Dallas. Juniper this week also launched its Contrail Insights platform that tackles network monitoring, analytics, and troubleshooting to deal with growing complexity within private cloud data centers. The platform integrates real-time and historical data, troubleshooting analysis, and overlay and underlay correlation. Customers can then use machine learning to see the entire data center and identify localized issues,

Weekly Wrap for Nov. 8, 2019 Plus, Amazon moves on Spain cloud data center, and Microsoft unveils multi-cloud Arc platform Security and SD-WAN are Fortinet’s focus; Amazon is bolstering its Spain presence; and Microsoft Arc branches across clouds. Fortinet Fortifies Firewall, SD-WAN Capabilities AWS to Open Cloud Data Centers in Spain Microsoft Azure Arc Arcs Data Across AWS, Google Cloud SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Podcast Full Transcript Today is November 8, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. Fortinet updated the performance of its firewall platform to better support the networking and security requirements of SD-WAN services. That firewall platform includes a new security processor that supports security compute rates up to 15-times better than the industry average. The specially designed chip also provides security gains over platforms that typically leverage generic CPUs for security. Fortinet claims the new firewall allows customers to get around the bandwidth and latency challenges that hamper many SD-WAN deployments without compromising on security. The hardware also consolidates security functions as well as routing and SD-WAN into a single appliance. Fortinet was recently ranked as the number four SD-WAN vendor by IHS Markit based on appliance and software revenue. Amazon said it will open cloud data centers in Spain in late 2022 or early 2023. The new region will include three availability zones at launch, and it will be the cloud giant’s seventh region in Europe. The company already has regions in Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Stockholm, and will launch a new Milan region early next year. It currently provides 69 availability zones across 22 infrastructure regions worldwide. In addition to Spain, Amazon plans to build 13 more availability zones and three more regions in Indonesia, Italy, and South Africa. The company already has two edge locations and two offices in Madrid as well as an office in Barcelona. An Amazon executive noted that developers in those two cities are already using its cloud platform to build applications that span retail management, entertainment, analytics for online advertising, investment recommendations, and social scoring. Amazon currently holds about 40 percent of the worldwide public cloud market share, which is more than the next three cloud providers combined. Those smaller rivals include Microsoft, Google, and Alibaba. Microsoft launched its Azure Arc platform that extends its Azure control plane across rival cloud provider and on-premises locations.

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Nov. 1, 2019 Plus, HPE takes on VMware with AI-powered HCI, and Verizon touts 5G scenarios amid "worrisome signs" Cisco’s calls IBN the next “IT girl” of networking; HPE Takes On VMware; Verizon, SAP announced joint effort to drive digital transformation Cisco Networking Trends Report: ‘Intent-Based Networking Is Coming’ HPE Takes On VMware With AI-Powered HCI Verizon Touts 5G Scenarios Amid ‘Worrisome Signs’ SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Podcast Full Transcript Today is November 1, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure.   This episode of the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Cisco’s 2020 Global Networking Trends Report says intent-based networking will be the next big thing in the coming years. Intent-based networking is the concept of managing a network, end-to-end, on one interface through the use of DevOps and software-defined networking, or SDN. The idea is that SDN provides a natural, solid foundation for an IT infrastructure evolution where added DevOps capabilities will afford network operators more control over network operations. Cisco conducted a web-based survey of 505 IT leaders and 1,566 network strategists across 13 countries. It asked about the current state of their networks, their network aspirations over the next two years, and their network operational and talent readiness.  The survey found maximizing business value to be IT’s number 1 priority with 40 percent of respondents naming it their top concern. While only 28 percent of respondents indicated having implemented SDN or intent-based networking, 78 percent expect their networks to move beyond SDN or intent-based networking within the next two years. Likewise, only 4 percent indicated that their currently deployed networks are intent-based, and 35 percent plan to be within two years. Of course, Cisco has a vested interested in promoting intent-based networking. The vendor first announced its efforts in July 2017 and has since rolled out these capabilities across its entire networking portfolio. The next phase of software-defined infrastructure is artificial intelligence- powered hyperconverged infrastructure, according to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. To this end, the vendor this week started shipping its HCI product SimpliVity with Infosight, its AI management tool. HPE also added one-click HCI cluster upgrades and integration with its data protection software. HPE expects these new AI based capabilities to help it gain market share in the hotly contested HCI sector.  Dell EMC, running VMware software, remains the largest HCI supplier with $533.2 million in revenue and a 29.2 percent market share, according to IDC’s latest quarterly report. HPE,

Weekly Wrap for Oct. 25, 2019 Plus, Amazon moves into data centers with VMware, and Red Hat powers IBM's Q3 results Pensando wants to democratize the cloud; Amazon continues its enterprise push; and will Red Hat justify its price tag? Ex-Cisco Execs Launch Pensando, Target Amazon Amazon Moves Into Data Centers With VMware Red Hat Shields IBM’s Woeful Q3 SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Podcast Full Transcript Today is October 25, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. A handful of former Cisco executives finally unveiled their long-simmering plans to take on Amazon’s dominance in the cloud space. Those efforts are based on Pensando Systems, which is the brainchild of Silicon Valley legends Mario Mazzola, Prem Jain, Luca Cafiero , and Soni Jiandani. Former Cisco CEO John Chambers is also an investor in the venture and was named chairman of the company’s board. Pensando is offering a distributed service platform that provides programmable, software-defined cloud, compute, networking, storage, and security services. More importantly, they claim the platform is cloud and infrastructure agnostic, and that it outperforms Amazon’s internally used Nitro product. Hardware for the platform includes a programmable distributed services card that can be installed in any server and scales linearly. This allows customers to offer a number of software-defined services simultaneously, while freeing up more expensive hardware resources like general-purpose CPU cycles. It’s also compatible with virtual machines, bare-metal servers, and containerized workloads. The platform includes a lifecycle management tool that applies policies from a central location across all active nodes running in clouds and on-premises infrastructure. And it can perform in-service software upgrades and provide always-on telemetry and visibility across the entire infrastructure. Rumors of the venture first surfaced in 2017, and it has already raised $278 million in funding. Amazon recently launched the commercial version of its Relational Database Service that runs in data centers using VMware. The RDS platform allows customers to deploy the public cloud-native database in their on-premises VMware-based data centers. This will support self-provisioning of databases; the ability to scale compute, storage, and memory for those databases; and deploy in high-availability configurations by replicating to different VMware clusters.

Weekly Wrap for Oct. 18, 2019 Plus, Ericsson predicts a $700 billion enterprise 5G opportunity for service providers, and T-Mobile US got its FCC approval to buy Sprint Many have questioned AWS' open source moves; Ericsson values the 5G-enabled enterprise space at $1.5 trillion by 2030; and the T-Mobile-Sprint deal clears a hurdle. AWS Makes It Rain, Extends Credits to Open Source Projects Ericsson Eyes $700B 5G Growth Opportunity for Service Providers FCC Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Merger, Uncertainty Remains Sprint Warns of Imminent Doom If Merger Fails SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript Today is October 18, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. Amazon this week extended its promotional credits program toward open source projects that run within its cloud ecosystem. The extension moves on Amazon’s already standing promotional credit offer. To get the open source directed credits, a user needs an active Amazon account, and the company explained that eligible projects generally need be licensed under an Open Source Initiative-approved license. However, it added that commonly-used licenses that are not OSI approved should also apply for possible recognition. The company explained that the credits are typically used for upstream and performance testing, continuous integration and continuous delivery, or storage of artifacts on Amazon Cloud. The move is notable as the cloud giant has racked up some bad debt with a number of open source companies regarding how it uses open source projects within the AWS cloud. Ericsson released a new 5G for business report that predicts service providers could capture up to $700 billion in new revenue from enterprise-related efforts based on the new telecom standard. The report claims that service providers will control 47 percent of the total 5G-enabled market that is expected to be served by information and communications technology players. And that 5G-enabled revenues in the wider information and communications technology space will near $1.5 trillion by 2030. The vendor is encouraging network operators to look beyond traditional mobile services for new revenues in areas like the internet of things, private networks,

Weekly Wrap for October 11, 2019 Plus, Silver Peak and Versa tout their SD-WAN stats, and reports suggest the U.S. government will subsidize Huawei rivals One analyst cites climate change for AT&T's $2 billion sale; Silver Peak and Versa puff out their chests; and the U.S. continues to target Huawei. AT&T Abandons Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands Silver Peak Surpasses 1,500 SD-WAN Deployments Versa SD-WAN License Sales Top 200,000 VMware, Cisco, and Aryaka Continue to Dominate SD-WAN Sales US Eyes Nokia, Ericsson Subsidies to Fight Huawei SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript Today is October 1, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. AT&T this week announced plans to sell its wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Liberty Latin America for nearly $2 billion. The deal includes wireless spectrum, real estate, around 1.1 million wireless customers and approximately 1,300 AT&T employees. Analysts noted that the deal was driven by multiple factors. These included AT&T attempting to relieve its enormous debt load that has ballooned to as high as $180 billion. Much of that came from its recent acquisition of Time Warner and its past deal to acquire DirecTV. Company executives have said that they are focused on reducing that debt. Analysts also noted that the deal is also one of the first driven by climate change. Roger Entner of Recon Analytics cited recent hurricanes that have devastated the Caribbean as having taken a toll on AT&T’s desire to continue operating networks in the region. He stated that it was a no-win situation for AT&T to hold onto those assets considering climate change. AT&T said it expects the deal to close by the middle of next year. SD-WAN rivals Silver Peak and Versa Networks this week traded boasts about the success of their respective platforms. Silver Peak kicked off the back-slapping by stating it had surpassed 1,500 customer deployments of its EdgeConnect platform since its launch four years ago. Some of those deployments include deals with telecom giants NTT and Verizon. Versa countered that announcement by claiming it has sold 200,000 SD-W...

Weekly Wrap Podcast for October 4, 2019 Plus, Qualcomm links AI and mobile edge computing to 5G, and Docker is searching for funds AT&T wants a powerful box for its 5G plans; Qualcomm thinks its 5G approach is unique; and Docker signals it needs money. AT&T Lobs White Box Router Design at OCP Qualcomm Paints Strategic Contrasts in Cloud, AI, Edge Kubernetes Shadow Hangs Over Docker Financial Squeeze SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript Today is October 4, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution. AT&T submitted specifications for a distributed disaggregated chassis white box router to the Open Compute Project. The design is targeted at the provider edge and the core routers that comprise the global IP common backbone, which is the core network that carries all IP traffic. The specifications call for two-line cards and a fabric system. Both of those line cards are required to support 13 400G fabric facing ports. Those components are unique as they are to be built as standalone white boxes with their own power supplies, fans, and controllers. They will also use external cabling instead of a backplane to interconnect the devices. AT&T said this approach will improve horizontal scale-out as the system capacity will no longer be limited by the physical size or the backplane’s electrical conductance. It will also simplify the cooling of critical components compared with traditional router chassis. The specifications are based on Broadcom’s Jericho 2 system on a chip that the carrier said is ideal for the application because it has deep buffers, route scale, and port density that service providers require. That chipset has also been optimized for 400G interfaces that are essential for the carrier as it upgrades its network to support 5G services. Qualcomm executives think their approach to cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and mobile edge computing is unique in the market and that those technologies are going to have a big impact on 5G deployments. Speaking at a recent event held at its headquarters in San Diego, Qualcomm CTO Jim Thompson said that the company views AI as playing a big role in its vision for what it terms the edge cloud. He explained that Qualcomm’s focus has been on deep neural networks and deep learning for resource constrained devices like those being deployed at the edge of a network. Thompson noted that AI is good for consuming large amounts of data, which is expected to increase as carriers deploy 5G services at the network edge.

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Sept. 27, 2019 Plus, Kubernetes blows Containership off course and skinks the container management company for good. Stateless announced the general availability of its Luxon platform, the company says “five of the top five” cloud and colocation service providers are testing it. Ericsson Bribery Scandal Cuts Deep, Surpassing $1B Penalty Kubernetes Kills Containership’s Cruise Stateless’ Software-Defined Interconnect Battles NFV, SD-WAN Full Weekly Wrap Transcript Today is September 27, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure. Ericsson expects to lose $1.23 billion in a potential settlement and related costs to resolve ethics breaches spanning six countries. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice have been investigating the vendor since 2013 and 2015, respectively, over an alleged kickback scheme. Ericsson fired 50 people last year following an internal investigation into the scandal and has been apologetic and generally forthcoming about the financial impact of the ongoing inquiry. The company hasn’t disclosed details about the ethics breaches, but the scope of the investigation goes back decades, covers a wide area of geographic regions and businesses, and is at least partially related to a payment system dating back to the ‘90s. The steep penalty also comes amid an ongoing turnaround period for the vendor wherein the company has aggressively cut costs and focused on the 5G radio access network space for growth. Containership announced it will be docking its boat for good on October 31. The container management company, which launched in early 2015, is the latest vendor to fall victim to the rise of Kubernetes as the de facto container orchestration platform. Containership founder and CTO Norman Joyner explained that the company was unable to adequately monetize its operations in light of Kubernetes’ rise. This included a failed attempt to pivot its Containership Cloud operations toward a more Kubernetes focused platform. It also tried adding support for other cloud players like Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Packet. Unfortunately, the rise of Kubernetes and broad adoption of that container orchestration platform by the large cloud players limited the need for an outside vendor. Software-defined interconnect startup Stateless today announced the general availability of its Luxon platform. It also said all five of the top cloud and colocation service providers are testing it. The multi-tenant platform enables composable Layer 3 network services and runs on commodity hardware. The startup competes against vendors like Cisco and Juniper Networks, which have