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Intel Drops Interim, Names Bob Swan Permanent CEO
Seven months after being named Interim CEO, Intel makes it official.
Extreme Networks CEO: Huawei Security Concerns Play Out in Data Center Networking, Too
Ed Meyercord noted a customer win against Huawei and said security concerns about the Chinese vendor are “creating an opportunity for us in the marketplace.”
Fortanix Raises $23M Series B Led by Intel
“We joke that our goal is to have the CIA run sensitive applications in China on Ali Cloud,” using Fortanix security software, CEO Ambuj Kumar says.
Juniper CEO ‘Disappointed’ With Q4 Revenue, Weak Cloud Sales Persist
Rami Rahim said new products, including an MX line card targeting carrier 5G deployments, a new 400G platform, and silicon photonics capabilities, will return Juniper to growth during the second half of the year.
Cumulus and Nutanix Integrate HCI, Open Networking
The partnership also allows Cumulus to battle Cisco. “That’s what we do everyday, and having a better story for Nutanix customers is just one more way to do that,” Cumulus CEO Josh Leslie says.
Cisco Pushes ACI to AWS and Azure, Embraces ‘Data Center Anywhere’ Strategy
It sounds similar to VMware’s “NSX everywhere” push, which seeks to stretch that vendor’s networking and security capabilities from data centers to clouds and the edge.
ExtraHop CEO Sets His Sights on Becoming a Half-Billion-Dollar Security Firm
ExtraHop CEO Arif Kareem is also positioning the software provider for an IPO in the next 24 months. But he’s quick to add, “that’s not our end goal.”
Vodafone Suspends Huawei Networking Equipment Purchases
The carrier said it will “pause” buying Huawei equipment for its core mobile networks in Europe while Western governments work to clear up security concerns.
McAfee Cuts 200 Employees as Buyout Rumors Persist
Thoma Bravo, the private equity firm rumored to want to buy McAfee, spent billions scooping up security companies in 2018. It also approached Symantec about acquiring that company.
Intel Still Doesn’t Have a CEO, Reports Q4 Revenue Miss
Intel has been on the hunt for a new CEO for more than seven months. Pundits expected the chipmaker to announce a new chief executive before or on its earnings call today.
Linux Foundation Launches LF Edge Group With 5 Projects
The new group’s list of founding members reads like a who’s who of chipmakers, telecommunications companies, cloud providers, edge infrastructure vendors, and others.
IBM’s Multi-Million Dollar Cloud Wins Keep on Coming
Another day, another multi-million dollar cloud deal for IBM, which signed a $260 million agreement with the Bank of the Philippine Islands.
IBM Boasts Another Big Win, Touts Hybrid Cloud Prowess
One analyst puts the eight-year cloud deal France’s largest bank “around or somewhat above $2 billion.”
Cohesity Fights Ransomware, Dips Its Toes Into Security
The vendor added new capabilities to its data backup platform that prevent, detect, and respond to ransomware attacks.
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.
AT&T Outlines 3 Pillars of Its 5G Strategy
They are mobile 5G, fixed wireless, and edge computing, and AT&T says it is building its networks to allow “LTE to work efficiently in parallel with 5G.” “
Security VC Funding Hit Record $5.3 Billion in 2018
But “this rate of investment is not sustainable,” Strategic Cyber Ventures warns. There are likely many security “zombies” that initially raised big rounds but now growth has slowed.
Microsoft Adds AzureDevOps Bug Bounty, Offers $20K Rewards
This isn’t Microsoft’s first bounty program. Its largest reward offers up to $250,000 for finding critical flaws in its Hyper-V hypervisor.
Blockchain for Multi-Cloud Management? WANdisco’s Down to Boogie
It uses consensus technology to maintain the perception of a single server system performing at LAN-speed, but in a distributed environment in which the servers may be thousands of miles apart.
New Malware Uninstalls Cloud Security Products, Unit 42 Researchers Say
The new code can uninstall agent-based security software by Tencent Cloud and Alibaba Cloud, the top two cloud providers in China.