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Welcome to the special VMworld 2020 edition of the Bits & Bytes’ news blog. Here we share news and insights from across VMworld 2020, VMware and the technology industry that caught our attention, so you don’t miss a beat. Let us know in the comments below how we can improve this service and enjoy!

VMware Bits

• VMware Global Impact Report 2020
• 2020 FierceTelecom Rising Star — VMware’s Sachin Katti
• New Zealand’s largest telco says its bet on IaaS paid off in pandemic
• VMware SD-WAN, SASE Expands to the Equinix Network Edge
• MinIO Enters VMware Mothership With vSAN Data Persistence Platform Launch
• Upcoming Event | Webinar: Modernising the Telco Cloud | The Move to Cloud-Native | October 14

VMworld 2020 Best Bits

• Lumen Teams With VMware to Expand Edge Compute Capabilities for the 4th Industrial Revolution
• VMware Announces Future Ready Workforce Solutions to Address the Needs of the Distributed Workforce
• VMware Delivers Intrinsic Security to the World’s Digital Infrastructure
• VMware Empowers Customers to Build their Multi-Cloud Future
• VMware Expands Tanzu Portfolio and Partnerships to Accelerate Customers’ Infrastructure and Application Modernization Efforts
• VMware Unveils Project Monterey: Re-Imagining Hybrid Cloud Architecture to Support Next-Generation Applications
• VMware Delivers the Next Wave of Virtual Cloud Network Innovation to Connect and Protect Today’s Distributed, Multi-Cloud Enterprise
• Advancing VMware’s Cloud Automation Capabilities with Intent to Acquire SaltStack
• VMware and NVIDIA to Enable Next-Gen Hybrid Cloud Architecture and Bring AI to Every Enterprise
• VMworld 2020 On-Demand

Technology Bytes

• Telcos need to get in shape for the rush to the edge
• What’s the edge? Is that a riddle like ‘Who’s on first?’
• Industry Voices—Madden: Is ORAN really cheaper?
• Worldwide Spending on Edge Computing Will Reach $250 Billion in 2024, According to a New IDC Spending Guide

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