Here are the other stories we're following today:
> Tom Nolle, president of CIMI Corp., writes about whether SDN in 5G technology could scale enough to move it beyond the data center and into the WAN. TechTarget article
> Buoyed by the work of Korea Telecom, South Korea is among the world's leading markets for blockchain, according to this report by GlobalData. Press release
> China President Xi Jingping is embracing technology companies such as Alibaba and Tencent to further his political agenda. New York Times article