Happy Friday, everyone! Miss this week's headlines? Don’t worry, the SDxCentral weekly news roundup is here to inform you on all the happenings surrounding software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), and more. Get ready, ‘cuz it’s coming atcha:

Prior to next week's VMworld, the titular company announced some executive changes. VMware CTO Ben Fathi resigned after three and a half years, with Ray O'Farrell stepping in as both CTO and chief development officer.

Separately, VMware might be cutting back development on vCloud Air, its hybrid cloud offering, according to CRN. You'll recall that VMware parent company EMC is acquiring a vCloud Air competitor, Virtustream, for $1.2 billion, a deal announced in May.

Richard Steranka joined Intel Security to lead its channel efforts. He previously worked at Avaya.

Extreme Networks became the latest member of the VMware NSX partner program. The two are working together to integrate Extreme's Summit x670-G2 and Summit x770 series switches with the NSX platform.

Ciena brought more features and devices to its 5430 Packet-Optical Platform this week, by adding up to 15 Tb/s of capacity, as well as five times more port density. In addition to the new capabilities, the 5430 will also be used by SK Telecom to upgrade service for its wireless infrastructure.

TIBCO made plans to acquire Mashery, an API management company, in a deal that is expected to finalize in the next few weeks. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Nokia announced a joint venture with investment firm China Huaxin, a move aimed at assuring China's approval for Nokia's pending acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent. Speaking of which ...

Alcatel-Lucent CEO Michel Combes, set to leave his post next Tuesday, has been hired by Altice founder, Patrick Drahi, as chairman and COO of Numericable-SFR.

Here’s what else SDxCentral covered lately: