Happy Friday to everyone! Miss the news? Don’t worry, the SDxCentral weekly news roundup is here to deliver the news bits surrounding software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), and more. Get ready, ‘cuz it’s coming atcha:

Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile performed the first field trial of a virtualized radio access network-based architecture founded on NFV. Conducted at Tisinghua University in Beijing, the test is one of the stepping stones to introducing 5G networks.

NTT and Fortinet partnered up to deliver security service around the globe.

Despite having its own public cloud, Rackspace will now also support Microsoft Azure. While it might seem like a conflict of interest, Rackspace has long been involved with Microsoft, dating back to the 90s when it backed Windows NT 4.0.

Zadara's Virtual Private Storage Array (VPSA) platform is now offered as part of the Orixcom portfolio to give customers a cheaper option for data storage.

Google announced that its Windows Server for Google Compute Engine is now generally available.

Juniper Networks welcomed new executives Susan Lovegren as senior vice president of HR and Bob Worrall as senior vice president and CIO.

The Mesosphere SDK and developer program has been unveiled, offering services and tools to help create distributed services and applications on top of the company's Data Center Operating System (DCOS), with support for Java, Scala, Python, Go, and C++.

Nokia released Nokia Eden-NET, a combination of Eden Rock Self Organizing Networks (SON) functionality and the company's own iSON Manager. The new product, coming from the acquisition of Eden Rock, should enhance performance and reliability of automation for mobile networks, and empower operators to modify and design new SON modules to alleviate specific problem areas.

Metaswitch was chosen by Armstrong Utilities for its multi-system operator (MSO) network.

Wind River's Titanium Server was validated for use as NFV infrastructure (NFVI) software on the Nokia AirFrame Data Center Solution.

In a collaborated offering, 3scale API management service will now be available through the Pivotal Web Services (PWS) platform. Users can now provision 3scale accounts directly from the PWS marketplace.

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