Happy Friday, 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:

Google announced collaborations with CloudFlare, Fastly, Highwinds, and Level 3 Communications as part of CDN Interconnect, a part of the Google Cloud Interconnect suite. This means that joint customers of these companies will now enjoy lower prices for in-region Cloud Platform egress traffic.

FireEye appointed Michael Berry as senior vice president and CFO. His previously held the CFO position at Informatica.

Verizon has its sights set on 5G. While most accounts say 5G wireless technology would come to the U.S. after 2020, Verizon says it is in the position to start trials next year. 5G "sandboxes" are currently being made in Waltham, Mass. and San Francisco.

Microsoft bought cloud security company Adallom. Details surrounding the deal were not disclosed.

Netskope closed a $75 million Series D funding led by Iconiq Capital. Previous investors also continued to fund the cloud access security broker, bringing the total funding to more than $130 million.

Docker Inc. brought former Twitter exec Mike Gupta on as its new CFO. The Wall Street Journal talked to Gupta to find out more about the transition.

Alcatel-Lucent trimmed the separation agreement for outgoing CEO Michel Combes. The company had drawn complaints in its native France for giving Combes millions amid times of high unemployment. Combes, who will be come COO of Altice after Nokia completes its acquisition of AlcaLu, will now receive $7.9 million, rather than $15.7 million, over three years, eWeek calculates.

Here’s what else SDxCentral covered lately: