Microsoft and Lumen Technologies, a communications service provider, announced a partnership to use the Microsoft Cloud to further drive Lumen’s digital transformation. In addition, Microsoft has chosen Lumen to expand its network capacity and capability to meet the growing demand for its data centers.
Lumen will migrate and modernize its workloads to Microsoft Azure and use Microsoft Entra solutions to safeguard access and prevent identity attacks.
By using Microsoft’s cloud and AI technology, Lumen can lower its overall technology costs, get rid of old systems and isolated information, improve its services, and develop new solutions.
“Azure’s advanced global infrastructure helps customers and partners quickly adapt to changing economic conditions, accelerate technology innovation, and transform their business with AI,” said Erin Chapple, corporate vice president of Azure Core Product and Design, Microsoft. . “We are committed to partnering with Lumen to help deliver on their transformation goals, reimagine cloud connectivity and AI synergies, drive business growth, and help customers achieve more.”
Microsoft is playing a leading role in ushering in the era of AI, offering tools and platforms like Azure OpenAI Service, Microsoft Copilot, and others to help people be more creative and more productive and to help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges.
Lumen’s Private Connectivity Fabric is a custom network that will strengthen the connectivity capabilities between Microsoft’s data centers by providing the network capacity, performance, stability, and speed customers need as data demands increase.
“Microsoft has an ambitious vision for AI, and this level of innovation requires a network that can make it a reality. Lumen’s expansive network meets this challenge with unique routes, unmatched coverage, and a digital platform built to give companies the flexibility, access, and security they need to create an AI-enabled world,” said Kate Johnson, president and CEO of Lumen Technologies.
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