Lumen Technologies and Microsoft have announced an expanded co-selling collaboration to help enterprises connect the data, applications and infrastructure that power AI workloads.
Lumen provides Azure customers with the simplified connectivity and resilient, high-performance network foundation needed to put AI to work. As part of the expanded collaboration, Lumen also intends to bring its full suite of cloud networking and application connectivity capabilities to Azure, expanding how customers can access and deploy Lumen through Microsoft’s cloud and AI ecosystem.
“AI is reshaping where applications run and how organizations use and move data,” said Katy Brown, corporate vice president, Americas Markets and Industries at Microsoft. “Microsoft is committed to giving customers choice as they connect existing environments to Azure. Our work with Lumen is focused on helping customers align their broader network transformation with their Azure cloud and AI priorities, while taking advantage of Azure’s native networking, security, scale, and innovation.”
“Enterprises are moving quickly to adopt AI, but many are still figuring out how to connect the data, applications, and infrastructure behind it,” added Ryan Asdourian, chief strategy and marketing officer at Lumen. “Together with Microsoft, we’re bringing cloud, network, and AI planning together earlier and putting AI to work more effectively.”
Through expanded co-sell efforts, Microsoft and Lumen intend to extend joint account planning engagement around enterprise opportunities where network modernization, Azure cloud platform migration and AI transformation increasingly converge.
The companies also plan to identify opportunities to bring additional Lumen capabilities to Azure and Microsoft Marketplace over time.
