Microsoft and Lumen plan joint sales of AI networking services
AI · First reported 2 Nov, 20:31 · Updated 20:46
Microsoft and Lumen Technologies say they will work together to sell networking services to large companies moving AI workloads to Azure. Lumen plans to make its full cloud-networking range available on Azure, while the companies also plan to explore links with Microsoft’s AI-agent tools; they gave no timeline or deal figures.
- Microsoft and Lumen will jointly sell networking to large companies moving AI work to Azure.
- Lumen plans to bring its full cloud-networking range to Azure, and the firms’ sales teams will work together on overlapping network, cloud-migration and AI deals.
- The companies also plan to explore using their networks with Microsoft’s AI-agent tools; they gave no figures or timeline.
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- Microsoft and Lumen Technologies
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- Large companies moving AI work to Azure
- Existing Marketplace product
- Alkira, available through Microsoft’s online store for business software
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- $475 million, according to the report
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- The firms gave no figures or timeline for the plans described
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- An earlier Lux story reported that Microsoft priced a $25 billion bond sale and said proceeds would support general corporate purposes, including capital spending. [0f2548ec-ec93-45eb-925e-67f35203887a]
- An earlier Lux story’s headline described OpenAI, Google and Microsoft standardizing AI training opt-out syntax for websites. [4b012347-373d-45cb-ae63-a9d400f3db78]
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