TOKYO & REDMOND, Wash.-Thursday 12 December 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE) --
NTT Corporation (NTT) and Microsoft Corp. today announced a multi-year
strategic alliance aimed at delivering secure and reliable solutions
that help enterprise customers accelerate their digital transformations.
The alliance will bring together NTT’s best-in-class ICT
infrastructure, managed services and cybersecurity expertise, with
Microsoft’s trusted cloud platform and AI technologies. Key initiatives
of the alliance include the creation of a Global Digital Fabric,
development of digital enterprise solutions built on Microsoft Azure,
and co-innovation of next-generation technologies in the area of
all-photonics network and digital twin computing.
As
one of the world’s largest global technology and business solution
organizations, NTT provides integrated services that include digital
business consulting and managed services for cybersecurity,
applications, cloud, datacenters and global networks in over 190
countries and regions. As part of the strategic alliance, NTT has chosen
Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform for modernizing its
global IT infrastructure and customer solutions in the areas of advanced
analytics for cybersecurity threat intelligence and the hybrid-IT
management platform.
“NTT
is committed to helping enterprises realize their digital
transformation initiatives to help create a smarter world. We believe
that the combination of the Microsoft Azure platform along with NTT’s
connected infrastructure and service delivery capabilities will
accelerate these efforts. Additionally, the companies will collaborate
on IOWN, including areas such as all-photonics network and digital twin computing,” said Jun Sawada, President and CEO of NTT.
“Our
strategic alliance combines NTT’s global infrastructure and services
expertise with the power of Azure,” said Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft.
“Together, we will build new solutions spanning AI, cybersecurity and
hybrid cloud, as we work to help enterprise customers everywhere
accelerate their digital transformation.”
Key initiatives of the alliance include:
1. Formation of a Global Digital Fabric
Global
Digital Fabric is a combination of Microsoft Cloud and NTT’s globally
connected ICT infrastructure. It brings together the strengths of the
two companies in the areas of productivity solutions, public cloud,
global datacenter and network infrastructure. The Global Digital Fabric
aims to create a highly sustainable, secure and robust environment for
enterprises to accelerate their digital ambitions around the world.
2. Development of digital enterprise solutions
The
alliance also covers the development of digital solutions built on
Microsoft Azure to empower enterprises to accelerate their digital
transformation and to operate more securely from the enterprise to the
edge to the cloud. Key initiatives include advanced analytics for
cybersecurity threat intelligence, social robotics with relational AI
for digital companions, digital workplace solutions, as well as
knowledge discovery and management.
3. Co-innovation of next-generation technologies
The alliance will also explore research and development of all-photonics network and digital twin computing as
part of NTT’s Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) concept.
The goal is to provide a more natural interaction between people, nature
and technology, and to support sustainable growth with an optical-based
networking and information processing platform of the future.
Furthermore,
NTT and Microsoft are committed to harnessing the power of technology
for a more sustainable future. The companies intend to work together to
invest in innovative projects that leverage technology to build on NTT’s
sustainability initiatives and Microsoft’s AI for Earth grants.
“NTT
and Microsoft have a long history of collaboration, and this strategic
alliance will further deepen our partnership. We share the same vision
of empowering enterprises and society with intelligent and secure
technologies for a better and more sustainable future,” said Jun Sawada,
President and CEO of NTT.
About NTT
NTT
is a global technology and business solutions provider helping clients
accelerate growth and innovate digital business models.
We
provide digital business consulting, technology and managed services
for cybersecurity, applications, workplace, cloud, data center and
networks – all supported by our deep industry expertise and innovation.
As
a top-five global IT services provider, our diverse teams deliver
services in 190+ countries and regions. We serve 85% of the Fortune
Global 100 companies and thousands of other clients and communities.
With a 120-year heritage of service and social responsibility we advocate and act for our clients and a sustainable world.
For more information on NTT, visit www.global.ntt.
About Microsoft
Microsoft
(Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era
of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to
empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve
more.
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Contacts
NTT
Public Relations
Tomoka Ito
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Microsoft Media Relations
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