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Telefónica’s decision to tap it for private wireless notably follows Microsoft’s acquisitions of Affirmed Networks and Metaswitch last year, which bolstered its telco chops. (Getty Images)
Telefonica tapped longtime strategic partner Microsoft to strengthen its private 5G network product with integrated edge compute capabilities, in a move meant to boost industrial deployments.
Gonzalo Martín-Villa, CEO of IoT and Big Data at Telefónica Tech, said in a statement combining the capabilities of both companies will allow it to offer customers “a framework for the creation, deployment and operation of industrial solutions and their private communications in an integrated way inside and outside the factory.”
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Microsoft Ignite features 48 hours of free and continuous digital content. Day 1 included key segments with Jared Spataro, CVP, Modern Work, and Vasu Jakkal, CVP, Security, Compliance and Identity, and a fireside chat with Panos Panay, Chief Product Officer, Windows & Devices and Roanne Sones, CVP, Azure Edge & Platform. Day 2 included Scott Guthrie, EVP, Cloud & AI hosting a Q&A, followed later by a customer discussion with Judson Althoff, EVP, Commercial.
Key highlights:
•Innovations in Teams and Microsoft 365 aid organisations with the tools they need to be resilient and thrive in the new world of hybrid work – including external collaboration, enhanced meeting security, and real-time customer journey orchestration capabilities in Dynamics 365 Marketing.
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Microsoft Ignite 2021: 4 Top Takeaways From Scott Guthrie And Judson Althoff
Guthrie, who heads Microsoft’s cloud and AI group, and Althoff, who heads the worldwide commercial business, used keynotes at Ignite to discuss the future of Azure, Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform. By Wade Tyler Millward March 04, 2021, 01:28 PM EST
As cloud technology advances in the coming years and customers become more comfortable with adopting it, the cloud is going to become an “ingredient” in “everything that happens in the world,” a top Microsoft executive said during the company’s Ignite 2021 conference this week. “I don’t think there’s going to be a physical device in the world that, five or 10 years down the road, will not have an IP address and will not be in some way cloud connected,” said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president for the tech giant’s cloud and AI groups.