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\nOutReach<\/a>\u00a0– 13 July 2021 – Microsoft
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\nCorporation<\/a> (NEC; TSE: 6701) on Tuesday announced an expansion
\nof their decades-long collaboration. Through a new multi-year strategic
\npartnership, the companies will leverage Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, NEC’s network
\nand IT expertise, including 5G technologies, and each other’s AI and IoT solutions
\nto help enterprise customers and the public sector across multiple markets and
\nindustries further accelerate their cloud adoption and digital transformation initiatives.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/Images\/Thumb\/500x0\/162324\/MSFT-NEC.jpg#image-162324\")
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\npartnership will see NEC adopt Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform to
\ndeliver enhanced capabilities to drive sustained digitalization, help customers
\ntransform their business models, and build Digital Workplaces for the post-pandemic
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\naccelerate NEC’s Digital Workplace innovation and workforce transformation, the
\ncompanies will work together to migrate NEC’s on-premises IT environment to
\nAzure and deploy Azure Virtual Desktop and other Azure services among the NEC
\nGroup’s 110,000 employees worldwide. This modernization builds on NEC’s existing
\nMicrosoft 365 platform and will enable a highly sustainable environment that is
\nmore secure and robust, accelerating cloud migration for NEC and its customers
\nthroughout the commercial and public sector in Japan and around the world.<\/p>\n
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\ncompanies will work together to help improve digital services for public sector
\nand enterprise customers through workplace and workforce transformation.
\nGreater speed and lower-latency data connections will provide high-performance
\nnetwork experiences to create more efficient workplaces and empower employees
\nto realize more personalized work styles for public sector as well as private
\nsector customers.<\/p>\n
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\nthe assets of both companies, including Microsoft’s Intelligent Edge solutions and
\nNEC’s private 5G networking technologies, the companies will work together to help
\ncustomers across industries transform. In retail, for example, the two
\ncompanies will work together to analyze customer transaction data in real time
\nusing AI to better understand buying patterns, improve operational efficiency
\nand identify new market opportunities. <\/p>\n
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\ncombination of Azure and both companies’ AI and IoT technologies and expertise
\nwill enhance NEC’s customer experience through advanced solutions and enable more
\nsecure maintenance and operation of stores. In addition, NEC and Microsoft plan
\nto explore network innovation initiatives built on Microsoft Azure for
\nenterprise domains and specific industries. <\/p>\n
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\nthe partnership, the companies will work together to double the number of
\ndigital-focused engineers within the NEC Group who are specialized in Microsoft
\ntechnologies. This investment in technical capabilities and the expertise of
\nNEC’s employees will help ensure customers’ digital transformation success,
\nbenefiting the market and society.<\/p>\n
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\nwe’ve seen over the past year, digital adoption curves are accelerating across
\nevery industry and business function,” said Satya Nadella, chairman and CEO,
\nMicrosoft. “Our strategic partnership with NEC brings together the power of
\nAzure and Microsoft 365 with NEC’s services and infrastructure expertise to
\nhelp public and private sector customers build resilience and transform during
\nthis era of rapid change.”<\/p>\n
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\nis pleased to enter into this strategic collaboration with Microsoft Corp.,”
\nsaid Takayuki Morita, president and CEO of NEC Corporation. “With Microsoft’s trusted
\ncloud and services, the experience that NEC has cultivated in its own systems,
\nand both companies’ AI and IoT technologies, we will enable companies globally
\nto use digital services that are safer and more secure than ever before as they
\nprogress with digital initiatives.”<\/p>\n
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\nneed for\u00a0sustainable\u00a0transformation to ensure business resiliency and
\ngrowth has never been more important in the world and especially Japan,” said Hitoshi Yoshida, president &
\nCEO, Microsoft Japan. “Our partnership will help accelerate the industry’s
\ncloud-based digital transformation and\u00a0utilization of data
\nmigration\u00a0and help Japan’s continued success globally, leading to greater
\neconomic and societal prosperity.”<\/p>\n
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\nannouncement is based on a history of strong collaboration between Microsoft
\nand NEC spanning more than 40 years.<\/p>\n
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