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Lumen Technologies and Microsoft will combine the capabilities of their platforms
Lumen Technologies announced the beginning of cooperation with the IT giant Microsoft. The companies plan to combine the experience of their best developments into a single product. The basis will be the Microsoft Azure platform, into which Lumen Edge Computing solutions will be integrated.
Lumen takes the third place in the market of telecommunication services and network services in the USA. It transmits data in a variety of ways using an innovative fiber-optic network. In addition, Lumen has its own data centers. One more direction of the company is to provide entertainment services, which have a separate brand.
The representatives of Lumen say that the partnership with Microsoft is a strategic step which will allow the company to develop actively and expand its position on the market. Integration of the products into the large-scale Microsoft Azure platform will significantly improve the level of customer service and allow the company to meet their various requirements. For example, the combination of certain services of companies will enable the business to quickly manage the data to obtain the necessary information and to analyze this information.
Azure will use Lumen Edge’s computing centers, which are located in different parts of the world. This approach will significantly reduce latency, and high throughput will minimize disruptions with the large amount of information being processed.
All affordable communication solutions are designed using 5G technology, which is unparalleled in its segment in terms of quality. Thanks to the software from Microsoft, Lumen will be able to provide customers with effective solutions for the organization and interaction of wireless networks without loss of data transfer speed.
Cloud platforms have great potential, and in this direction the partners are also planning unique offers for users. First of all it concerns the corporate sector, for which it is important to have access to a large number of tools for business. In addition, the security of platforms will be improved, which is extremely important because of the growth of cyber attacks.
Changes will also affect access control. It will be standardized for all Lumen products. This will allow maximum integration into Microsoft services and software, as well as increased convenience for customers.
Lumen’s strategic collaboration with the technology corporation is another step in the implementation of its global development strategy. It began in 2020, when the company announced a rebranding and changed its name from CenturyLink to Lumen Technologies. This decision was dictated by the desire to become a more relevant partner for customers, and to reflect in the name its focus on advanced telecommunications technology. The company plans to actively implement products related to the organization and functioning of smart cities and high-performance networks.