Eviden and Microsoft forge five-year global strategic partnership
to accelerate Cloud & AI strategies, and boost industry
transformation
Press Release
Eviden and Microsoft forge five-year
global strategic partnership to accelerate Cloud & AI
strategies, and boost industry transformation
- Five-year agreement expected to
drive $2.8B USD Cloud Services business for Eviden by 2028
- Rapid upskilling of Eviden’s 50,000+
employees with 16,000+ new Microsoft certifications over the next
five years
- Co-create and launch GenAI-enabled
industry solutions across four prioritized industries, accelerated
through joint co-innovation centers globally
Paris, France – January 25, 2024
– Eviden, the Atos Group business leading in digital,
cloud, big data, and security, and Microsoft today announced a
five-year strategic partnership that significantly expands their
existing collaboration with new and innovative Microsoft Cloud and
AI-powered solutions for industries. This announcement
is part of Eviden’s overall partnership & alliance strategy to
reinforce and reshape its global partnership network by
strengthening its existing partner relationships and fostering new
ones.
The partnership between Microsoft and Eviden
marks a significant milestone in their shared vision to drive
digital transformation and empower businesses with advanced
technologies. Under this strategic partnership, both companies will
co-develop and deploy transformative Data & AI, Copilot, and
cloud transformation solutions. By combining Microsoft's expertise
in cloud computing and industry-leading technology stack with
Eviden's deep domain expertise and customer-centric approach, this
collaboration will deliver tailored and innovative solutions to
address the complex challenges today’s enterprises face.
Both organizations are committed to driving an
additional $2.8B in Cloud Service Business for Eviden over the next
five years. This will be accomplished through co-developing
accelerators for joint go-to-market activities in key industries
such as Financial Services, Automotive, Manufacturing, Energy and
Utilities, Health Care, Life Sciences, and Public Sector. Eviden
and Microsoft will accelerate targeted go-to-market activities with
both organizations investing in co-innovation, building Prioritized
Offerings with Eviden’s Global Delivery Centers, Centre of
Excellence, and world-class talent.
Co-innovation Centers
Eviden and Microsoft will launch multiple
co-innovation Industry Hubs, accelerating advanced research and the
co-development of GenAI-enabled industry solutions across Financial
Services, Automotive, Manufacturing, Energy and Utilities, Health
Care, Life Sciences, and the Public Sector, leveraging Eviden’s
expertise in Machine Learning (ML), AI and Azure OpenAI Service as
previously announced in November. Eviden commits to using Microsoft
Azure to build and accelerate the development of these industry
solutions.
Six Strategic Areas & Prioritized
Offerings
Further to the partnership expansion, Eviden and
Microsoft will continue to focus on offering innovative solutions
for customers in six strategic areas, below, where the two
companies have already shown success with joint marquee
customers.
- Data
& AI Innovation: Accelerate the shift to Cloud Apps
powered by GenAI Launchpad and Copilot adoption.
- Cloud
Services: Eviden DevSecOps framework helps accelerate IT
application transformation with security and sustainability, while
adding agility and reducing cloud spend with FinOps to deliver
transformative business value.
-
Application Infrastructure & Innovation:
Migrate & Modernize legacy customers with Rapid migration and
application innovation accelerators.
- Business
Applications: Modernize & Innovate applications and
new solutions across AI via Power Platform and D365.
-
Security: As a Worldwide leader in Cybersecurity
Services, Eviden will accelerate security adoption with AIsaac
(MDR) and other Microsoft technologies.
-
Accelerating SAP Transformation: Built on 14+
years of partnership between SAP, Eviden, and Microsoft, and
strengthened by Eviden’s in-house global adoption experience of SAP
S/4HANA®, a core component of RISE with SAP, and the migration of
its internal SAP systems to Microsoft Azure.
Delivery and Centre of Excellence
(CoE)
Eviden will strengthen its global delivery
centers and CoE (Center of Excellence) by upskilling and training
its 50,000+ employees globally with 16,000+ new Microsoft
certifications over the next five years. Eviden will also invest by
expanding its Microsoft Business with 50+ dedicated sales, solution
architects, and enablement teams across priority countries, which
include North America, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands,
Belgium, Austria, and Switzerland.
Carlo d’Asaro Biondo,
Group General Manager in Charge of Business Operations & Eviden
CEO, said, “I’m extremely pleased to announce this global
partnership with Eviden and Microsoft, one of the world’s leaders
in Artificial Intelligence and especially in GenAI. This
partnership exemplifies a shared commitment to drive innovation,
and by combining our respective strengths, we will empower
organizations to optimize the use of data and AI to deliver
exceptional value and thrive in today’s rapidly evolving digital
and cloud landscape. This further strengthens Atos Group’s
partnership with Microsoft, coming in addition to the extended
collaboration on Digital Workplace with Atos’ Tech Foundations
business line, announced in November.”
Judson Althoff, Executive Vice President
and Chief Commercial Officer at Microsoft said
“Organizations today are seeking to apply generative AI responsibly
and securely to help them solve their most pressing business
challenges. I am pleased to expand our collaboration with Eviden—a
leading digital transformation partner—to deliver innovative AI
solutions built upon the Microsoft Cloud and Azure OpenAI Service.
Together, we will help customers across industries realize the full
potential of their data to unlock business growth and accelerate AI
transformation.”
For more information -
https://page.eviden.com/microsoft
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About
Eviden1
Eviden is a next-gen technology leader in
data-driven, trusted and sustainable digital transformation with a
strong portfolio of patented technologies. With worldwide leading
positions in advanced computing, security, AI, cloud and digital
platforms, it provides deep expertise for all industries in more
than 47 countries. Bringing together 53,000 world-class talents,
Eviden expands the possibilities of data and technology across the
digital continuum, now and for generations to come. Eviden is an
Atos Group company with an annual revenue of c. € 5 billion.
About Atos
Atos is a global leader in digital
transformation with c. 105,000 employees and annual revenue of c. €
11 billion. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and
high-performance computing, the Group provides tailored end-to-end
solutions for all industries in 69 countries. A pioneer in
decarbonization services and products, Atos is committed to a
secure and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos is a SE
(Societas Europaea), and listed on Euronext Paris.
The purpose of Atos is to help design the future
of the information space. Its expertise and services support the
development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural
approach and contribute to the development of scientific and
technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its
customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live,
work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information
space.
Press contact
Laura Fau – laura.fau@atos.net – +33
(0) 6 73 64 04 18
1Eviden business is operated through the following brands:
AppCentrica, ATHEA, Cloudamize, Cloudreach, Cryptovision,
DataSentics, Edifixio, Energy4U, Engage ESM, Evidian, Forensik,
IDEAL GRP, In Fidem, Ipsotek, Maven Wave, Profit4SF, SEC Consult,
Visual BI, Worldgrid, X-Perion. Eviden is a registered trademark. ©
Eviden SAS, 2023.
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