Microsoft and Lumen Technologies expanded their co-selling agreement to focus on AI-ready cloud networking for enterprises. The collaboration targets large organizations running distributed AI workloads on Microsoft Azure, with integrated connectivity, security and data services, while Lumen will align its network and security offerings with Azure for unified governance of enterprise AI agents and applications. The article notes the deal supports Azure's role as a home for distributed AI projects, but rival alliances from Amazon or Google could still compete for those workloads, and pressure on utilisation, margins and regulatory scrutiny remains.
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