Cloud Software Group and Microsoft Sign Eight-Year Strategic Partnership to Bring Joint Cloud Solutions and Generative AI to More Than 100 Million People
04 Abril 2024 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Today, Cloud Software Group, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced
they are deepening their collaboration through an eight-year
strategic partnership agreement. The collaboration will strengthen
the go-to-market collaboration for the Citrix® virtual application
and desktop platform and support the development of new cloud and
AI solutions with an integrated product roadmap. Additionally,
Cloud Software Group will make a $1.65 billion commitment to the
Microsoft cloud and its generative AI capabilities.
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The agreement will invigorate one of the industry’s most durable
alliances between Citrix, a business unit of Cloud Software Group,
and Microsoft. Under the partnership, Citrix is the preferred
Microsoft Global Azure Partner solution for Enterprise Desktop as a
Service when collaborating with joint Azure customers. The
companies will jointly support customer success, offer tailored
solutions, expert guidance, and support to accelerate customers’
cloud journeys. Additionally, Citrix will leverage Microsoft Azure
as its preferred cloud solution, providing Citrix customers with
the comprehensive benefits of the Citrix platform, complemented by
Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365. Further, the collaboration
will create deeper paths to modern procurement options through
Azure Marketplace, where customers can easily evaluate, expand, or
renew Citrix solutions.
“As organizations embrace flexible work models, the need to
empower employees with secure, innovative solutions for enhanced
productivity becomes imperative,” said Sridhar Mullapudi, General
Manager at Citrix. “The partnership between Citrix and Microsoft
epitomizes the ‘Better Together’ relationship, combining both
companies’ strengths to deliver unmatched value and innovation to
our customers.”
“The simplification of our new Universal and Cloud Platform
licensing, which brings together all of our capabilities, including
NetScaler, will make our joint solutions with Microsoft much easier
for customers to consume and deploy,” said Hector Lima, Chief
Revenue Officer at Citrix.
The agreement will also accelerate productivity and new
innovations in AI. Cloud Software Group’s engineering organizations
are deploying GitHub Copilot to all their engineers with the goal
of increasing developer productivity by over 20% - thus
accelerating the pace of R&D across the organization. Also,
Spotfire, a Cloud Software Group business unit, recently announced
a new Spotfire Copilot™ extension built on Microsoft Azure OpenAI
service. The copilot assistant is embedded directly within Spotfire
to help customers get more done with their data faster.
To increase collaboration and productivity, Cloud Software Group
will transition all its employees to Microsoft 365. This will
empower field teams with best-in-class productivity and AI tools to
enable a new wave of joint go-to-market activities.
"Our strategic partnership with Cloud Software Group is built on
a shared vision for customer success through cloud and AI
technology adoption. Together, we will enhance the customer
experience with integrated solutions and go-to-market support for
its Citrix business unit,” said Judson Althoff, Executive Vice
President and Chief Commercial Officer at Microsoft. “With
Microsoft 365 as its collaboration platform and Microsoft Azure as
its preferred cloud solution, Citrix is well positioned to deliver
transformative solutions for our mutual customers at scale.”
“We are excited to see the expanded partnership between
Microsoft and Citrix and the ways in which it will help advance our
own transformation journey," Providence Chief Technology Officer
Wasif Jamal said.
About Cloud Software Group
Cloud Software Group provides the modern enterprise with
mission-critical software. Composed of TIBCO, Citrix, NetScaler,
and other business units, Cloud Software Group helps more than 100
million users around the globe evolve, compete, and succeed across
private, public, managed, and sovereign cloud environments. To
learn how to leverage Cloud Software Group’s solutions for and
across data, automation, insight, and collaboration, visit
https://www.cloud.com/.
About Citrix
Citrix, a business unit of Cloud Software Group, provides a
secure app and desktop delivery platform that companies of all
sizes can use to enable secure flexible work. With Citrix,
employees can work where and how they prefer, and IT can be
confident their information and devices remain safe. Click here to
learn more about Citrix solutions and the value they can
provide.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital
transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an
intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every
organization on the planet to achieve more.
Citrix, NetScaler, and the Citrix logo are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Cloud Software Group, Inc. and/or its
subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other
product and company names and marks mentioned in this document are
the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for
identification.
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