Consortium will spend $1.65 billion on Azure, 365 – and of course some AI
Cloud Software Group and Microsoft have renewed their alliance for another eight years, this time with a $1.65 billion commitment for the Group to use Redmond's cloud, productivity tools, and AI.
One of the Cloud Software Group's members, Citrix, has been a close friend of Microsoft's for over 30 years – way back in the early days of Windows, Citrix provided remote and/or multiuser access. This new deal will see Citrix continue to be a preferred friend of Microsoft, with status as"preferred Microsoft Global Azure Partner solution for Enterprise Desktop as a Service when collaborating with joint Azure customers."asked CSG what that means, but got no response. Microsoft told us it"refers to our go-to-market approach with Citrix." Microsoft also explained that the deal won't see it preference Citrix virtual desktops.
The deal will also see Citrix's wares sold in the Azure Marketplace, which is table stakes these days. On top of that, Azure will become CSG's preferred cloud – an arrangement thatAnother outcome of the deal will be CSG's engineering organizations putting GitHub Copilot to work, with the promise of increasing developer productivity by over 20 percent over an unspecified span of time – apparently"accelerating the pace of R&D across the organization.
And if all that integration isn't enough, Spotfire – a CSG member org that was once part of Tibco – has built a Copilot extension on Microsoft Azure OpenAI service, which is being touted as another sign of closeness between CSG and Redmond. ®French lawmakers take a swing at cloud monopoliesMicrosoft promises Copilot will be a 'moneymaker' in the long term
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