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Published onFebruary 26, 2020
published onFebruary 26, 2020
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Microsoft recently announced that it’s leveraging a new “global strategic partnership” with Telefonica to jointly develop “go-to-market plans” for regions the company does business.
Last yearduring Mobile World Congress 2019, Microsoft took the veil off its newfound relationship with the international telecommunications giant, Telefonica.
Highlighted during this year’sannouncementwas Microsoft’s opening of a new datacenter region in Spain. Microsoft’s new data center comes at a time where the company looks to help expedite Spain’s “digital transformation.”
With a data center in Spain, Microsoft will no be able to more reliably deploy its Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Power Platform apps to businesses in the region.
To help jumpstart the proliferation of Microsoft’s cloud service provisions in the area, Telefonica S.A. will start leveraging Microsoft technologies internally, according to ajoint press release from the companies.
As part of Telefónica’s digital transformation, the company will use the Microsoft cloud for its own internal operations, pursuing efficiency, flexibility and scalability improvements, optimization of operations and cost reductions. Telefónica has also deployed Microsoft 365 to its global employee base to enable more seamless communication and collaboration across the 14 countries in which it operates. As a strategic partner for its multi-cloud strategy, Microsoft will train hundreds of Telefónica employees on Microsoft Cloud services.
Beyond the high minded rhetoric and internal dogfooding is a plan from both Microsoft and Telefonica to address the evolution of “critical sectors such as government, health, education, travel, manufacturing, retail, finance, insurance and more,” in Spain, while also addressing the social and economic transformation that is currently taking place.
More concretely, Microsoft and Telefonica customers will be empowered with low latency security and bandwidth support of 5G, edge computing and Industry 4.0 technologies once the rollouts begin.
Kareem Anderson
Networking & Security Specialist
Kareem is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. His passion for technology and content creation drives are unmatched, driving him to create well-researched articles and incredible YouTube videos.
He is always on the lookout for everything new about Microsoft, focusing on making easy-to-understand content and breaking down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security.
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Kareem Anderson
Networking & Security Specialist
He is a journalist from the bay area, now living in Florida. He breaks down complex topics related to networking, Azure, cloud computing, and security
