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Cloud Software Group Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have announced an eight-year strategic partnership aimed at enhancing cloud solutions and generative AI capabilities for over 100 million users globally. The collaboration will focus on strengthening the go-to-market collaboration for the Citrix virtual application and desktop platform, as well as developing new cloud and AI solutions with an integrated product roadmap.
Sridhar Mullapudi, General Manager at Citrix, highlighted the importance of empowering employees with secure and innovative solutions for enhanced productivity in today's flexible work models. Mullapudi emphasized that the partnership between Citrix and Microsoft will deliver unmatched value and innovation to customers.
Hector Lima, Chief Revenue Officer at Citrix, noted the simplification of the new Universal and Cloud Platform licensing, stating that it will make joint solutions with Microsoft more accessible and deployable for customers.
Judson Althoff, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Microsoft, expressed excitement about the shared vision for customer success through cloud and AI technology adoption. Althoff emphasized that the partnership will enhance the customer experience with integrated solutions and go-to-market support for Citrix.
The agreement will also accelerate productivity and new innovations in AI, with Cloud Software Group deploying GitHub Copilot to increase developer productivity and introducing the Spotfire Copilot™ extension built on Microsoft Azure OpenAI service to help customers analyze data faster.
To further drive collaboration and productivity, Cloud Software Group will transition all its employees to Microsoft 365, providing them with best-in-class productivity and AI tools for joint go-to-market activities.
Providence Chief Technology Officer Wasif Jamal expressed excitement about the expanded partnership between Microsoft and Citrix, highlighting its potential to advance their own transformation journey.
Cloud Software Group provides mission-critical software solutions for the modern enterprise, serving over 100 million users globally across various cloud environments. Citrix, a business unit of Cloud Software Group, offers a secure app and desktop delivery platform for companies of all sizes to enable secure flexible work.
The partnership between Cloud Software Group and Microsoft is poised to bring transformative solutions to customers at scale, leveraging Microsoft 365 as a collaboration platform and Microsoft Azure as a preferred cloud solution.
To learn more about Cloud Software Group's solutions for data, automation, insight, and collaboration, visit their website at https://www.cloud.com/.
