Leidos, a FORTUNE 500 science and technology leader, announced it has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Microsoftย aimed at leveraging each company’s unique strengths in the market to accelerateย artificial intelligenceย (AI) transformation for new and existing customers in theย public sector. A near-term priority for co-development is in the area of generative AI solutions to support organizational efficiency, enhanced productivity and cross domain applications.
“Leidosย is continuously exploring opportunities to accelerate solving our customers’ hardest problems,” saidย Steve Hull,ย Executive Vice President,ย Enterprise and Cyber Solutions Operation,ย Leidos. “This agreement will help enable co-innovation utilizing the latest cloud andย AI technologies.”
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Leidosย recently completed a successful migration of 20 critical support applications from anย on-premiseย data centerย toย Microsoft’sย Azureย Government cloud environment in support of theย U.S.ย Navy. This migration was part ofย Leidos‘ ongoing support of theย Department of the Navy‘sย Next Generation Enterprise Networkย (NGEN) Service Management, Integration, and Transport (SMIT) program, enabling theย Navyย to monitor, maintain, and secure theย Navyย andย Marine Corpsย Intranetย (NMCI) with increased efficiency and collaboration without compromising security.
“Our collaboration withย Leidosย will help accelerate adoption of cloud-driven solutions to improve our customers’ operations,” saidย Angela Heise, Corporateย Vice President,ย Worldwide Public Sector,ย Microsoft. “Leidos‘ expertise inย national securityย operations coupled withย Microsoft’sย advanced cloud, cyber, andย AI technologiesย will enable our two organizations to develop innovative solutions to address a wide range of complex challenges faced byย public sectorย organizations around the world.”
Leidosย andย Microsoftย are committed to building a partner ecosystem that can identify customer challenges and work together responsibly and efficiently to solve them.
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