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Addressing global challenges and closing the digital divide
The Magenta / Microsoft collaboration is set to address critical challenges on a global scale related to sovereign state requirements , enterprise innovation , maritime and digital ocean transformation , data gravity , and telecommunications access and capacity needs .
Mangata ’ s mission to empower the exchange of knowledge through global connectivity and to revolutionize access to the digital economy aligns with the Airband Initiative , a collaboration between Microsoft and the United States Agency for International Development ( USAID ) focused on closing the global digital divide by bringing Internet access to all .
process sensitive data at the Edge , keeping it within national or regional boundaries and only sending what is allowed to the public cloud .
offering end-to-end application-level Service Level Agreements ( SLA ) with bundled connectivity .
“ In collaboration with Mangata , we look forward to delivering an end-to-end Cloud and Edge platform to enterprise and government customers . This platform will enable business and mission critical applications anywhere with committed availability through satellite connectivity .
This comprehensive approach is said to ensure a seamless experience for users seeking advanced and integrated solutions .
Mangata will leverage Microsoft ’ s portfolio of Microsoft Azure Space and Azure for Operators to run their satellites ’ constellation and edge platform .
Under the terms of the agreement , Microsoft will position Mangata as an Independent Software Vendor ( ISV ) on the Azure platform .
The move is pitched as empowering Mangata ’ s growth trajectory , with Microsoft providing substantial support in terms of technology , resources , engineering , as well as go-to-market backing .
With powerful edge compute and data management capabilities , customers can process data where it is created , reducing latency and time-to-insight by hosting advanced analytics and AI-inferencing at the Edge .
Valuable data , previously discarded due to lack of available bandwidth , can now be sent to cloud services like Microsoft Fabric , an end-to-end , unified analytics platform that brings together all the data and analytics tools organizations need – where it can be used to train and retrain AI models – to yield deeper operational insights . For highly regulated organizations and governments , and for geographies with strict data sovereignty rules , applications can
This collaboration is key for our continued commitment to empower our customers with intelligent , secure , and resilient technology .” said Mitra Azizirad , President and CEO for Growth , Innovation and Strategy , Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technologies . p
THIS PLATFORM WILL ENABLE BUSINESS
AND MISSION CRITICAL APPLICATIONS
ANYWHERE WITH COMMITTED AVAILABILITY
THROUGH SATELLITE CONNECTIVITY .
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