L&T, Microsoft sign partnership to develop cloud offering for regulated sector

In line with emerging regulations, L&T and Microsoft will co-engage with a defined set of large customers in regulated sectors to develop architectures and roadmaps to modernise their traditional data centres to potentially hybrid models and advance their digital transformation goals.

Under the MoU, the two companies will set up a joint governance group to define future platform designs, investments, and commercial/business models to service the regulated sectors’ emerging technology requirements. Senior leadership teams of both organisations will be engaged collectively on this as the association evolves.

S.N. Subrahmanyan, CEO and MD of Larsen & Toubro said, “India is at the cusp of enormous cloud adoption, as innovation, scale and agility become critical determinants for enterprises to grow and compete globally. Our ambition is to support organizations in their journey to become digital natives and future-ready businesses.”

As per the present norms, the MoU will focus on engaging customers in the Indian jurisdiction, with the potential to extend this partnership to other jurisdictions in the future, as agreed between the two companies. At an appropriate time, L&T and Microsoft will consider possible partnership structures to continue to collaborate for the performance of this MoU, they said.

“The government’s drive for ‘Digital India’ and the unprecedented digital momentum across the country has led to a recalibration of the cloud infrastructure requirements. Microsoft is excited to collaborate with L&T to support the public sector and the other regulated industries as they seek to accelerate digital services to benefit all parts of India. This partnership will enable the development of a scalable cloud infrastructure model for these sectors to accelerate their digital innovation, in alignment with the data location and security needs of India,” said Anant Maheshwari, president, Microsoft India.

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Microsoft is among the largest cloud hyperscalers and has experience in working with the public sector and regulated industries across the globe. The agreement with L&T will combine the unique strengths of both L&T and Microsoft to utilise digital services as a key lever for economic growth.