NIIT Technologies on Thursday announced a global collaboration with Microsoft, to jointly market its cloud-enabled solutions with the technology giant. In collaboration with Microsoft, NIIT Technologies will focus on the comprehensive cloud needs of enterprises — from infrastructure to business applications.

Building on the current collaboration, NIIT Technologies and Microsoft have concluded a strategic Cloud Solution Provider agreement that enables NIIT to directly manage the entire lifecycle for its enterprise customers, including commercials & support and deliver integrated end-to-end solutions as a managed service on Azure. 

Together, NIIT Technologies and Microsoft will develop and deliver a spectrum of technology solutions for customers globally across Banking & Financial Services, Travel & Transportation, and Insurance segments and also help them migrate to the Azure, the company said.

Commenting on the collaboration, Sudhir Singh, CEO at NIIT Technologies, said, “We believe our collaboration with Microsoft can yield substantial and material benefits to our clients.”

Gavriella Schuster, Corporate V-P, One Commercial Partner at Microsoft Corp, added, “Microsoft’s focus is to not only integrate AI capabilities into its products and cloud services, but also enable its partners leverage these capabilities.”