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Microsoft and AWS partner on multicloud connectivity

Microsoft and AWS are collaborating to offer a new service that enables private, high-speed connections between their respective cloud platforms. This initiative, called Azure Multicloud Interconnect, aims to simplify the process of establishing links between Azure and AWS infrastructure, which previously could take weeks or months. The new service leverages open API specifications, similar to a previous collaboration between AWS and Google Cloud, and offers speeds up to 100 Gbps. This development contradicts earlier statements from both companies suggesting limited customer demand or significant technical barriers to multicloud adoption. AI

IMPACT Simplifies hybrid cloud deployments, potentially enabling more complex AI workloads across different cloud infrastructures.

RANK_REASON This is a product announcement from two major cloud providers about improving interoperability, not a frontier release or significant industry shift.

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Microsoft and AWS partner on multicloud connectivity

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  1. The Register — AI TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Microsoft and AWS build the multicloud bridge they said customers barely needed

    New services promise private 100 Gbps links between the rival platforms without months of networking faff