Azure Partner Roundup: Defense edge to cloud; AI modules; App modernization

Leidos helps Microsoft synchronize defense technology, Nexus FrontierTech launches plug-and-play AI modules for Azure, and ChaiOne and CloudHedge team up.

Leidos helps Microsoft synchronize defense technology

Leidos and Microsoft jointly demonstrated parts of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) in support of the US Army’s Project Convergence 22 experimentation exercises. The demonstration involved Leidos Edge to Cloud technology in combination with Azure, with the goal of rapidly fielding apps and security solutions.

The announcement is the latest development in a series of Multi-Domain Operations initiatives between the two companies in support of the US military.

"By partnering with Leidos, we are demonstrating how commercial capabilities in a classified cloud can enable improved situational awareness and decision dominance for the DoD through global connectivity, data aggregation and advanced analytics that support decision making," stated Rick Wagner, Microsoft Federal President.  

Nexus FrontierTech launches plug-and-play AI modules for Azure

Nexus FrontierTech, a provider of AI solutions, announced a partnership with Microsoft to quickly deploy its AI offerings through Azure. The company offers a driving license processing offering for UK licenses to extract personal identity information.