On today's episode of The Microsoft Hybrid Cloud Partners Podcast, Adam Burke and Mike Hartman are joined by Marco Rota and Mike La Torre from Lumen Technologies. The conversation explores Lumen’s transformation from a traditional telecom provider into a platform enabling enterprise cloud and edge computing powerhouse, and how its network infrastructure supports Microsoft’s Adaptive Cloud strategy, with Azure Local at the core. Together, they break down how combining fiber networks, edge compute, and Azure Local enables low-latency, AI-driven use cases across industries, from retail and supply chain to real-time global production environments, while also sharing lessons from Lumen’s own internal cloud and AI transformation.
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