Fujitsu, Microsoft to Develop AI-Based Workplace Solutions

The Japanese company of information and communication technology (ICT) Fujitsu and Microsoft announced on Saturday the construction of new solutions based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) that will transform the ways of work of people. Based on the integrated cloud service of Microsoft 365, the new solutions will feature Fujitsu's AI technology, Fujitsu Human Centric AI Zinrai platform services and Microsoft AI on Azure.

"Expanding our collaboration with Fujitsu offers customers another way to leverage the powerful and intelligent digital capabilities of our platform to generate more collaboration and creativity," said Judson Althoff, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Business at Microsoft. The companies aim to make these new solutions available in the Japanese market from the second quarter of 2018 before a global deployment.

The two companies aim to develop a new $ 2 billion of new companies in the global market by 2020. "The collaboration with Microsoft in AI will bring our relationship to a new phase, and I believe it demonstrates the fruits of digital co-creation." . said Shingo Kagawa, CTO, Fujitsu Limited.