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Microsoft Announces New Azure Edge Zone in Vancouver, Plans to Add 500 Technical Jobs (& new Data Innovation Centre of Excellence in Toronto)
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Investments include new Data Innovation Centre of Excellence, expansion of Canadian cloud infrastructure and 500 new technical roles
Vancouver, BC, March 25, 2021--(T-Net)--Microsoft Canada announced the creation of a new Data Innovation Centre of Excellence in Toronto, increased local technical talent and the addition of a new Azure Edge Zone in Vancouver.
The newly created Data Innovation Centre of Excellence will provide deep technical resources to help Canadian organizations harness the power of data and cloud technology to accelerate their digital transformation.
Microsoft also announced the addition of a new Azure Edge Zone in Western Canada, further increasing their significant cloud footprint in Canada, and the addition of 500 local technical jobs.
The recovery from the pandemic will be digital and to help Canada lead, Microsoft says it continues to build out its robust Canadian cloud and deep technical expertise.
The Data Innovation Centre of Excellence, which will open in Microsoft's new downtown Toronto headquarters, will provide critical data analytics and local engineering expertise to Canadian customers, partners and non-profits from coast to coast. Customers will have the opportunity to ideate and co-innovate on transformative solutions; the Data Innovation Centre of Excellence provides a safe experimental environment, gives customers a place where they can test early capabilities and share best practices to help accelerate their digital strategy.
"The pandemic accelerated digital transformations for organizations in all sectors of our economy. Business and government leaders now recognize the opportunity in leveraging data to enhance efficiency for competitiveness and to better serve customers and citizens," said Kevin Peesker, President, Microsoft Canada. "Data creates unique opportunities for organizations only if they have the tools and talent to manage it securely and compliantly, which is why we are launching the Data Innovation Centre of Excellence, to further leverage our data and AI expertise/leadership to empower Canadian organizations."
With two local data centre regions and the recently announced Azure Availability Zones, the addition of the Azure Edge Zone in Vancouver builds on Microsoft's already extensive cloud presence in Canada.
Azure Edge Zones are extensions of Azure's cloud services and are intended to place infrastructure close to customers to support latency-sensitive workloads and improve connectivity to the world's largest cloud. The Vancouver Edge Zone is complementary to existing Canadian Azure locations and will enable Western Canadian healthcare and public sector customers to address data residency and compliance requirements.
In addition, the company also announced that Microsoft Vancouver is adding more than 500 jobs in 2021 to build leading applications in Intelligent Communications, Office, Azure, OneDrive, Web Experiences and mixed reality, growing their presence in the city to 1,700 employees and to more than 3,700 employees across Canada.
"Microsoft is committed to helping Canada emerge from the pandemic stronger than ever. Our deep cloud and talent investments, combined with our widespread skilling efforts, will help organizations of all types and sizes accelerate their digital transformation," said Peesker.
To learn more about Microsoft's cloud capabilities in Canada, visit here.
ABOUT MICROSOFT CANADA
Established in 1985, Microsoft Canada Inc. is the Canadian subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq "MSFT") the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft Canada provides nationwide sales, marketing, consulting and local support services in both French and English. For more information on Microsoft Canada, please visit www.microsoft.ca.
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