- Companies sign memorandum of understanding to strengthen technical integration and joint go-to-market activities
- Collaboration will support the adoption of Cordant™ across the energy and industrial sectors
- Shared customers will benefit from an integrated hardware, software, cloud solution that benefits from the domain knowledge and expertise of Baker Hughes and the technology know-how of Microsoft
FLORENCE, ITALY – Feb. 02, 2025 – Baker Hughes, an energy technology company announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Microsoft to extend their long-standing collaboration, which will focus on accelerating the development and adoption of Baker Hughes Cordant™ suite of solutions, designed to optimize asset performance and enhance operational efficiency and energy efficiency across energy and industrial sectors.
Under the MOU, Baker Hughes and Microsoft will deepen their technical integration, align product development pipelines, and jointly deliver innovative solutions that use the full potential of Cordant™ and Microsoft Azure. This collaboration will create new value for customers by enabling advanced digital capabilities, seamless scalability, and enhanced flexibility in addressing the dynamic requirements of the energy and industrial markets.
Key elements of the expanded collaboration include:
- Technical integration: Cordant™ solutions built with Azure AI Foundry to support the energy and industrial sectors by optimizing operations, improving predictive maintenance, enhancing safety, promoting energy efficiency, and driving innovation and growth.
- Product development: the companies will align their product pipelines to ensure that Cordant™ continuously evolves with Azure’s innovations, offering customers cutting-edge technologies that meet their current and future needs.
- Joint delivery: Baker Hughes and Microsoft will align on comprehensive go-to-market strategies, expanding efforts to support customer adoption and success.
- Joint sales and marketing: Cordant™ solutions will be available in Azure Marketplace, enabling streamlined access for customers.
“This expanded collaboration with Microsoft underscores our shared commitment to innovation, sustainability, and solving critical customer challenges across the energy and industrial sectors,” said Aravind Yarlagadda, senior vice president of Industrial Solutions, Industrial & Energy Technology at Baker Hughes. “By deepening the integration of Cordant™ and Microsoft Azure and aligning our product and go-to-market strategies, together we can drive operational excellence and support customers in driving value at scale from their digital investments.”
"By extending our collaboration with Baker Hughes, we are driving industry-specific innovation to help transform the energy and industrial sectors," said Darryl Willis, Corporate Vice President Energy and Resources Industry at Microsoft. "Integrating Cordant™ with Azure's capabilities enables our joint customers to improve safety and reliability, and achieve greater operational performance, energy efficiency, and growth through AI-powered digital solutions."
This MOU emphasizes Baker Hughes’ and Microsoft’s shared commitment to innovation, energy efficiency, and solving critical customer challenges across the energy and industrial sectors.
Integrating capabilities across hardware, software and services, Cordant™ is an industrial enterprise solution that delivers real-time operational insights and outcomes across assets, processes and energy management enabling organizations to increase productivity and reliability, better manage costs and drive safer, more sustainable operations.
With a 100-year heritage of energy innovation, Baker Hughes is integrating digital solutions such as Cordant™ with our proven technologies to help customers achieve greater efficiency, extend asset life, and maximize returns. Learn more about the company’s end-to-end digital portfolio here.
About Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) is an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet. Visit us at bakerhughes.com.
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