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<\/a><\/p>\nPURCHASE, N.Y., and REDMOND, Wash. \u2014 July 27, 2020 \u2014<\/strong> PepsiCo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a five-year partnership that establishes Microsoft as a preferred cloud provider to accelerate PepsiCo\u2019s infrastructure, ERP, and data estate consolidation and modernization.<\/p>\n As part of the agreement, PepsiCo will roll out Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams to all of its 270,000 employees worldwide. In addition, Microsoft Azure will provide PepsiCo with greater agility and the ability to derive new insights from its data estate to fuel product innovations, customer intimacy and sustainability goals.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a global leader in convenient food and beverages, our commitment to the timely delivery of PepsiCo products has never been more important,\u201d said PepsiCo CIO, Seth Cohen. \u201cThrough our partnership with Microsoft, we aim to improve service delivery capabilities to meet rising demand for essential goods while driving new innovations to make our operations and workforce stronger and more resilient for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur partnership with PepsiCo applies Azure and AI capabilities to the ever-changing supply chain and retail landscape in new and exciting ways. By migrating PepsiCo\u2019s global data estate and SAP landscapes to Azure, we\u2019ll be able to help PepsiCo drive efficiencies from farmer to consumer,\u201d said Deb Cupp, Microsoft CVP Enterprise Commercial Business. \u201cWe\u2019re also pleased to deliver Microsoft 365 to PepsiCo\u2019s associates worldwide as part of this partnership. Mobile communication and collaboration for PepsiCo\u2019s workforce will be one of the keys to realizing the value Microsoft brings.\u201d<\/p>\n This partnership is expected to fuel PepsiCo\u2019s operational goals and aggressive innovation plans by leveraging agile cloud capabilities while providing Microsoft the opportunity to expand its relationship with a leading global provider of consumer-packaged goods.<\/p>\n About PepsiCo <\/strong><\/p>\n PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $67 billion in net revenue in 2019, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo\u2019s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 23 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.<\/p>\n Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Convenient Foods and Beverages by Winning with Purpose. \u201cWinning with Purpose\u201d reflects our ambition to win sustainably in the marketplace and embed purpose into all aspects of the business. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n About Microsoft<\/strong><\/p>\n Microsoft (Nasdaq \u201cMSFT\u201d @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.<\/p>\n For more information, press only:<\/strong><\/p>\n Microsoft Media Relations, WE Communications for Microsoft, (425) 638-7777, rrt@weworldwide.com<\/p>\n Note to editors:<\/em> For more information, news and perspectives from Microsoft, please visit the Microsoft News Center at http:\/\/news.microsoft.com<\/a>. Web links, telephone numbers and titles were correct at time of publication, but may have changed. For additional assistance, journalists and analysts may contact Microsoft\u2019s Rapid Response Team or other appropriate contacts listed at https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/microsoft-public-relations-contacts<\/a>.<\/p>\n PepsiCo Cautionary Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n Statements in this release that are \u201cforward-looking statements\u201d are based on currently available information, operating plans and projections about future events and trends. Terminology such as \u201caim,\u201d \u201cbelieve,\u201d \u201cexpect,\u201d \u201cintend,\u201d \u201cestimate,\u201d \u201cproject,\u201d \u201canticipate,\u201d \u201cwill,\u201d or similar statements or variations of such terms are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such terms. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted in any such forward-looking statement. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the impact of the spread of COVID-19; future demand for PepsiCo\u2019s products, as a result of changes in consumer preferences or otherwise; the ability to protect information systems against, or effectively respond to, a cybersecurity incident or other disruption; PepsiCo\u2019s ability to implement shared services or utilize information technology systems and networks effectively; and other factors that may adversely affect the price of PepsiCo\u2019s publicly traded securities and financial performance. For additional information on these and other factors that could cause PepsiCo\u2019s actual results to materially differ from those set forth herein, please see PepsiCo\u2019s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. PepsiCo undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Five-year partnership will accelerate PepsiCo\u2019s ability to meet the rising demand for its food and beverages and drive new innovations across its operations and consumer experiences PURCHASE, N.Y., and REDMOND, Wash. \u2014 July 27, 2020 \u2014 PepsiCo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a five-year partnership that establishes Microsoft as a preferred cloud provider […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[54,51,156,112],"class_list":["post-115911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-news","tag-azure","tag-microsoft-365","tag-microsoft-teams","tag-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}