Xerox is set to migrate its workloads to Microsoft's Azure cloud.

Announced on June 21, the American printing and digital products provider is commencing a cloud migration with help from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

TCS will help Xerox consolidate its technology services and migrate workloads from Xerox's complex legacy data centers to the Azure public cloud.

Little information about the company's current data center presence has been shared, nor whether this will represent a full data center exit. DCD has contacted Xerox for further information.

Once migrated, Xerox will be able to deploy a cloud-based ERP platform and to use technologies such as generative artificial intelligence (AI) for its operations.

TCS will develop the cloud-first operating model for Xerox, including creating the AI enterprise platform.

Tino Lancellotti, CIO of Xerox, said: “This digital transformation initiative is an important enabler for reinventing our operating model to simplify our geographical, offering, and operational footprint while transforming our clients’ experiences. We believe TCS is the right partner to deliver such a complex program given their proven experience both within Xerox and across the industry.”

Xerox first announced that it would opt for a cloud-first approach for its IT in 2023.

Amit Bajaj, president of North America at TCS, said: “Xerox’s Reinvention is a bold initiative founded in the belief that a 100-year-old organization can rapidly transform itself to be a much simpler, agile, and technology-led firm to better serve its clients.

Bajaj continued: "GenAI has catalyzed the next S-curve of enterprise transformation, and we are proud to be partnering with legends of American industry, such as Xerox, to go beyond use cases to realize the promise of this pathbreaking technology at an enterprise scale.”

Xerox, in 2010, acquired Affiliated Computer Services, adding IT services to its offering. In 2016, those operations were separated into a new publicly traded company called Conduent.

In a 2016 document, Xerox claimed to have eight managed data center locations: two in Canada, four in Europe, and two in the US.