On Tuesday, August 15, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:$MSFT) disclosed that it has acquired Cycle Computing, a 12-year-old company that focuses on running high-performance computing workloads across different public clouds. As of right now, the terms of the acquisition have yet to be announced.

Many speculate the deal could help Microsoft make sure that more of the super-computing jobs companies want to do end on its Azure public cloud, instead of other public clouds, like Amazon Web Services or the Google Cloud Platform. For those who don’t know, Cycle Computing’s CycleCloud Software helps companies run various computing jobs on multiple clouds.

“Their technology will further enhance our support of Linux HPC workloads and make it easier to extend on-premise workloads to the cloud,” Microsoft Azure corporate VP Jason Zander said.

It’s worth mentioning that this deal comes three years after the Washington-based company purchased GreenButton, which is a high-performance computing company.

The takeaway? If you’re interested in application software, you’re definitely going to want to keep an eye on this new relationship.

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