Microsoft suffered another major blow when India said "no" to the software major's format Office Open XML (OOXML). The software major now awaits a final verdict from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) on March 31 this year when the standards organisation recompiles the votes from all countries.
Xiaomi will start pre-loading Microsoft Office and Skype on its phones starting September 2016, initially in China, with other markets including India to follow.
Airports across the country witnessed chaotic scenes on Friday after dozens of flights were either delayed or cancelled after a widespread global computer outage that also hit operations like cash withdrawal at some banks, and impacted functioning of some brokerages. Globally, the Microsoft cloud outage led to US airlines cancelling flights, but the tech giant later reportedly said its cloud services outage in the Central US region has been resolved.
However, requests made by the Indian government in both the email and Skype categories are far less than that of other countries.
US firms are seeking Indian engineers to work on technologies similar to their global counterparts
Unique benefits, work-life balance, and fair share of profits were the top three areas where MNCs fared better over Indian companies
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday identified agriculture, education and health as three sectors where he believes technology can play a big role, and highlighted efforts of his government.
Even as Microsoft has seen exponential growth for its cloud platform Azure in India, the firm has not yet set up local servers.
India is significant to Microsoft from both a market perspective as well as from a talent perspective, says Microsoft head honcho.
Microsoft Corp, which plans to invest $400 million in India, is considering sharing the closely guarded source code of its Windows platform with its Indian clients, a company official said on Monday.
Microsoft Corporation India on Wednesday launched 'Windows XP Starter Edition for India' the latest version of its affordable and local language operating system introduced in India last year.
India came out top with over 41 per cent of workers citing the lack of separation between work and personal life as negatively impacting their wellbeing, resulting in increased stress levels.
Finnish phone manufacturer Human Mobile Devices (HMD Global), which acquired the Nokia brand name from Microsoft, is planning to make India a key manufacturing hub for its phone exports. The company only began exporting late last year with the Nokia 105 Classic. What started mainly with feature phones will now extend to smartphones - it announced the global launch of models under the HMD brand for the first time a few days ago and these will be available in India too.
The Unified Communications and VoIP software includes Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Microsoft Office Communicator, Microsoft Office Live Meeting and the service pack update of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. The software would enable employees within organisations to communicate and collaborate through emails, phone call, instant messaging and video conference in a simple and efficient manner with the use of computer, mobile phone or even a public phone.
Venkatesan has decided to pursue opportunities outside Microsoft, Microsoft said in a statement.
Chandrababu Naidu's victory comes barely eight months after his political career seemingly crashed in September 2023 when the YSRCP government arrested him in an alleged corruption case.
Rajan Anandan, the former Managing Director of Microsoft, has joined search giant Google as the Vice President (Sales and Operations) and Head of India region.
'The skilling gap is a serious issue.' 'We partner with the government on skilling, but as a company we have several skilling programmes, and we work closely with the partner ecosystem.
Microsoft has launched its first 4G device, the Nokia Lumia 638 with Windows Phone 8.1 at a price of Rs 8,299.
Microsoft has launched the Lumia 830, 735 and 730, priced at 330 euros (about Rs 26,190), 219 euros (about Rs 17,370) and 199 euros (about Rs 15,800), respectively, as it tries to build on its acquisition of Nokia's mobile division earlier this year.
The top driver for the Indian workforce while choosing an employer are salary and employee benefits, followed by work-life balance and job security.
Eyeing emerging markets for its affordable smartphones, Microsoft launched its first Lumia device without the iconic brand name of Nokia.
Computer giant Microsoft has signed a $170-million, five-year contract with India's HCL for outsourcing work for its online business productivity suite.
In the US, Zoho gets close to 80 per cent of its revenue from small companies, while the remaining comes from large ones.
"We have 4,000 professionals in India today, we will increase it to 7,000 over the next three to four years," Bill Gates said at the CII-CEO Forum in New Delhi.
Microsoft needs to become a company where people find deep meaning at work, said Nadella.
Nadella led the creation of Microsoft's 'cloud' computing services
Microsoft received over 400 requests from India last year for inquiries regarding criminal activity, affecting nearly 600 different accounts, according to the American tech giant.
Satya Nadella was drenched with a bucket of ice water on his head as part of a challenge he took to raise awareness about a neurodegenerative disease and in turn challenged Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Google co-founder Larry Page to do the same.
Microsoft is taking the fight with its cloud computing rival, VMware, to a new level, with the launch of Systems Center 2012 that includes a new pricing structure and integrates eight separate component products into one unified solution, streamlining installation and reducing the time it takes to deploy from days down to hours.
Fair trade watchdog CCI has approved Microsoft's proposed $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's mobile devices business, citing that the deal would not have adverse impact on competition in the Indian market.
Microsoft Corp named India-born Satya Nadella as its next chief executive officer, ending a longer-than-expected search for a new leader. Nadella is only the third CEO in Microsoft's 39-year history.
Microsoft Corporation India on Tuesday outlined its vision for how people, armed with the right software, are the key to driving business success. \n
The survey noted that in a market like India, where there is high attrition levels, employer branding is very important as it provides an advantage to attract and retain top talent.
The terms of the acquisition were not made public.
Microsoft is demanding a jury trial and seeking permanent injunction to restrain and enjoin the defendants from infringement of Microsoft's registered trademarks and from directly or indirectly engaging in false advertising or promotions regarding the quality or security of Microsoft software.
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