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The two companies have received most of the required regulatory approvals, including clearances from the European Commission and the US Department of Justice.
Executive Satya Nadella appears most likely to be named Microsoft's new CEO but the name of another India-born technology executive is doing the rounds as a candidate for the top job, a report said.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Friday had a private meeting with senior officials of his company in Chennai for about two hours.
Microsoft, like many tech firms, is not a model of diversity.
Last week, Nokia offered financial help to employees who wished to explore opportunities elsewhere
Microsoft has bought 10 per cent stake in TCS China, a joint venture promoted by India's largest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services and three state-owned Chinese companies.
Adobe has a lineage of 10 years (in India) in delivering the best communication experience to its customers
'As a cricketer, you have to hit refresh literally at the end of the every series. Challenges from one series to another are different'
In webcast address to India, Microsoft CEO says Azure seeing 'incredible' momentum here, with technology adaption racing in unprecedented ways.
It would be used to fund research in wireless communications for a period of five years.
Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd has entered Chandigarh with the opening of its service hub here,its first to the north of Delhi.
They wanted to learn about the set-up and support entrepreneur there.
India's top software firm Tata Consultancy Services on Monday signed a shareholders' agreement with three Chinese firms and Microsoft, to invest $15 million (nearly Rs 70 crore) for floating a software joint venture in China.
The new Surface Pro an impressive upgrade over its predecessors, says Aparna Banerjea.
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On March 14, the Supreme Court had ordered Nokia India to give Rs 3,500 crore (Rs 35 billion) as guarantee before it transfers the plant to Microsoft.
Microsoft Corporation India on Monday announced that Project Shiksha, the company's initiative to accelerate IT literacy among government school teachers and students, has trained 200,000 teachers till date.
In what could be a big strategy to boost its product sales in the country by tapping the largest buyer, software major Microsoft said on Thursday that it is in discussions with the Indian government to share its source code.
Nadella advised the start-up community to learn from the failures
As part of strengthening its presence in India, software major Microsoft Corporation on Wednesday said it would open offices in six cities in the country.
The year-long alliance will support Assam's School Education System to use ICT towards improving the quality of learning in schools by recreating more interactive classroom experiences, official sources said in Guwahati on Thursday.
IT company Microsoft Corporation India on Tuesday flagged off a series of five-city e-governance seminars, targeted at bureaucrats and government officials.
Microsoft Corp, the world's biggest software maker, may move some customer-service jobs to India, according to a Bloomberg report from Sanfransico.
Microsoft CEO holds all-hands-meet with India employees, reiterates thrust on 'mobile-first, cloud-first' strategy
Finnish phone maker Nokia may have to exclude its Chennai plant from the $7.2 billion deal with Microsoft if tax issues facing the India unit are not resolved by next week.
The phone has the ability to store up to 6,000 songs on a 32 GB memory card.
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
Microsoft has had great success with Office 365, with over 1,200 customer win-backs over the last year and a half against Google apps.
Microsoft will stop technical support for its most popular operating system (OS) Windows XP globally from Tuesday, bringing down curtains on the software giant's longest running OS.
'The overwhelming evidence from various studies and reports indicates that the current work culture in the IT sector, characterised by excessive hours, has severe consequences for health, productivity, and overall quality of life.'
Meanwhile, the grand pre-shaadi celebrations continue.
The sub-$100 smartphone market is dominated by Google's Android operating system, which has lower licensing costs, and runs cheaper hardware.
Software giant Microsoft on Wednesday said it plans to provide a unique e-mail id for every Indian, which will be powered by Windows Live Hotmail through a new feature called custom domains.
India has potential to emerge as the global competency centre for cloud services.
Microsoft will extend cash grant of $1,08,000 each to MS Swaminathan Research Foundation and Datamation Foundation Charitable Trust for setting up community technology learning centres in India.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, has taken strong objection to the fact that despite a "No" to OOXML by a majority of the Bureau of Indian Standardsmembers, the software giant "continued to make representations to the top Indian leadership (read Ministry of Consumer Affairs), pressuring them to change the Indian vote".
The second edition of the Microsoft Corporate Challenge began in Kochi on Friday with 34 teams from across India, representing various companies, including Infosys, Microsoft, Reliance Capital and Pepsi Foods, participating in the three-day event.
"The chance to play so much cricket surprised me," said Prabhu, a senior program manager at Microsoft Corp.'s automotive business. "There is someone in almost every business team at Microsoft that I've played cricket with."
