With its "mobile-first, cloud-first world" concept, Microsoft aims to reinvent productivity to empower every person and organisation on the planet, company's CEO Satya Nadella said on Monday.
While IITs have a reputation of their own, companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Adobe prefer IIITs over most NITs for software roles due to their specialised training, says rediffGURU Mayank Chandel.
It will compete with rivals Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure
Last year, the software giant launched a cloud adoption programme for SMBs.
Even as Microsoft has seen exponential growth for its cloud platform Azure in India, the firm has not yet set up local servers.
A tech architect must have certifications across ERP platforms (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft) and Cloud platforms (MS, Google, Low code SAAS platforms such as Salesforce, and ServiceNow).
Nadella led the creation of Microsoft's 'cloud' computing services
Microsoft would announce availability of its cloud services operating out of India's data centers.
Microsoft chief Satya Nadella said the tech giant will fund hundreds of new generation entrepreneurs in India's 'smart cities' space and is overwhelmed by the start-up culture in the country, especially in e-commerce.
The Indian financial and payments systems remained largely unaffected by the Microsoft services outage, though about 10 banks and NBFCs faced minor disruptions which have either been resolved or are being fixed.
Cloud computing facilitates sharing of technological resources, software and digital information.
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 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.
'We have close to 30 per cent share of the Indian public cloud market'
Nadella replaced Steve Ballmer as the CEO of Microsoft in February.
In February this year, Nokia had announced the 'Nokia X' family of affordable smartphones, running Google's Android apps, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The terms of the acquisition were not made public.
Fresher hiring, which has been subdued as Indian information technology (IT) services firms scaled back their recruitment, is set for a turnaround. The IT sector's fresher hiring is expected to rise by 20-25 per cent for 2024-25 (FY25). Additionally, the global capability centres are projected to boost their fresher hiring by 40 per cent compared to last year, according to a TeamLease Digital analysis.
Guardian enables users to switch on a 'track me' feature in the app that lets friends and family track them in real-time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map APIs, the company said.
Come January, Microsoft Corporation will launch the Surface Pro 4, its latest mobile computing device, in the country.
In the US, Zoho gets close to 80 per cent of its revenue from small companies, while the remaining comes from large ones.
The Hyderabad Garage will collaborate with teams in Silicon Valley, Redmond, Vancouver, Washington, New England, Israel and Beijing.
The IT sector's fresher hiring is expected to rise by 20% to 25% for 2024-2025. The increase in hiring is driven by a focus on specialised skills catering to segments like AI, machine learning and data analytics.
'It is mind-blowing to see how e-commerce is progressing in this country...am not bothered about their valuations but am more interested in the quality of their ideas, which is pretty good, Satya Nadella said.
With intense competition in telecom sector, the two companies are rushing to diversify into other revenue streams, prominent among which are cloud services.
The initiative will work on 40 areas in eight domains -- Energy & water, infrastructure, planning & buildings, Transportation, Public safety & justice, Tourism, recreation & culture, Education, Health and Social services & government administration.
We are not pursuing AI to beat humans at games. We are pursuing AI so that we can empower every person and every institution that people build, said Nadella
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest nearly $4.4 billion (Rs 36,000 crore) in India by 2030 and support more than 48,000 jobs externally through a new regional service launched on Tuesday, said the on-demand Cloud computing company. AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) is the company's second infrastructure region in India, six years after it opened its first Cloud region in Mumbai in 2016. The Hyderabad region will give customers access to AWS technologies for data analytics, security, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
These will be priced at Rs 5,999 and Rs 6,499 respectively
World's largest e-tailer Amazon is evaluating setting up a data centre in India to tap into the multi-billion cloud opportunity in India.
Indians may adopt wait-and-watch policy in first year.
In the first major realignment of workforce since India-born Satya Nadella took over as CEO, Microsoft has announced slashing of up to 18,000 jobs worldwide by next year as the software giant attempts to sharpen focus on cloud and mobile offerings.
Bhavish Aggarwal, founder and chief executive officer of Ola, is encouraging developers to switch from Google Maps to Ola Maps. Ola is offering developers a year of free access to Ola Maps on the company's Krutrim Cloud and over Rs 100 crore in free credits. This initiative comes after Ola replaced Google Maps with its own Ola Maps, leading to annual savings of around Rs 100 crore.
The device is being labelled as the phone for 'selfies and skype'.
The IZO platform provides large business houses to jointly use their private IT network along with public network.
Microsoft's India-born CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged that 'one big mistake' the company made in the past was to think the personal computer will reign supreme forever and failing to anticipate the technological transformation of the mobile phone.
'To access our satellite, you don't need any IQ test, you don't need to write an examination.' 'You can be a Class 1 student, an engineering student, a 60-year-old person, anybody can access our satellite.'
This year will be the one when GenAI becomes a part of the daily lives of people around the world.
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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.
Microsoft, like many tech firms, is not a model of diversity.
