A start-up gets the Microsoft suite of tools and technologies free for three years, as well as access to funding of up to Rs 25 crore by IDG Ventures, officials of two entities said. The programme is open to technology companies that are less than three years old with annual revenues that are less than Rs 5 crore.
Chitra Sood, staffing director at Microsoft India Development Centre, talks about opportunities available to young graduates and interns at MSIDC.
According to the government data, micro, small and medium enterprises employ about 59.7 million people spread over 26.1 million enterprises.
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 comes with a 12.3-inch display and runs on the Windows 10 operating system.
The latest from the IT giant firm will offer next-generation automated tools such as mobile billing and smart supply chain management.
Xi will later head for New York to attend the UN General Assembly session.
A pilot project on paperless functioning which had been initiated in the IT-BT department of the state government was expected to be completed by next week, he said.
The department found that Microsoft India's Gurgoan unit carried out marketing activities for its India operations and not for the Singapore unit as it had claimed in its reply to a show cause notice served by the department earlier. Microsoft officials, however, said they have not received any official communication from the tax department in this regard.
India is significant to Microsoft from both a market perspective as well as from a talent perspective, says Microsoft head honcho.
Global software giant Microsoft has pipped domestic IT giant Infosys as the best company to work for in India, according to a new study released on Tuesday. Microsoft was followed by Mindtree Consulting, Johnson and Johnson and Sapient at second, third and fourth ranks. Infosys, India's second-biggest software exporter, topped the list in 2006 but slipped to fifth spot this year.
Preeti Vyas Giannetti of Vyas Giannnetti Creative says that there is always a glass ceiling for women at the top level.
In the first part of our series on Women's Day we present Chitra Sood, staffing director at the Microsoft India Development Center. Here are her thoughts on Women's Day, the secrets to her success and her advice to young girls just starting out on their careers.
Balakrishnan said Nasscom had predicted that impact on jobs due to non-extension of STPI scheme might result in loss of 400,000 jobs in three to four years.
With growth in mobility and mobile penetration levels in tier II and III towns and cities, Microsoft India is looking at a larger chunk of its mobility business from these regions.
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said the government can consider some more measures to contain inflation if prices do not soften going ahead. Inflation touched a 42-month high of 7.57 per cent for the week ended April 19 as compared to 7.33 per cent in the previous week. When asked whether futures trading of food grains be banned to bring down prices, he replied that the expert committee has said that futures trading does not increase inflation.
MSR India and MSIDC see collaborations in the fields of software engineering, multilingual systems, mobile networks and applications
Virtualisation is going to be a key opportunity for software players in the next 3 to 5 years, according to Amit Chatterjee, general manager, Windows Group of Microsoft India (R&D) Private Limited.
S Somasegar, corporate VP, Microsoft, speaks about Vista and other products that the team at IDC, Hyderabad are working on.
The India centre, which is the seventh such facility for the company globally, will function as a satellite to Microsoft's Redmond-based Digital Crimes Unit.
Available in four consumer editions, Windows Vista will be sold through 1,500 outlets in India and is priced comparably with its last offering Windows XP, Microsoft India Chairman Ravi Venkatesan told a news conference in Mumbai.
Microsoft boss Bill Gates has a rare gift: he is super smart from, both, the technology and the business perspectives, says S Somasager, corporate VP, Microsoft Corp.
The online service division of Microsoft Corp, MSN on Tuesday appointed Jaspreet Bindra as the country manager of its Indian arm.
Microsoft on Thursday said it will set up 500 retail points in eight cities across India, to drive revenues from the home user segment. \n
Aimed at tapping first time PC users in the Hindi belt, Microsoft Corporation India on Thursday rolled out its operating system Windows XP Starter Edition in Hindi.
Close on the heels of expanding its operations, Microsoft India has now set its eyes on penetrating the consumer market in the country.
'There is a possibility of a technological 'explosion' in India'
The IT major's new rural initiative aims to provide a wide range of information and services related to health, education, communication and agriculture in villages.
Microsoft on Tuesday said it would double its investments in India and the employee strength in the small and medium business segment to expand its reach in the country by the year-end.
Come January, Microsoft Corporation will launch the Surface Pro 4, its latest mobile computing device, in the country.
Microsoft India and the Tamil Nadu government on Monday signed an MoU, under which the former will help set up an 'information technology academy' in the city to provide comprehensive training programme to nearly 20,000 teachers in the state for a pe
Microsoft India development centre is betting big on its Hyderabad operations. In 2005-06, it is planning to file applications for 70 patents for various projects that are underway at its centre. MIDC filed for 40 patents in 2004-05.
Aimed at making cheaper PCs, Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled low-cost Windows XP Starter Edition operating systems in India in Hindi targetting the first-time home users.
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.
Microsoft India on Tuesday launched the Student and Teacher edition of Office 2003 at a special price to enable the academic community have greater access to the latest technologies.
Microsoft India has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Uttaranchal government for the rollout of Project Shiksha.
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