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.
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.
Reports suggest that the new handset would feature the Microsoft logo, 5-inch display, 1.2GHz processor, 1GB RAM and 8GB storage.
If Microsoft can't clearly define its destination, a confused organisational structure isn't going to help it get there.
Online search giant Google has come out openly against Microsoft's $45-billion takeover bid for Yahoo, terming the deal as a threat to openness of the Internet.
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.
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.
Companies now require more than just academic marks; they seek students with internship experience or extra certification courses.
Microsoft's unsolicited bid of Yahoo has brought the latter in the midst of a legal storm, as 7 lawsuits have been filed against Yahoo.
Though Ballmer was caught off guard, he pulled himself together and went on record: "Oh no, not at all. Why should we be? We are the market leaders. Every day is a day of opportunities for us and we are eager to take those opportunities."
The sub-$100 smartphone market is dominated by Google's Android operating system, which has lower licensing costs, and runs cheaper hardware.
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.
US-based reader Rangaprabhu Parthasarthy features four key elements that he predicts will help Microsoft emerge as a force to reckon with in 2012 in response to our reader invite.
Even as Microsoft has seen exponential growth for its cloud platform Azure in India, the firm has not yet set up local servers.
IT giant Microsoft Corporation on Friday announced that it was planning to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion.
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.
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.
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.
An initiative of Nandan Nilekani's EkStep Foundation, people+ai on Tuesday unveiled its vision for the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in India, dubbed 'Adbhut India' (Amazing India). It aims to harness AI as a powerful tool to enhance the lives of all Indians. The event marked the rollout of several initiatives by people+ai that are focused on discovering, demonstrating, and disseminating population-scale AI use cases for India.
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.
Microsoft announced the biggest acquisition in its history by buying digital marketing firm aQuantive for $6 billion in an all-cash deal.
Google was slowly but surely tightening its grip around Microsoft mainstay products
The decision to shut down the Chennai plant will reduce valuation of Nokia for Microsoft
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.
Microsoft Corp is considering Ericsson Chief Executive Hans Vestberg as a possible successor to outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer.
A source close to the company said no appointment was likely until the last week of January or in February.
Microsoft has done well in selling software to enterprises, but it has never really figured out consumers or hardware.
"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."
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".
Microsoft in association with Nasscom announced on Friday three teams of student innovators from India, of which one will compete at the worldwide finals of 'Imagine Cup' in August at Seoul, Korea for a prize money of $1,70,000 (about Rs 76,50,000).
Microsoft Corp is betting a mix of old and young blood will revive the aging technology pioneer, but new Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella may find it tough to push change with co-founder Bill Gates and former CEO Steve Ballmer breathing down his neck.
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.
Nineteen per cent of global fund managers remain bullish on India, suggests the latest BofA Asia Fund Manager Survey (FMS). A total of 249 panelists with $656 billion worth of assets under management (AUM) participated in the survey between February 2 and 8, BofA said. Two hundred and nine participants with $568 billion AUM responded to the global FMS questions, while 145 participants with $331 billion in AUM responded to the regional fund manager survey (FMS) questions, BofA said.
The government asked digital platforms to provide technical and business process solutions to prevent and weed out misinformation that can potentially harm society and democracy, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said.
US firms are seeking Indian engineers to work on technologies similar to their global counterparts
Nicholas Carr, a leading tech critic and former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review, believes that whatever the ultimate outcome of the transaction, the eagerness of Microsoft to launch such a bid "tells us a lot about the changing shape of business on the Internet and how competition is likely to play out in the future."
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
The writing has been on the wall for some time. Exodus of senior leadership and growth behind its peers are reasons that have prompted Thierry Delaporte, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Wipro to resign, analysts said. Delaporte, Wipro's seventh CEO, also resigned without completing his five-year term, like his predecessor Abidali Neemuchwala decided to end his tenure prematurely in 2020. Phil Fersht, HFS Research CEO and chief analyst believes the change in leadership was at least six months overdue.
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