‘Future Unleashed’ held in Mumbai was supposed to be the
Microsoft’s largest ever customer conference in India got some more factors of
enthusiasm from people as the Newly appointed Indo-American CEO of Microsoft ‘Satya
Nadella’ addressed various people from the world of Business and Politics.
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Nadella said “At Microsoft, we strive to empower every
Indian citizen and every business and government organization to achieve more.
With the newly launched Microsoft Cloud and with Surface Pro 4, our customers
here in India have the digital technology they need to seize incredible new
growth and opportunity on a global scale."
Microsoft announced a number of programs, partnerships and
products which will help Indian organizations and governments to leverage
technology for the benefit of new business areas and enhance customer experiences
using a host of Microsoft’s latest cloud services and new devices. Bhaskar
Pramanik - Chairman, Microsoft India asserted that "Cloud and mobile technologies are already galvanizing
Indian industry. We will demonstrate that technology in the hands of brilliant
people can create magic. That innovation is as much what you do with technology
as the invention of the technology itself."
To help Indian start-ups which are focusing on the mission
of developing smart cities, Microsoft has launched a initiative where start-ups can
be accelerated with an individual access of up to USD 120000(INR 80 Lakhs) and
execute their smart city pilot projects. Microsoft has already partnered with
some of the E-Commmerce giants in India like JustDial, PayTM and Snapdeal. These
companies would be able to utilize Microsoft’s latest cloud based services and
analytics to ensure a much better consumer experience with their technical infrastructure and doing any transaction.
The whole world knows about the technical genius of
Microsoft and its role in digitizing the entire world, seeing some of tailored
projects for India certainly increases the hope for a ‘Digitized Nation’ very
soon J