Microsoft signs largest cloud service agreement in India

Microsoft announced yesterday that it had signed an agreement with the "All India Council for Science and Technology Education" (all India Council for technical Education), the largest cloud service agreement ever signed by the company to date, to about 10,000 http ://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/17810.html "> Technology University deploys Microsoft live@edu Service, will cover 75,000 users."

Industry insiders point out that the deal is important not only because of its size but also as a sign of how cloud services are developing in both the education and emerging markets, suggesting that Microsoft insists it wants to achieve growth in all two areas.

Under the terms of the agreement, the "All India Committee on Science and Technology Education", which represents the University of Science and Technology, will use Microsoft's customized instant messaging and communication Collaboration 115.html > Service Platform live@edu to provide collaboration services to 7 million students and 500,000 faculty members in India. e-mail, network applications, instant messaging, and storage services. Microsoft issued a statement saying it would take three months to deploy the platform.

Microsoft did not disclose the value of the deal, but it beat the biggest rivals, such as Google and IBM, in the bid, one of the main reasons Microsoft got the deal. The "All India Council for Science and Technology Education" said the association's decision to sign a deal with Microsoft is due to the fact that Microsoft offers a broader portfolio of services and is competitively priced.

It is one of the fastest growing sectors of the Indian economy. For now, the total value of the industry, which consists of it, logistics and procurement, is about $100 billion trillion. Microsoft already has a strong position in the Indian market, and signing the deal is one way to ensure that Microsoft's products will have more loyal users in the Indian market in the long run, because the students are also working in the technology sector.

Overall, Microsoft's live@edu service currently employs around 22 million people worldwide, meaning that the latest signing of the deal is about One-third of Microsoft's cloud/education business.

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