Microsoft pledges $1 Billion of Cloud Computing resources for ‘Public Good’
United States: The technology giant,
Microsoft committed to provide Cloud Computing Services including CRM Online,
Microsoft Azure, Enterprise Mobility Suite, Power BI, and so on with nonprofit
and university research projects, over three years.
The company aims to provide its cloud
storage and resources for free to 70 thousand nonprofits. Also, Microsoft will
grant free cloud services to the students and faculties to enhance research
work in technology and science.
The philanthropic program is based on ‘Office
365 for nonprofits’ program which is already successful in the market.
Philanthropic division of Microsoft is
working with the Business Development to provide low-cost last mile internet connectivity
and community training. By coupling these two aspects, the company focuses on
new public private-partnerships to support 20 of these projects in 17 countries
across the world by 2017 first half.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella expressed
the desire to utilize company cloud computing to develop the developing
markets.
The market research and consulting firm,
TechSci Research depicts that the philanthropic projects of Microsoft will help
in reaching technology to the larger fraternity of professionals. Further, the
company is committed to making cutting edge technology at the low cost to the
organization to solve the bigger challenges and to serve millions of people
around the world.
The recent report on cloud computing by
TechSci Research, “India
Cloud Computing Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2020” discuss that the big
computing players make efforts to develop the cloud computing ecosystem across
the world.