Microsoft approaches Indian Government to offer its Cloud Services
Smart cities, Banking and
State-owned enterprises are the key government projects and entities to which
Microsoft urges to adopt cloud services
India: Microsoft, a global technology giant,
urges the Indian government to adopt its cloud services and data centers for
the key initiatives such as Smart Cities, and for banking and state-owned
enterprises projects.
Brad
Smith, Microsoft Chief legal recently met Communications and Information
Technology minister of India, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, who expressed the interest
in using cloud services; however, data security concerns should be addressed
and as long as the company approaches follows the proper procedure and
approaches relevant authorities in the system.
In
September, Microsoft launches it data centers in India to strengthen the
offering of its cloud services Azure and Office 365 services, to the Indian
customers. As per the Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella, the
Indian market provides the cloud opportunity of US$ 2 Trillion.
According
to TechSci Research, Microsoft strategy to fortify its cloud services in the Indian
market and hence it has launched the data center to target data-sensitive
industries such as BFSI, Healthcare, and Government. Taking the step forward,
the company has approached the government with its offerings and targeting key
government initiatives such as smart cities to set-up its foothold in the Indian
Cloud market.
A
recent report published by TechSci
Research, “India Cloud Computing Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2020” depicts,
the market for cloud computing services in India is projected to grow at a CAGR
of over 22% during 2015-2020. Increased government spending on National Optical
Fibre Network (NOFN) and various e-governance portals, coupled with growing
acceptance of cloud services in SME segment is expected to drive the market for
cloud computing. Cloud computing technology offers tremendous cost benefits
over traditional in-house systems for data storage. However, the adoption of
cloud computing services in India is gaining attraction, with increasing
participation expected to be witnessed from both private as well as government
sector.