Recent News

Some of the biggest news to come out of Microsoft Ignite was the introduction and the first public demonstration of SharePoint Server 2016 .Here are the biggest takeaways from the conference – the administrative experience of SharePoint Server 2016 will be much better, it will have multiple roles to spread the workload, it will have number of features designed to make hybrid deployment even easier and much more.

Web apps and pages may soon get a speed boost to rival the performance of native desktop and mobile applications, thanks to a new standards initiative from Microsoft, Google and Mozilla.The work, WebAssembly, provides a way to compile the source code for the programmatic parts of Web applications so they can be processed by the browser more quickly.

Sandbox startups, an incubation facility of Deshpande Foundation is helping individuals with bright ideas acquire funds to begin their operations. Deshpande Foundation has been very aptly using its partnership with Microsoft Ventures to provide startups with state of the art technology and expertize.

Hybrids to Represent 12% of Total Mobile PC Sales in 2015, Hybrid Ultramobiles to Be Fastest-Growing Segment of Mobile PC Market in 2015 according to Gartner. Microsoft’s Surface is classified as a tablet ultramobile by Gartner. In the ultramobile tablet segment, Microsoft stood at No. 1 with 36% market share in 2014. Combining the ultramobile hybrid and the ultramobile tablet, Microsoft was No. 3 with 14% market share worldwide.

Microsoft India, in partnership with iBall, launched the iBall Splendo, the first compact and affordable PC-on-a-stick device that can convert a TV into a fully functional PC and a Smart TV.”The iBall Splendo is for people who love devices and want to be connected all the time using multiple form factors,” said Vineet Durani – Director Windows Business Group, Microsoft India.

Microsoft has partnered with Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Industries Association (TANSTIA) to sell IT solutions to 10,000 SMBs in the state. Meetul Patel, General Manager – SMS&P, Microsoft India, said: “Through our association with TANSTIA and the commitment of our partners like Quadrasystems.net, we hope to bring the benefits of IT to every SMB.”

Microsoft Ventures in India announced the launch of new corporate engagement initiative – Innovation for Corporates (ICI) at Think Next 2015. The program aims to work with enterprise businesses to develop and implement different models to attain innovation driven growth by engaging with startups. Ravi Narayan, Director at Microsoft Ventures in India said, “More and more enterprise businesses are looking at us for guidance, and we are positive that institutionalizing our efforts under ICI will help us scale up and help even more businesses.”

To improve collaboration among its workforce, Nous Infosystems has adopted Microsoft Office 365. Deployed across three offices for 600 employees, the cloud-based solution has enhanced communication and collaboration with stakeholders in and outside the organization using tools like Skype for Business, OneDrive and Exchange Online. As a result, Nous Infosystems is expecting to reduce overall operations expenditure up to 25% by 2018.

Windows Phone users who have been testing the upcoming version of Windows 10 for smartphones have a new build to play with. Microsoft just released build 10136 of Windows 10 Mobile to beta testers in the Windows Insider Program. It brings a bunch of improvements to the new mobile OS, including design changes to Cortana, the virtual assistant that was first released with Windows Phone 8.1.