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According to research firm Gartner, India’s share of the enterprise software market in Asia-Pacific is expected to reach $6.8 billion by 2018. Samik Roy, Director – Dynamics, Microsoft India, believes that the rapid advances in cloud and mobility, along with rising customer aspirations of rapid implementation and user adoption, are fuelling the demand for business agility.

Microsoft Ventures and iSPIRT hosted SaaSx – a platform for SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) entrepreneurs to share, learn and grow their business into million dollar Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) models. “While SaaS is fast becoming a viable model for product startups in India, scaling it up rapidly is a bottleneck every mature SaaS startup encounters. SaaSx, like our other initiatives with iSPIRT, is aimed at getting these startups the traction that will turn them into a global success,” said Ravi Narayan, MD, Microsoft Ventures, India.

As part of its mobile-first, cloud-first strategy, Microsoft has announced the launched of Azure App Service. The cloud service enables developers to build web and mobile apps for any platform and any device. “App Service is an integrated solution that streamlines development while enabling easy integration with on-premises and SaaS systems while providing the ability to quickly automate business processes,” Bill Staples, Corporate Vice President, App Platform, Microsoft Azure, said.

With a new integrated set of Azure-based services, Microsoft wants to help ease the process of developing applications that run in the cloud. “We’re hearing that developers want more simplicity. They’re challenged with having to build apps that target a variety of platforms and devices,” said Omar Khan, Microsoft partner director of program management.

Microsoft detailed the roles of Internet Explorer and Project Spartan browsers in the upcoming Windows 10 operating system. The company also announced that “major Web entities” will contribute to its platform, and announced Adobe’s Web Platform Team as its first partner.

Xbox Fitness will now sync data with Microsoft Health. What this means is, you’ll be able to access your exercise data across devices via the Health dashboard. So, if you own a Microsoft Band, you can choose to exercise in a gym, and perhaps take the workout home with Xbox Fitness. All the data is synced to one central location that’s accessible on the Web or through cross-platform apps.

Digital Vidya, a digital marketing training company, has announced its partnership with Microsoft India. This tie-up aims to empower and enable Microsoft partners to leverage digital marketing to be more efficient and profitable in selling Microsoft’s solutions.

Teams from Amrita College of Engineering (Bengaluru), the Indian Institute of Technology (Hyderabad), and the Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai) were announced as the winners of the recently concluded ‘Build The Shield’, a first-of-its-kind national level college hacking contest hosted by Microsoft.

iBall has announced two new additions iBall Slide WQ149i and WQ149R among its Windows-based 2-in-1 Tablet PCs. Developed in collaboration with the Intel and Microsoft, both are a seamless combination of tablet with the power of PC. The 10.1inch tablet PC runs on the latest Windows 8.1 operating system. Priced at a best buy of just Rs.18,499/- (Wi-Fi Version) and 19,999/- (3G Version) it comes packed with several free licenses, including the Microsoft Office 365 license including 1 TB (terabyte) OneDrive cloud storage for one year.