Global Alliance of IT Giants Powers Cancer Research

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Melbourne Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research had researchers working across several labs using isolated computing systems that struggled to process the huge amounts of raw data generated. Microsoft worked with partners Dell and Intel, significantly reducing data processing times and simplifying and centralising management of the Institute

Innovative Educator in the World

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Umesh Chandra Pandey of Government Inter College Dinapani, Almora in Uttarakhand is declared

Telecentres for development: The next 20 years?

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Microsoft India launches Swaraj in e-Governance Summit

Microsoft has launched a new solution for managing the Indian Panchayati Raj system, called SWARAJ during Government Leadership summit in Delhi. The solution addresses the information needs for all the five tiers of Panchayati Raj which include Ministry of Panchayati Raj at the Central Level, Panchayati Raj Departments at State level, District Administration at the District level, Panchayat Samitis/BDOs at the Block and Gram Panchayats at the Village level.

Six winners awarded at Microsoft Government leadership summit

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. announced the winners of its second

Exploring New Frontiers of Technology

[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Sharp was founded in 1912 by Tokuji Hayakawa.

ITU and Microsoft signs MoU in Connect Africa Summit to track ICT development

ITU Global View, a virtual earth-based online platform to track and help accelerate the implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) goals in Africa was launched on 29 October, 2007 on the opening day of the Connect Africa Summit. Governments, along with industry, development banks and international organizations are gathered in Kigali (Rwanda) to mobilize the human, financial and technical resources required to expand the development of ICT infrastructure and ensure it is used effectively in pursuit of the WSIS development goals for Africa.

Microsoft launches open-source lab in India

Microsoft India has set up a lab in Bangalore where industry, government and educational institutions can build test applications for their interoperability with open-source and other technologies.

Equalising growth in outsourcing : Saloni Malhotra, Head – Operations, DesiCrew Solutions

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Changing the World of Communications : Michel Gambier, General Manager, Information Worker Group, Microsoft APAC

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