Microsoft crosses swords with pirates, to offer cloud software
In what will be a first for the country, technology giant Microsoft will offer its software suites like MS Office on rent over the Internet. The move is aimed at reducing software piracy, as the packages will be available for as low as Rs 120 a month. Allied with the offer of a low-cost personal computer at Rs 3,000 from Microsoft s partner in this venture, Airtel, the combination is expected to appeal to retail consumers weaned on pirated software.
The aim is to make the offerings so attractive that consumers will bypass the cheap, but pirated, stuff and go for original offerings. It will be something like Apple did with iTunes and the music industry, said Sachin Duggal, CEO & president at Nivio, the technology company that claims credit for bringing Microsoft and Bharti Airtel into the venture. Though it is still early days, Duggal says SMEs could benefit hugely from this offering as it could significantly reduce their IT spend.
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The aim is to make the offerings so attractive that consumers will bypass the cheap, but pirated, stuff and go for original offerings. It will be something like Apple did with iTunes and the music industry, said Sachin Duggal, CEO & president at Nivio, the technology company that claims credit for bringing Microsoft and Bharti Airtel into the venture. Though it is still early days, Duggal says SMEs could benefit hugely from this offering as it could significantly reduce their IT spend.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.financialexpress.com
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