VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   The Microsoft BizSpark India StartUp Challenge, in its second year, announced the competition's winner and US$100,000 recipient. The event was marked by an eclectic mix of presentations on entrepreneurial ideas by students and inspiring speeches made by Sharad Sharma, Executive Council Member, NASSCOM; Sanket Akerkar, Managing Director, Microsoft Corporation India (P) Ltd; Joseph Landes, General Manager, Microsoft Corporation India (P) Ltd.; and K. RajnishMenon, Director - ISV & Cloud Strategy, Microsoft Corporation India (P) Ltd. The speaker sessions covered issues such as igniting the spark of innovation, nurturing the start-up ecosystem, and importance of technological innovations. Following the presentations from participants, the announcement was made to grant the final prize and an audience event, Play to Win!  K. Rajinish Menon, Director - ISV & Cloud Strategy, Microsoft Corporation India (P) Ltd., said, ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Microsoft is collaborating with accelerators in India to help start-ups grow their business through the availability of its global program, BizSpark Plus. It is an extension of the BizSpark program that works through select incubators and accelerators to provide added value products and services to high potential start-ups. In India, The Morpheus and Accel, as part of the Global Accelerator Network, are the appointed accelerators. Working with the accelerators, the program will offer each of their start-ups up to US$60,000 of Windows Azure compute and storage over a 24-month period, at no cost. Shekhar Kirani, Founder Member, Accel, said, "Our simple aim is to help Indian start-ups succeed. BizSpark Plus will allow us the chance to provide the entrepreneurs we work with even more valuable support and services. Access to technologies like Windows Azure and other software and services from Microsoft should provide an impetus to our compan...