THE world’s biggest software company, Microsoft, will help Indian start-up companies cope with the economic recession by offering them Microsoft software needed to run their business free of cost.
Termed as BizSpark and coming under the Microsoft Startup accelerator Program, this new initiative will provide the startups with software products free for a period of three years.
“IT industry is going through a inflection point and there are a host of startups who are looking at tapping into domestic market through the creation of Ips. Their initiative would be to provide the entire tech support,” said Ravi Venkatesan, chairman of Microsoft India. In order to become a member of this program, the start-up companies will have to be less than three years old, and their annual revenues should not exceed $1 million.
Termed as BizSpark and coming under the Microsoft Startup accelerator Program, this new initiative will provide the startups with software products free for a period of three years.
“IT industry is going through a inflection point and there are a host of startups who are looking at tapping into domestic market through the creation of Ips. Their initiative would be to provide the entire tech support,” said Ravi Venkatesan, chairman of Microsoft India. In order to become a member of this program, the start-up companies will have to be less than three years old, and their annual revenues should not exceed $1 million.
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