Cloud Efficiency

Cloud computing is helping create opportunities for organisations to grow their business, by enabling cost savings, higher productivity and greater operational flexibility

Cloud computing is helping create opportunities for organisations to grow their business, by enabling cost savings, higher productivity and greater operational flexibility. Microsoft’s cloud services, such as productivity tool Office 365 and cloud platform Azure, are helping lower operational cost, enhancing collaboration among employees leading to higher productivity andenabling easy connect with existing and new customers near or far, thereby driving growth in business operations.

Result of Survey

A recent survey by Microsoft has found that by using cloud services SMEs would have 2.6x improvement in employee productivity and 3.1x reduction in operating expenses. Microsoft and its partner Crayon (global software & cloud experts, who have a deep technical and award-winning capabilities across the entire Microsoft technology stack), recently organised a knowledge sharing session on cloud-based products and services for SMEs and ISVs (independent software vendors) in Rajkot. Rajkot is home to one of the most vibrant SME clusters in India, and the session was organized in association with Rajkot Information Technology Association.

Microsoft offers choice, flexibility, scalability, worldwide reach and capacity in cloud services that suit any organisation’s needs.

Expanding Popular Access

Rajiv Sodhi, GM, Partner Ecosystem, Microsoft

“In today’s fast-changing marketplace, open and secure collaboration among employees and agility in business response are fundamental to driving business growth.” —Rajiv Sodhi, GM, Partner Ecosystem, Microsoft

said, “In today’s fast- changing marketplace, open and secure collaboration among employees and agility in business response are fundamental to driving business growth. Microsoft cloud services are changing the way digital technologies are used by businesses in their day-to- day operations, and our vast partner ecosystem is delivering tailor-made digital services that suit an organization’s current and future needs.”

Laxmikant Ambulkar, Regional Channel Head, West & Product Head, Crayon added, “We at Crayon help our partners and their customers to move from complexity to simplicity during their cloud Journey.” Further added Abhay Joshi, Product Head, Crayon, “At Crayon we provide a unique and flexible combination of processes, infrastructure and people designed to nurture ISVs (Independent Software Vendors), by helping them reach larger customer base at optimised cost per user by moving to cloud.”

Cloud is expanding popular access to technology. It is enabling organisations irrespective of size, geographical location or sector to access the same technology and compute power. Microsoft cloud technologies are not only advanced but also affordable and easy to deploy and use, and with ready availability of connectivity infrastructure across India this is an opportune time for organisations to leverage cloud technologies to drive their growth.