Friday, 13 July 2007

Sify To Work with Microsoft

Sify Limited has announced that it will work with Microsoft India to help bridge the digital divide in the country.

Sify will partner with Microsoft and enable easy access for Microsoft's initiatives through its over 3,500 I-Way cyber cafйs as well as through its home Internet access services.

Sify will offer its cyber cafй subscribers access to licensed Microsoft Office software to begin with, so that they can use the cafйs as a virtual office for their needs.

"Microsoft Unlimited Potential is a path breaking initiative that will go a long way towards helping bridge the digital divide. The programme will also contribute to economic development by empowering people for a technologically advanced society," said Raju Vegesna, Sify chairman and CEO.

"This initiative furthers our objective of empowering millions of Indians with IT services and the Internet to improve the quality of their lives," he added.

"Our alliance also encompasses providing low-cost utility computing for the masses that is affordable and easy to use," he said.

Chennai based Sify's initiative will include training people in the use of MS Office for Microsoft Office Certification.

The computer, aimed at families with school going children, will include 100 hours of free Internet access.