GEC NEWS WIREMicrosoft Gulf called on regional start-ups to strongly consider the cloud as a means of easily scaling up their business operations, citing several UAE success stories as proof that, through Microsoft’s BizSpark programme, enterprise-level technology tools were no longer out of reach for SMEs.
Samer Abu-Ltaif, General Manager, Microsoft Gulf. “The BizSpark scheme is chartered to provide companies with the right tools – software, services, cloud computing – and the right training, to turn their ideas into thriving enterprises. BizSpark allows us to connect start-ups with incubators that we work with, and get them the right guidance on their journey, as they become an integral part of the diversification of the economy in this part of the world.”
In January this year, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, met several UAE-based entrepreneurs while on a visit to the country. Each of the business leaders had made strides in growth for their venture through BizSpark and were interested to know how they could take bolder steps using Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.
“BizSpark has given us the opportunity to utilize the cloud at virtually no cost and allows us to run our existing solutions while at the same time experimenting with new technologies, said Teambase Managing Director, Robert Koval.
