{"id":410,"date":"2009-08-18T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/?p=410"},"modified":"2009-08-18T16:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T16:21:00","slug":"microsoft-roadshow-on-windows-7-in-16-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/2009\/08\/microsoft-roadshow-on-windows-7-in-16-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft roadshow on Windows 7 in 16 Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0CVJHmIcLIk\/SorOrUhiLcI\/AAAAAAAAAIo\/hJVjrcn1DHk\/s1600-h\/microsoft.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 174px; height: 29px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0CVJHmIcLIk\/SorOrUhiLcI\/AAAAAAAAAIo\/hJVjrcn1DHk\/s400\/microsoft.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371332749231795650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\">Microsoft India announced the         commencement of a 16 city partner roadshow in its endeavour to get the ecosystem         ready for the launch of Windows 7 in October this year. From August to September         2009, Microsoft expects to reach out to over 1800 partners across several         cities including Ahmedabad, Cochin, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Guwahati, Hyderabad,         Indore, Jaipur, Lucknow, Pune , Ranchi and the five metros. The roadshows are aimed         at equipping the partner ecosystem to effectively roll-out Windows 7 in India and         maximize the tremendous business opportunity that the new operating system represents         for them.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8220;We are very excited about the         potential of Windows 7 and the combined value we can provide to customers. The roadshows         will provide us a good perspective on the opportunities we can leverage with Windows         7 and enable us to maximize the enormous business opportunity it presents&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\">, stated         <\/span><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\">Mr. Sudarsan, CEO of Veeras Infotek, a Chennai-based Microsoft partner<\/span><\/b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\">.                              To provide         a further impetus to their Windows 7 partner program, Microsoft has also announced         an exciting new contest called <\/span><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8216;Saath ka dum&#8217;<\/span><\/b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\">, wherein partners can win upto Rs.         20,000 by rolling out Windows 7 in the country.                         <\/span><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8220;This roadshow is a great platform for us to engage with them         and provide the resources they need to get ready for Windows 7 roll-out so that         together, we can deliver a unique customer experience.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\"> said <\/span><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\">Mr. G. Ramesh, Director-         Windows Client, Microsoft India said.<\/span><\/b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\"> <\/span><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\">&#8220;We are optimistic about the long-term business         opportunities Windows 7 represents for our ecosystem and are focused on working         with our partners to realize this potential,&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\"> he added.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"  style=\"font-family:arial;\">via Microsoft India Press Release<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft India announced the commencement of a 16 city partner roadshow in its endeavour to get the ecosystem ready for the launch of Windows 7 in October this year. From August to September 2009, Microsoft expects to reach out to over 1800 partners across several cities including Ahmedabad, Cochin, Chandigarh, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft-events","category-ms-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}