Microsoft Launches WebsiteSpark in India
Microsoft today launched its WebsiteSpark program in India. The program, designed to create a partner network and drive business growth for professional web development and design companies, already has 700 plus companies’ registered. The program is supported by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), National Association of Software and Services Company (NASSCOM) and The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) as the network partners; and Netmagic and Net 4, as the hosters.
The program provides web professionals with Microsoft software and solutions, together with related tools, training and support, to help their businesses succeed.
The core offerings of this program are:
• Microsoft Web design and development software and solutions, including three licenses to Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition, two licenses to Microsoft Expression Web 3, and one license of Microsoft Expression Studio 3;
• Four processor licenses for production usage to Windows Web Server 2008 or R2 (when available) and four processor licenses for production usage to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Web Edition; and,
• A third-party premium Website control panel (DotNetPanel).
Additionally, participants will be provided support and training that includes:
• Two technical support incidents per company;
• Access to community support through connections with Network Partners, Hosting Partners and peers with complementary services and technologies;
• Unlimited access to technical managed newsgroups on MSDN; and,
• Unlimited program support for non-technical issues. It is great to see the software giant Microsoft facilitating development of the entrepreneur ecosystem in India.
In the past few years, there has been a steep rise in the demand of web design and development services and a program like WebsiteSpark will surely help address this demand. With time, there is bound to be greater activity as professionals see a more conducive environment to germinating start-ups in the digital space is sure to ignite new entrepreneurial ventures in the country.
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