Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer To Keynote CES (Again) In 2012

Microsoft head honcho Steve Ballmer will return to CES in January 2012, kicking off the consumer technology tradeshow with a preshow keynote, the fourth time he’ll be taking the stage to do so.

“We are pleased to welcome Microsoft back to the CES keynote stage,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), which owns and produces CES.

The 2012 International CES is scheduled January 10-13, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nevada. CEA says the full line-up of 2012 International CES keynote addresses will be announced in coming months.

Ballmer’s preshow keynote address is slated for 6:30 PM on Monday, January 9, in The Venetian.

Microsoft has used the CES keynote stage in previous years to unveil products like the original Xbox and Avatar Kinect.

Microsoft Office 365 Rolls Out Its Online Productivity Suite

At a press event in New York City, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer rolled out the general availability of Microsoft 365, an online suite of productivity apps which includes Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft Lync. It is “where Microsoft Office meets the cloud,” he says. Microsoft firstannounced Office 365 last October, and has signed up 200,000 business customers since then.

Office 365 is all of Microsoft’s cloud productivity apps rolled into one service. It includes Web-based email, shared documents, shared calendars, instant messaging, video conferencing and Web meetings, and websites. Customers can pick and choose which apps they want and pay a monthly subscription from $2 to $27 per month.

Microsoft is targeting small businesses with Office 365 and is going up against Google Enterprise (which includes Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Talk and Google Sites). When it comes to the cloud, Microsoft is playing catch-up. Google Apps are used by more than3 million organizations.

Microsoft plays to its strengths by taking advantage of the billion people who already use the desktop version of Microsoft Office, with seamless transitions between the online and desktop versions. You can save a document to your desktop, keep working on it offline, and then sync the changes back to the shared document. The site editor uses familiar word processing UI metaphors to make it easy for anyone to create a site. The video conferencing and online meeting apps integrate PowerPoint and other Office apps.

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About NAC – Tech

The Indian IT industry is growing at a tremendous pace. India's biggest competitive advantage is the educated English-speaking talent pool, and hence it is also imperative that we have sustainable workforce development initiatives in place for the longer term. The industry, under the aegis of NASSCOM, is looking at ways and means to ensure that the future of this industry is even brighter. Proactive workforce development is becoming a major requirement for the Indian Engineering sector, specifically the IT.

NASSCOM is following a multi-pronged approach to facilitate manpower development for the short and long term. It is aiming to build a base of IT manpower by targeting various apex bodies and campuses across the country, which will be certified, in tune with the needs of the industry and geared up for the future requirements of the sector.

In this initiative, NASSCOM is looking at creating an Assessment and Certification program which becomes an industry standard and ensures the transformation of a "trainable" workforce into an "employable workforce. This program will be offered to all students who aspire to get into Technology / Engineering industry.

A part of its focus on evolving such a certification program is to provide a credible assessment solution which is integrated into the existing engineering program framework. NASSCOM also wants to conduct a "pilot run" administered across the country, run to calibrate the test so that it could be benchmarked against national and international expectations and requirements.

Delivery of assessment NAC Tech will be administered in either online or offline mode, depending on availability of infrastructure. Eligibility: BE, B.Tech, MCA, MSc-IT final year students Preferred: 60 % aggregate in graduation, 12th standard & 10th standard

NACTECH - Benefits Benefits for Students  A common, transparent process across companies in the IT/Engineering Sector Ability to identify their strengths and areas of improvement and self-assess training needs For Colleges  This assessment will help enable the colleges to generate a quantifiable picture of the knowledge and skill level of its students. Based on this feedback, it can approach various IT companies and companies in other verticals aggressively for placement opportunities. Benefits for the industry  Creation of a national standard for recruitment on entry level talent. Upto 50 % cost savings in industry's sourcing costs. Ease of benchmarking for individual processes with industry standards. Ability to create visibility and reach out to a larger audience.