<p>VSN International, a silver partner of Microsoft, is on track to grow its business by more than 200 per cent over the next 12 months. This growth will be powered by adoption of Microsoft Office 365 by its customers. Office 365 offers SMBs productivity tools that help customers to increase collaboration amongst employees without the hassle of managing expensive IT infrastructure. Some of the applications available under Office 365 include Exchange Online for email; One Drive for data storage and Skype for Business for video conferencing, in addition to office applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.<br><br>VSN International has been building on its cloud capability with Microsoft, offering enterprise-grade, highly secure and scalable Office 365 services to SMBs that can enhance business efficiencies and collaboration. As per a recent research commissioned by Microsoft and conducted independently by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a global management consulting firm and a leading advisor on business strategy- SMBs that decided to take the IT plunge created more new jobs and more revenue growth over the past three years compared to SMBs that trailed in this regard. The BCG study, ‘Ahead of the Curve: Lessons on Technology and Growth from Small Business Leaders’ found that if more SMBs in India adopt the latest IT tools, there is potential for this sector to grow revenues by $56 billion and create as many as 1.1 million new jobs.<br><br>“Technology provides significant opportunities for SMBs to achieve their business goals and make use of self-provisioned cloud solutions to meet their IT needs. Our pay-as-you-go model of cloud availability benefits SMBs from a scalability and affordability perspective” said Manohar Hotchandani, Director, Business Development, Microsoft India. “We are committed to work closely with our partners to enable customers be more productive, and will continue to enhance the capacity and capability of our partners to help them deliver superior value to customers”, he added.<br><br>As per a report by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Government of India, Madhya Pradesh is one of the ten leading states in terms of enterprises, with 19.33 lakh registered MSMEs. Supported by the right technology, these enterprises have immense growth potential in the country as well as globally. Recognizing this potential, Microsoft is enabling its partners to help them embrace the latest in technology. It is also training and up-skilling its partners like VSN International to help them in their business journey.<br><br>Amit Bidasaria, Managing Director, VSN International, said, “Organisations recognize the need for a robust IT infrastructure to scale up their business to gain competitive advantage. With Microsoft Office 365, we have been able to address the IT needs of diverse verticals over the last year and we see tremendous potential for businesses in the upcoming year as they take their first step in the cloud.”<br><br>Microsoft partners have the most complete cloud portfolio and are in a position to offer a holistic cloud solution addressing all the business needs of their customers. This offers significant value to customers as it provides them the flexibility to plan, purchase, deploy and manage their entire IT roadmap with the help of their trusted local partner. Partners are enabled to ‘do more’ for their SMB customers by exploring the potential of bringing in enterprise grade Microsoft cloud services to them at an affordable cost.<br> </p>
