Microsoft India today announced the launch of Microsoft CityNext
in the country. CityNext is an initiative to enable city residents
and city leaders to use technology to build a foundation for
sustainable growth and prosperity. Microsoft has identified more than
40 solution areas across eight city domains -- 1. Energy and water 2.
Buildings; infrastructure and planning 3. Transportation 4. Public
safety and justice 5. Tourism, recreation, and culture 6. Education
7. Health and 8. Social services and Government administration --
that help address 90 percent of the challenges cities faces today.
CityNext addresses these areas through the vast and diverse Microsoft
Partner Network of more than 430,000 technology experts across the
globe. In India, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro are working with
Microsoft for this initiative, with other leading system integrators
also joining the CityNext ecosystem.
Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman - Microsoft India said, “By 2030,
India will have more than 69 cities with a population of more than
one million. In fact, an estimated 590 million people will be living
in cities. As India prepares to modernize old infrastructure, city
leaders have to meet these growing demands with tight budgets and
greater citizen expectations.”
“Microsoft’s CityNext puts people first and builds on a new
infrastructure of collaborative technology to engage citizens,
businesses and Government leaders to do ‘new with less’. We are
excited about the possibilities this opens up to help enable cities
compete effectively on a global scale and foster economic, social and
environmental sustainability,” Mr. Pramanik added.
Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Vice President and Head of Government
Business, TCS commented, “Today, the cities which are on a journey
towards modernization face many challenges. Our work with Microsoft
can help these cities find the right combination of investments,
solutions, partnerships and social programs. This will enable them to
attract business, build more vibrant city landscapes and competitive
economies.”
Commenting on the launch, Partha Sarathi Guha Patra, Vice
President & Head Corporate Affairs, Wipro Limited said, “Indian
city leaders are increasingly looking at how they can drive cohesive
and uniform city-wide development. Microsoft’s CityNext is an
important initiative that Governments and Public enterprises can
leverage to achieve this objective.”
Cities are centers of industrial, economic and entrepreneurial
activity and at the same time, they increasingly encounter compelling
forces, such as rapid urbanization, modernization mandates, and
economic austerity pressures. CityNext helps city administrators
create a comprehensive and robust technology framework by integrating
existing citizen centric solutions and providing access to them via
the cloud, social and mobile. It also allows city administrators to
monitor the key metrics of their city through customized analytics
and dashboards. CityNext empowers people in government, businesses
and the community to build more sustainable cities across economic,
environmental and social spheres.
Microsoft and its partner ecosystem are uniquely positioned to
deliver secure devices, services and solutions across domains,
anchored around three key pillars: transforming
operations and infrastructure; engaging citizens and businesses; and
accelerating innovation and opportunity.
In India, the deployment of Microsoft Dynamics AX (2009) by the
Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Ltd. improved its
efficiency, reduced costs and eliminated redundant manual processes.
After deployment, the organization benefitted from better control,
improved financial and human resources management, and ability to
administrate revenues.
Other examples of citizen-centric projects involving Microsoft
technologies and partners are CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Tracking
Network System) project and the eight million Live@Edu accounts (as
of June 30, 2013) in many of the 10,000 technical colleges and
institutes under All India Council for Technical Education.
In other parts of the world, Microsoft and partners help several
cities address their most pressing issues in a modern and innovative
manner. One example is the City of Barcelona, which has a
long-established global reputation for innovation. Barcelona has been
working with Microsoft and its partners in a number of key
initiatives. These include an enhanced virtual desktop infrastructure
for field employees supported by the Windows Server 2012 and Windows
8 operating systems.
Microsoft CityNext accelerates new opportunities for city leaders,
businesses and citizens to make a real impact for a better tomorrow
in their communities.
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