Bharti Airtel has announced that it will deliver Microsoft’s cloud based Office 365 business productivity solutions to SMBs by provisioning the service through its Cloud platform. Office 365 along with Airtel’s DSL and Internet Leased Ports/Lines (ILP) services will give SMBs the option of creating a public facing Web site, access to the latest releases from Office 365, anti-virus & anti-spam and access to documents and emails on smartphones over Airtel’s network.
Sanjay Kapoor, CEO – India & South Asia, Bharti Airtel, said, “This partnership will allow us to become a virtual CIO for our SMB customers. According to industry estimates there is a growing affinity towards technology adoption in this segment and their IT spending is surging at a rate of 15% per year. SMB segment has shown a high adoption of Cloud computing especially SaaS, which contributes more than 50% to the overall Cloud market. With our superior network experience and Microsoft’s dependable technology suite we will be able to offer cost effective and secure cloud services in a high growth SaaS market.”