Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. today announced its strategy and products for the 'next web'. at IndiMIX '06, its event for more than 40,000 web designers, developers and decision makers. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, kicked off the event with a keynote on the myriad ways companies can use software to forge distinctively new types of customer connections, highlighting new technologies along the way that will change the face of business and experiences on the Web. Microsoft and its partners also showcased a range of applications developed on Microsoft's platform for the web including ASP.NET 2.0, Windows Presentation Foundation with Windows Vista and Microsoft Expression.

In his keynote, Mr. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO said, "The Internet is becoming an increasingly powerful way for companies to interact with customers. Software and services provide incredible opportunities to enhance these interactions."

"Customers are demanding more interactive and responsive experiences that take full advantage of the capabilities of the Web, as well as the multitude of digital touch points that consumers use every day, ranging from the Web to the PC to the mobile phone. We, at Microsoft are committed to innovating in this area," he further added.

Microsoft is devoted to innovate in the Web space across a broad range of Web technologies. IndiMIX '06 is a significant milestone in Microsoft's ongoing investments in this direction. The company recently launched Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio Team System, which are powerful tools to enable developers to write software for next generation platforms like the web. The company has also announced recently the beta release of Expression tools for graphic design, which will integrate the designer-developer workflow that today is simply disconnected. Microsoft also shipped ASP.NET 2.0 in November 2005, and this year will see the release of Windows Presentation Foundation with Windows Vista. In addition, Microsoft's investments in software-based services, including Windows Live and Office Live significantly extend its end to end platform offering in a comprehensive manner.

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