Microsoft will help Andhra Pradesh in using cloud solutions to help deliver digital services better. The State government has signed an agreement with the Redmond (US)-based company here on Monday to improve access, deployment and use of information technology and communication (ICT) to offer better citizen services and drive digital inclusion.
The MoU was signed during the meeting of Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella’s meeting with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu over breakfast here.
“Microsoft India will support building of up to three proof-of-concept (POC) solutions to apply Microsoft Azure Machine Learning and Advanced Visualization in the fields of education, agriculture and eCitizen services,” a State government press release said.
“These POC solutions will be built and deployed to address specific problems within each of the fields to achieve better outcomes for the State,” it said.
The company would conduct a workshop where it would expose top officials to productivity technologies developed by it.
“Satya Nadella assured of cooperation in utilisation of cloud data for improving citizen services,” it said.