Microsoft chairman and CEO, Satya Nadella, in a recent visit to India expressed the view that technologies such as cloud and AI will foster innovation, create economic progress and accelerate growth of business in India.

Cloud adoption is a big game changer. It allows the companies to do a ‘lot more with less resources’. Most apps are now built on cloud. It multiplies the value several times. It becomes more energy efficient to move to cloud. It is a hedge against demand uncertainty, as your consumption is only when needed. The three criteria are hedging against energy, demand and cloud native development.

Microsoft has 60-plus regions for cloud. It has 200-plus data centres worldwide. It is determined to make cloud available everywhere. It is investing heavily in cloud.

AI augments every one of us in whatever we are doing. Knowledge workers would be most creative, expressive and productive. Frontline workers would be able to do more knowledge work. Design task — be it software, mechanical, architectural — would be more productive. It will enhance human creativity, ingenuity and productivity across a range of tasks.

Fusion teams bring together software developers and domain experts. Jointly they would build the systems. By 2025, LCNC platforms would be used by 70 percent of app developers. The workforce would be re-energised.