Microsoft Donates Cloud Worth $ 1 Billion USD

Microsoft Corp. will donate cloud computing services worth more than $ 1 USD billion to non-profit organizations in the next three years. This action was done to assist people in dealing with various problems in the world.

President and Chief Legal Officer, Brad Smith said most of the donation program consists of free cloud services, storage, and services at discounted prices. Some of these include Azure and corporate programs internet-based Office 365. This donation also includes free access to various universities Azure.

For the initial stage, Microsoft is targeting 70,000 non-profit organizations. In addition, Microsoft is targeting the 20 investments in 15 countries. Microsoft is one of the priorities is to invest in an organization that brings internet connectivity in developing countries.

"The most fundamental thing in our mission is to reach people through technology," Smith said in an interview, as reported by Bloomberg on Wednesday.

According to Smith, Mary Gates, Microsoft founder Bill Gates's mother brought inspiration to the program. Mary Gates is the first to be in the main line of the charitable action in the United States.

Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, will announce the donation program at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Italy, this week.

Reportedly, Nadella is trying to encourage the penetration of products and services Microsoft cloud amid tight competition. Companies that make up the unit charity Microsoft Philanthropies, realizing that the market is difficult penetrated paid software. Need donation investment to achieve it.

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