Initiatives

New research shows notebooks in the classroom improve the motivation of children in Slovak schools.

Yota and Microsoft have received the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award in the ‘International Consumer Services Innovation’ category for Yota’s development of the ‘First 4G Mobile Phone’, the MAX 4G, in partnership with Microsoft.

Guenter Weimer discusses the role of the developer and platform evangelism team in the Central Eastern European region, innovation, local software economy and the Imagine Cup.

Ministry of Education presents Microsoft Bulgaria with award at National Panorama of Vocational Schools event for education leaders in Bulgaria.

During the recent visit to Poland Steve Ballmer gave an interview to Onet.pl, visited by 10m unique users monthly is the Poland’s largest and oldest internet portal. He spoke about new technologies on the horizon and presented the vision of software by Microsoft.

Microsoft Malta has won the award for ICT effectiveness for its SmartWomen project.

Ed Gibson discusses his long career in the FBI and how he applies what he has learned to his role in Microsoft about making the online world a safer place.

Steve Ballmer announces plans to develop the Russian IT industry and build social and scientific cooperation with the Russian Government. (Content updated – May 14, 2009)

VimpelCom Communications brings a new era of TV to Russia, starting in Moscow, with the launch of Beeline TV, an IPTV service powered by Microsoft Mediaroom.

At the Forum, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft Corporation, made several key announcements and Jonathan Murray, Worldwide Technology Officer, presented on the future technologies that could be used for digitising citizen services. (Content updated – May 12, 2009)

Microsoft helping partners in the current economic climate. Tomek Bochenek, vice president of the sales, marketing and services group, Microsoft (CEE) discusses how Microsoft is helping partners in the current economic climate.

The event will bring together government leaders from around Central & Eastern Europe

Russia and Poland to Host Visits

Microsoft launches its BizSpark program to nurture today’s most promising start-ups in the Republic of Belarus.

Orlando Ayala discusses the importance of emerging markets to the Microsoft business, with a focus on the role of the Central Eastern European region.

The annual European Innovative Teachers Forum (ITF) focuses on education and educators in Europe who will demonstrate and discuss breakthrough ways in which technology can have a positive impact on how students learn. (Updated content - April 06)

Microsoft Slovenia has won the 'Zlata Nit' best employer competition for the second year in a row, first in the small business category, and this year in the medium business category.

The Microsoft EMEA CIO Summit is a key agenda-setting event that brings together some of the most influential CIOs in the region. (Content updated – April 06).

Expansion of free DreamSpark program to high school students and skill-building initiatives such as Elevate America and BizSpark offer a path for more people to pursue lifelong academic and professional careers, and drive long-term entrepreneurial growth.

During the recent CIO Summit, Adam Mullett, The Baltic Times, met with Tomek Bochenek, vice president of the sales, marketing and services group for Microsoft Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to discuss the challenges he faces and what Microsoft is doing in the region.

During the recent CIO Summit, Adam Mullett, The Baltic Times, met with Microsoft to discuss the upcoming opening a new Innovation Center in Kaunas, Lithuania.

At a time when companies are particularly interested in saving costs, improving productivity and maintaining strong growth objectives, Microsoft continues to work with partners across Central and Eastern Europe to give customers more choices in software solutions, services and delivery models that meet their current business realities.

Jan Muehlfeit, Chairman of Microsoft Europe, responds to readers’ questions for the Baltic Business News. Muehlfeit provides detailed and interesting answers to the wide variety of questions provided which cover topics such as cyber crime, technology helping companies through the recession and the future for Microsoft in Europe, giving readers an insight into Microsoft’s strategy and plans for the Central and Eastern European region.

The competition was one of the activities supporting important annual EU initiative, Data Protection Day.

Microsoft marks official EU Safer Internet Day with dedicated local Child Online Safety events to help make the web a safe learning environment

Jean- Philippe Courtois, President, Microsoft International; Senior Vice President, visisted Russia on December 4th to discuss the significant relationship between the company and the Cebtral and Eastern Europe region. In this video Mr Courtois is speaking about the economic downturn and Microsoft’s legacy experience helping company survive and grow in this climate. The clip explains Microsoft’s commitment to Russia as a strategic market for both; growth and investment in this time of economic uncertainty, as well as highlighting opportunities for the technology market in the region.

As Microsoft's general manager and regional technology officer for Central and Eastern Europe, Wilfried Grommen is the lead public advocate within this region on all aspects of Microsoft's technology strategy as it relates to the development of Regional technology policy and the implementation and use of technology by government, education and academia.

Wilfried took time out of his schedule to discuss Microsoft’s approach to interoperability.

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Microsoft's $400 million investment in the partner network of its fastest growing market will spur additional growth in the region's economies.

On 8 July 2008 Microsoft Corp announced investments in its Central and Eastern European (CEE) partner network totalling more than $400 million over three years. Microsoft will use its investments to significantly expand the number of companies within its partner network, enhance partner resources and boost sales in a region that independent analyst IDC estimates, in an October 2007 report, will be the world's fastest growing IT market to 2011.