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Microsoft: A subsidiary, named as Microsoft Corporation India Private Limited, of the U. S. (United States) based Microsoft Corporation, one of the software giants has got their headquarter in New Delhi. Starting its operation in the country from 1990, this company has got the following business units:

Microsoft Corporation India (Pvt.) Limited (Marketing Division) Microsoft Global Services India Microsoft Global Technical Support Centre Microsoft India Development Center Microsoft IT Microsoft Research India

The net income of Microsoft Corporation grew from $ 14, 569 million in 2009 to $ 18, 760 million in 2010. Working in close association with all the stakeholders including the Government of India, the company is committed towards the development of the Indian software as well as I. T. (Information Technology) industry
Microsoft currently has offices in the 13 cities of Ahmedabad, Bangalore,Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Ko chi, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Pune. Increasingly, the company has become a key IT partner of the Indian government and industry, supporting and fueling the growth of the local IT industry through its partner enablement programs. Since its entry into India, Microsoft has focused on three key objectives:

To become a key IT partner of the Indian government and the local IT industry To support and fuel growth of the local IT industry through its partner enablement programs To use the Microsoft Unlimited Potential program to enhance education, jobs and opportunities and foster innovation through relevant, affordable access to computing.

Microsoft in India employs about 5,000 people and has six business units representing the complete Microsoft product portfolio.

Business Units
Microsoft India operates the following six business units in India. 1. Microsoft India Sales Marketing and Services Group (SMSG) 2. Microsoft Research India (MSR) 3. Microsoft Global Services India (MGSI) 4. Microsoft India Development Center (MSIDC) 5. Microsoft IT India (MSIT)

6. Microsoft Global Technology Support Center (GTSC) [edit]Microsoft

India Development Center

Located in Hyderabad, the Microsoft India Development Center (MSIDC) is Microsofts largest software development center outside of their headquarters in Redmond, Washington. The MSIDC teams focus on strategic and IP sensitive software product development

Microsoft Corporation

Type

Public

Traded as

NASDAQ: MSFT Dow Jones Industrial Average Component NASDAQ-100 Component S&P 500 Component

Industry

Computer software

Founded

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States (April 4, 1975)

Founder(s)

Bill Gates, Paul Allen

Headquarters

Microsoft Redmond Campus,Redmond, Washington, U.S.

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Bill Gates (Chairman) Steve Ballmer (CEO) Microsoft Windows Microsoft Office Microsoft Servers Microsoft Dynamics

Products


Services Revenue Operating income Net income Total assets Total equity Employees Subsidiaries Website

Windows Phone Video games (See Microsoft products) Online services US$ 73.72 billion (2012) US$ 21.76 billion (2012)

US$ 16.97 billion (2012) US$ 121.2 billion (2012) US$ 66.36 billion (2012) 94,000 (2012) List of Microsoft subsidiaries Microsoft.com

SAMSUNG Samsung Group a South Korean multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It comprises numerous subsidiaries and an affiliated business, most of them united under the Samsung brand, and is the largest South Korean chaebol. Samsung was founded by Lee Kun-hee in 1938 as a trading company. Over the next three decades the group diversified into areas including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities and retail. Samsung entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s and the construction and shipbuilding industries in the mid-1970s; these areas would drive its subsequent growth

Mnc-Samsung India Samsung India has its headquarter in Delhi and is a portion of Samsung's South West Asia Regional operations. It has around 55 sales and marketing units located all over India and enjoys a sales turn over of more than USD 1 billion which it achieved in just few years.

Mr. H.B. Lee is the president and CEO of the South West Asia headquarters of Samsung and is also involved in monitoring the production units located in Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. He looks after the business units in India as well. The manufacturing unit of Samsung India is largely involved in manufacturing color televisions, refrigerators, color monitors, and also washing machines. The manufacturing unit of Samsung India has been set up in Noida, near Delhi. The products that are exclusively manufactured by the manufacturing unit of Samsung in India, that is the Noida unit, are exported to the foreign countries especially in the Middle East and CIS and SAARC countries. Samsung India has another manufacturing unit located at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. This unit provides uniquely modernized manufacturing facilities in its production of Color and LCD televisions. These are absolutely technology-based products of Samsung India that undergo newer innovations with every passing year.The Noida complex of Samsung India ranks first in the production level among all other Samsung subsidiaries as it possesses an exclusively modernized and automated manufacturing facility. The manufacturing capacities of the products of Samsung India as has been accounted for the year 2004 are as follows:

Refrigerator 0.6 million Frost-free and Conventional Refrigerators Colour Monitor 1.5 million CRT and TFT LCD Monitor AC 0.4 million Window and Split ACs Washing Machine 0.5 million Fully Automatic and Semi Automatic CTV 1.5 million Curved & Flat TVs

Samsung India is training its marketing team to develop the skills of eco-partnership with the aim to incorporate the eco-friendly attribute in its products as per the ROHS norms. The company is working hard for the amelioration of its product quality and processing activities that will contribute largely in the domestic component industry in India. The localization range of Samsung India at present is more than 50 percent.

Another very major product manufactured by Samsung India is its IT solutions that include mobile computing solutions, visual display solutions as well as storage and multimedia solutions, and also printing solutions. The company also looks after the IT hardware needs in India. Samsung India has also attained the first brand position in its manufacturing of TFTLCD technology in the IT manufacturing unit and in this section, Samsung India manufactures a range of products starting from small screen sizes to large format Plasma and LCD screens. Of late, Samsung introduced a variety of CDT monitors for computers with new age applications to explore like gaming options and multimedia facilities.

Apart from the new age applications, Samsung India is also involved in offering a wide range of multifunction and laser printing solutions, hard disk technology of international standard, optical media solutions along with some R and D labs located in USA and Korea. Samsung India is approaching the acme of success in terms of its state-of-art products that offers superb and long-lasting service to its consumers. Samsung India is not only the best brand among electronic devices in India but it has also paved its way through the global market and also sustained its standard.

Working of Samsung in India Samsungs emphasis on Product Innovation and R&D has given the Company a competitive edge in the marketplace. Samsung has two R&D Centres in India: Samsung India Software Centre (SISC) at Noida, near Delhi and Samsung India Software operations unit (SISO) in

Bangalore. While the Samsung India Software Centre develops software solutions for hi-end televisions such as Plasma TVs, LCD TVs and Digital Media Products, the Samsung India Software operations works on major projects for Samsung Electronics in the area of telecom, wireless terminals and infrastructure, Networking, SoC (System on Chip) Digital Printing and other multimedia/digital media as well as application software.

Samsung India additionally carries out R&D for product hardware at its Noida R&D Centre. The focus of the Centre is to customise both audio visual and home appliance products to better meet the needs of Indian consumers. From Flat Televisions with 'Easy View' technology to Frost Free Refrigerators with Stabiliser Free Operations, the Samsung R&D Centres in India help the Company to continuously innovate and introduce products customised for the Indian consumer.

Samsung India currently employs around 6000 employees across its R&D Centres at Noida and Bangalore