Financial Times

Microsoft supports ASOCIO 2004 as main sponsor
Microsoft, the world's leading software provider, will lend its muscle to the ASOCIO 2004 summit next week as its diamond sponsor.

The ASOCIO ICT Summit and Exhibition will be held in Colombo from November 30 to December 5 and has been declared a national event by the government.

As a driving force behind the Sri Lankan IT industry, Microsoft's sponsorship of ASOCIO is being seen by industry specialists as a major boost to local industry. The vast knowledge and strength of Microsoft as the global leader in software provision will enable the company to transfer knowledge and expertise as well as other resources to the local industry, the company said in a statement.

Microsoft will be represented at ASOCIO 2004 by high caliber Microsoft global experts. Among them are Ken Wye Saw, Regional Director for South East Asia who is due to make a keynote address on "The Technology Landscape: Making IT matter" and Faycal Bouchlaghem, Director, Business Development of Microsoft, Singapore.

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