Kazakh delegation visited headquarters of Microsoft Corporation in USA

The visit aims at strengthening cooperation of the Corporation with public sector of Kazakhstan in implementation and development of innovations, raising efficiency and productivity of labor, development of Kazakhstan IT-industry and raising the quality of education in information technologies sphere.
The members of the delegation met with Chief of Microsoft Corporation Steven A. Ballmer, Vice President of U.S. Public Sector for Microsoft Linda Zecher and senior Vice President in Emerging Markets Orlando Ayala.
The parties discussed the possible directions of cooperation between the Government of Kazakhstan and Microsoft Corporation with the aim of implementing the latest innovative decisions for raising Kazakhstan's competitiveness on the global arena and creation of a competitive IT-industry in the country.
"The Kazakh delegation familiarized itself with the achievements of Microsoft and discussed thoroughly further cooperation in order to develop high-qualified and competitive IT market in the country. The Government of Kazakhstan intends to continue realization of joint project with Microsoft and use the technologies developed by Microsoft as much as possible", Durmagambetov noted.