PRESENTATION OF NEW MICROSOFT SOFTWARE PRODUCTS HELD IN YEREVAN

ARKA
May 16, 2008

YEREVAN, May 15. /ARKA/. Presentation of new Microsoft software
products – Windows Server-2008, Visual Studio-2008, SQL Server-2008 –
was held in Yerevan today.

These products will help companies turn from basic software to more
dynamically developing programs, said representative of Microsoft
headoffice Rein Johnson.

The new programs are safer, more manageable and provide wider
opportunities and require minimum efforts, she said.

According to her, the new software packages will help companies
offer the next generation of Internet applications and databases. She
stressed that these programs have been created for rapidly developing
regions like Armenia in particular. Over 100 companies have already
applied the programs, she added.

In his turn, the Director of Microsoft office in Armenia Grigor
Barseghian said that Armenian prices for the software will not differ
from the world prices and from the prices for the previous versions
of the products. In particular, Windows Server-2008 costs from $400
to $700 and more.

Beginner and home user versions cost $50 or 15,000 drams
only. Discounts are made for educational institutions, humanitarian
and charity organizations, libraries and hospitals.

He stressed the importance of public awareness campaign to inform
people and the target group – small and medium businessmen in
particular – about the highest cost recovery rate of investments in
software as compared with other sectors.

Another advantage of the new software products is that the 2008
licensed versions provide a downgrade opportunity and buyers of
the 2008 licensed package can use also the previous year versions,
Barseghian said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress