Microsoft India to provide tech support to small diamond businesses in Gujarat

Microsoft India will be providing its technological assistance to the Indian diamond industry. For this it will be tying up with the Surat Diamond Association in which it would assist over 20,000 small businesses in Gujarat adopt technology into their growth strategy, reports say.

The SDA is hopeful that the association would help it render support to over 200,000 businesses in Gujarat include cloud technology in their activities, as per reports. One of Microsoft’s closest partners in advancing this initiative is MicroHard IT Solutions.

SDA believes it is important to adapt to the current times, which today is a technology based world and as such companies of all sizes should be technologically sound and enabled in order to succeed.

Reports also suggest that as per the study ‘Ahead of the Curve: Lessons on Technology and Growth from Small Business Leaders,’ small businesses in India have the potential to grow revenues by as much as $56 billion, if they are enabled with technology.