Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, on Friday said state governments should enforce laws governing Intellectual Property to curb software piracy. While the laws on IP are made by the Centre, their enforcement is the responsibility of state governments.
Speaking at the inauguration of a new block at the Microsoft India Development Centre (MSIDC) here, Mr Srini Koppulu, managing director of MSIDC, requested Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to ensure that the IP laws were enforced to prevent piracy. Dr Reddy assured Microsoft of support.
Mr Koppulu said MSIDC, which was started in 1998, now had 1,200 employees. MSIDC is the largest software development centre of Microsoft outside its headquarters in Redmond in the United States. Mr Koppulu, a 17-year veteran of Microsoft, said the company planned to hire about 500 engineers every year for the centre. The development centre has been involved in designing Windows Vista, the operating systems which Microsoft expects to launch early next year.
He said that apart from the software product development, the Hyderabad campus was the headquarters for Microsoft’s Global Services Centre and the Global Delivery Centre. The GDC has over 600 employees, according to Mr Moorthy K. Uppaluri, general manager of the GDC. The GSC currently has over 200 employees, Mr Arumugam Saravanan, managing director, said. Mr Koppulu said the Microsoft campus here served as the headquarters of six of the company’s businesses. The company expects to increase its headcount in India from 4,000 now to 7,000 by the year 2009.
Speaking at the inauguration of a new block at the Microsoft India Development Centre (MSIDC) here, Mr Srini Koppulu, managing director of MSIDC, requested Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to ensure that the IP laws were enforced to prevent piracy. Dr Reddy assured Microsoft of support.
Mr Koppulu said MSIDC, which was started in 1998, now had 1,200 employees. MSIDC is the largest software development centre of Microsoft outside its headquarters in Redmond in the United States. Mr Koppulu, a 17-year veteran of Microsoft, said the company planned to hire about 500 engineers every year for the centre. The development centre has been involved in designing Windows Vista, the operating systems which Microsoft expects to launch early next year.
He said that apart from the software product development, the Hyderabad campus was the headquarters for Microsoft’s Global Services Centre and the Global Delivery Centre. The GDC has over 600 employees, according to Mr Moorthy K. Uppaluri, general manager of the GDC. The GSC currently has over 200 employees, Mr Arumugam Saravanan, managing director, said. Mr Koppulu said the Microsoft campus here served as the headquarters of six of the company’s businesses. The company expects to increase its headcount in India from 4,000 now to 7,000 by the year 2009.