Microsoft all set to hit Google this Friday

The kick ass war is beginning in India this Friday. Bill Gates will be addressing the Indian press for the first time since the Office War begins. As far the information we have received, he will also be meeting some influential bureaucrats and some ministers (the objective should be enhancing Microsoft presence in the Indian Education system - refer to the Economic Survey)in Delhi.

Though the objective of his visit is stated as regular visit and he is also coming for various program initiated by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. But we all know why he is coming. Also he is supposed to address media in another press conference by Nasscom. Therefore, Microsoft will be the talk of the town for the entire next week and will attract lots of attention for the online version of Microsoft OS.

Let's see how Google reacts to it.

Informa India brings the Global Leaders’ Series to India for the first time from 8th – 10th October 2009, in Mumbai!

Leaders in India – Business Forum 2009, is India’s largest international corporate business event that brings together an amalgamation of ideas between visionary leaders and the upper echelons of management, cutting across sectoral and global boundaries

PR from Informa India: Difficult business environments challenge even the most capable leaders and it is highly essential to stimulate the minds and passions of the highly intelligent motivated and time-poor corporate executives during a time like this. Seeking a focused business platform that is able to cut across all key sectors and verticals within the burgeoning Indian economy has for long been a challenge for many major firms wishing to regain their confidence and inspiration-especially in today’s environment.

Informa, the owners of information super-brands including Lloyd’s List, Taylor & Francis and Datamonitor, have announced the first Indian edition of the world’s largest series of Leadership events. Leaders business fora command audiences of 1000s of top corporate executives every year, with speakers most recently including Kofi Annan, CK Prahalad, Philip Kotler, Stephen Covey, Richard Branson and Steve Forbes.

Leaders in India, is the latest edition of what is widely regarded as the world’s largest series of business leadership events, which so far have taken place annually in major international cities including London and Dubai. Informa, producers of the event, have received a particularly strong response from Indian and international organisations, with GE, JSW, Johnson & Johnson, Birla, Nokia and Abbot amongst many others already having confirmed their delegations to the event.

"India is one of the most dynamic markets of the world, where innovation, business, and technical acumen will continue to grow and thrive for many years to come,” says Trump Jr.. “I look forward to bringing many incredible projects to this market, which is now primed and ready for world class development." Donald Trump Jr., has announced ambitious plans for investment in India’s real estate sector, and will elaborate on successfully dealing with the obstacles faced by international companies when entering the Indian market.

Tom Peters, among the most influential management gurus of today, and renowned author of ‘In search of excellence’, will provide practical tools to tackle one of the most pressing issues on every CEO’s mind – ‘how to win the war for talent.’ In spite of a more favorable employer’s market at present, the ‘war for talent’ is expected to remain one of Indian business’ paramount challenges as the country continues to develop rapidly over the coming decades.
On why Informa has decided to bring ‘Leaders’ to India, Abhaey Singh, Managing Director, Informa India, says that “Indians are ideas people – we love inspiration, and Leaders in India will be two days packed with the proverbial tingles down your spine.”
“But more than just that, our country is gradually positioning itself at the fore of the 21st Century knowledge economy. From our legendary IITs & IIMs, to our booming media and information industry; and from complex analyses performed for global firms in our KPO centres, to continual advances in indigenous rocket science – India’s inherent knowledge resources are now being more comprehensively harnessed by and interconnected with Indian and global business. So we think it’s an excellent time to leverage the hugely respected Leaders brand into this very exciting country”, adds Singh
Featuring Indian leaders such as Adi Godrej, Kishore Biyani and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, along with special guest speakers Abhinav Bindra and Shashi Tharoor, the event will also host The “IIBAAs” (Indo-International Business Achievement Awards), which has been instituted to acknowledge exceptional entrepreneurial and innovative talent, effective and responsible leadership & management, and the setting of new standards within Indian and global businesses.
To learn more about Leaders in India, visit www.leaders-india.com.
About Informa:
With hundreds of highly respected companies including some of the world’s biggest information brands - Lloyd’s List, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, Datamonitor, IIR, IBC, Euroforum, Huthwaite Washington Policy & Analysis and many others - Informa is present in over 70 countries and publishes over 45,000 book titles and publications; delivers over 2,000 subscription-based services and produces over 12,000 events every year.

Informa’s exhibitions include global B2B and B2C mega-shows such as, Cityscape, The Monaco Yacht Show, The India International Wine Fair and Arab Health, and its high-level summits include the world’s largest series of business leadership events, featuring speakers such as Kofi Annan, Richard Branson, Steve Forbes and Philip Kotler.

Are Corporate Communication people a roadbloack for the media?

Chatting with a journalist sometimes back. He was bitching about a couple of corporate communication (CC) people. According to him, the PR guys know much more than these CCs but because of insecurity or something else CCs never allow the PR people to interact with the Country heads directly. He also stated that CCs are always a roadblock in reaching out to the right people and companies should be more careful in appointing CCs, else it will backfire.

Friends...what do you think? Is this journalist talking sense?