Microsoft

Microsoft’s mission is to enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential.  Since the company was founded in 1975, we have worked to achieve this mission by creating technology that transforms the way people work, play, and communicate.  We develop and market software, services, hardware, and solutions that we believe deliver new opportunities, greater convenience, and enhanced value to people’s lives.  We do business throughout the world and have offices in more than 100 countries.

In the Netherlands, Microsoft is housed in new offices at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport  where, through the New World of Work – with an emphasis on people, technology and environment  --  nearly 1,000 employees are able to balance their working and personal lives in order to realize their full potential.

We believe that delivering breakthrough innovation and high-value solutions through our integrated software platform is the key to meeting our customers’ needs and to our future growth.  We believe that we will continue to lay the foundation for long-term growth by delivering new products and services, creating new opportunities for partners, improving customer satisfaction, and improving our internal processes.  Our focus is to build on this foundation through ongoing innovation in our integrated software platforms, by delivering compelling value propositions to customers, by responding effectively to customer and partner needs, and by continuing to emphasize the importance of product excellence, business efficacy, and accountability.

Microsoft  Netherlands welcomes the opportunity to contribute to WCIT 2010 and to share ideas, discoveries and lessons learned with other participants, enabling all those present to inspire and encourage each other in meeting the Challenges of Change.