Microsoft to establish regional center in Armenia

By Asbarez | Thursday, 21 May 2015

Microsoft Corp. signage outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. (Photo: AP)

Microsoft Corp. signage outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. (Photo: AP)

YEREVAN—A regional center for cloud and mobile solutions will be established in Armenia at the premises of the Microsoft Innovation Center.

Armenia’s government on Thursday approved the proposal in a memorandum of cooperation, signing off on license agreements and a separate government agreement on a security program with Microsoft.

Part of the license agreement entails Microsoft’s cooperate in the education sector and in carrying out joint programs aimed at the protection of intellectual property.

According to a press release issued by the government, the plan was conceived in an agreement signed by the Ministry of Economy of Armenia and Microsoft in New York on September 26, at the Armtech Congress 2014, Armenia’s Global High Tech Industry Seventh Annual Conference.


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