Microsoft, IEEE to help technical students

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Bangalore: Microsoft and IEEE have collaborated to empower students to reach their professional aspirations. The goal of this collaboration is to increase the number of students engaged in technical pursuits with the long-term benefit of strengthening business and society through the use of technology. "Engineers make tremendous contributions to society by creating technologies that drive global economic growth," said Walid Abu-Hadba, Corporate Vice President of the Developer & Platform Evangelism Group at Microsoft. "The Microsoft-IEEE collaboration will provide aspiring engineers around the world with tools and resources to convert their innovative thinking into marketplace innovation by equipping today's technical students for tomorrow's jobs." IEEE, a professional association with more than 395,000 members in 160 countries together with Microsoft will provide its student members with access to the latest Microsoft servers, development tools and eLearning. Additionally, IEEE will provide its students with privileged access to more than 300 software titles as part of the MSDN Academic Alliance, a subscription service traditionally available only through educational institutions. In addition, the two organizations will identify opportunities to increase awareness of important technology-related issues that affect the growth of the IT industry. "IEEE's collaboration with Microsoft furthers our mutual efforts to provide students and young professionals in technology fields with resources and skills that will prepare them for the future," said Cecelia Jankowski, Managing Director, IEEE Member and Geographic Activities. "IEEE student members will benefit from access to free Microsoft software, training and opportunities to connect to the Microsoft community through speaker invitations, connections to Microsoft-sponsored student clubs, and increased access to internship and job opportunities.

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