Spalio 25 d. 1999
PRANEĐIMAS SPAUDAI
Bo KRUSE
“Microsoft”
The Internet & the Society
How will it impact business?
How will it impact the Citizen?
“Business is going
to change more in the
next 10 years than it
has in the last 50”
- Bill Gates
Agenda
- Vision
- The Digital Nervous System
- Where do we go today?
- Getting the citizens on the internet..
- A practical example
The Internet as Catalyst
Speed of Action Matters
Vision Today
Business @ The
Speed Of Thought
Consumers
Nervous System Principles
Every worker is a knowledge worker
Digital Nervous System
Microsoft’s Role
Key products
- Windows
- BackOffice
- MSN
- Office
Key initiatives
- Internet
- Interoperability
- Scalability
- Simplicity
Microsoft
$15.7 billion
“The successful companies of the next decade
will be the ones that use
digital tools to reinvent
the way they work”
- Bill Gates
The Swedish Home PC Case
1998 Internet Penetration
(Ratio of World Wide Web users to total population)
The background to the
Swedish success...
The background to the
Swedish success...
International recognition…..
March 18, 1998
How the HemPc-model came up
"We cannot have a tax system that hinders companies who want to contribute to the training and development of its employees. Using and familiarising yourself with a computer at home is often the best way to learn.”
Leif Pagrotsky
Swedish Minister of Trade
„Countries who fails to bring their citizens into the 21st Century, will phase much harder economical challenges than ever before. Reason is, that the world is changing so fast, that it is almost impossible to stay competitive without a skilled and trained labor force. And in no doubt, if you are not on the Internet, you are not competitive in the World.”
Bo Kruse
Microsoft Managing Director, Baltic Region
Where are the Baltic Countries?
- Estonia: 250.000 users registred*, 50.000 uses it frequently (3%)
- Latvia: 150.000 users registred*, 20.000 uses it frequently (0,75%)
- Lithuania: 150.000 users registred*, 7.000 uses it frequently (0,2%)
* Have used the Internet minimum once
