The appointment comes as Microsoft looks to strengthen its position in the Indian cloud market, take on giant AWS, and complement its expansion plans in the country
Kasture, who has over 25 years of experience across investment banking, outsourcing and technology, stepped down as the interim country head of AWS India in December last year
As per a report, the Indian cloud services market is projected to reach a size of $24.2 Bn by 2028
Microsoft has appointed former Amazon Web Services (AWS) executive, Vaishali Kasture, as the new general manager of its small, medium and corporate (SMC) business in India and South Asia.
Kasture, in a LinkedIn post, said, “I cannot think of a better time to take up the role as GM for the SMC business in India and South Asia. At a time when corporates and SMBs are harnessing the power of technology for everything from Cloud to AI, data to security, enriching every workflow with Gen AI as the go-to tool for productivity uplift, Microsoft is singularly positioned as a full-service technology company focussing on end-to-end technology stack.”