"Azure is a powerful platform for the entire Indian ecosystem of IT professionals, developers and start-ups to bring their applications to market worldwide. It helps Indian customers leapfrog to the cloud, and accrue significant cost savings. It provides a unique opportunity for our partners to scale their business. I believe the opportunities ahead for India with the Azure cloud platform are tremendous," said, Microsoft Corporation CEO Satya Nadella in his address via a video message to the participants of the Windows Azure Conference in Bengaluru today.