Microsoft Malta inaugurates new office

IT Minister Austin Gatt this afternoon inaugurated new Microsoft Malta offices in Mosta. Set up in 2003, the Microsoft Malta Office was initially manned solely by one employee, Pierre Mallia. Today, Microsoft Malta, boasts of a team of 10 employees with a broad range of expertise in different areas, such as sales, services, marketing and technology specialists.

“The new offices is a fulfilment of a commitment by Microsoft to its customers and partners in Malta and underlines our successful business strategy and serves to strengthen our role as an active player where innovation and the ICT industry in Malta are concerned,” said Mr Mallia, Microsoft Malta’s Country Manager.

“The new offices is a fulfilment of a commitment by Microsoft to its customers and partners in Malta. It underlines our successful business strategy and serves to strengthen our role as an active player where innovation and the ICT industry in Malta are concerned,” said Mr Mallia.

“In 2004, Microsoft Corporation signed a Vertical Strategic Alliance agreement with the Government of Malta as a sign of its commitment towards the country. Part of this commitment involved promoting economic growth and development at a local level. Microsoft Malta has significantly helped the government in its objective of making Malta a significant player in the global ICT sector. By encouraging a partner-driven business model that creates opportunities for local companies, and by investing in initiatives to improve technology access and skills development for people of all ages , I think it is fair to say we have kept our promise,” said Mr Mallia.

He presented a cheque of $20,000 to Dr Gatt as an annual grant for the Community Empowerment Organisation. The organisation was set-up by the former Ministry for Information Technology and Investment in collaboration with the Foundation for Information Technology Accessibility (FITA).

Microsoft is assisting the Community Empowerment Organisation in widening IT literacy and the development of IT skills within the Maltese community at large. Thus far the funding has been in the main directed at the founding of 10 Community Technology Learning Centres (CTLCs).