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Establishment of MSBTC and the Possibility of Clustering of Innovation and Technology Centers

Tomislav BronzinMicrosoft Business-Technology Center, Varaždin, CroatiaUSAID RCI Technology Center Expert

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Innovation/Technology Centres Initiative

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Phase 1: Establish MS Business-Tech. Center

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Phase 2: Involve other interested partners

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Mission

To provide the infrastructure and resourcesto help small and medium sized enterprises to:

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Expected results

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Implementation through 4 pillars

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What to measure?

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Clustering of Innovation and Tech. Centers

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Regional component

70 Microsoft Innovation Centers around the world Two MIC in the region based on new model:

Microsoft Business Technology Centers (Slovenia & Croatia)

Possibilities:• Know-how and Technology transfer• Networking• Partnerships• Investments

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Industry/Technology component

With vendors like HP, CISCO, Dell With telecom providers Blended trainings

• Combination of hardware & software trainings – for example: “Business Continuity using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and HP Blade Servers”

Interoperability between different technologies • Software platform, legacy and new software …

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Summary

New model of Microsoft Innovation Center - Business Technology Center - has proven that is successful

Slovenian example shows that above model can be replicated to other countries in the region

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Summary

Successful adoption of MSBTC model requires:• Careful evaluation of local market needs (including

Government and Professional Association’s priorities)• Don’t start from scratch; Use the momentum and

experiences from others (Croatian Working Model)• Strengthen alliances with International

Institutions/Organizations• Facilitate Public-Private partnerships

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Summary

Microsoft Business-Technology / Innovation Centers can help to:• Stimulate the development of Information

Communication Technology industry across region• Deliver knowledge transfer in both technology and

business through classes, workshops, testing and demonstration

• Boost new initiatives through Centers (like building Industry/Technology clusters)

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