When Microsoft's energetic CEO, Mr Steve Ballmer, took the stage to address corporate India at a CII event on Thursday morning, he, uncharacteristically, chose to steer clear of controversies and big declarations.

But what really got the audience cheering was his future vision for India in which he saw 300,000 new jobs being created in the next five years in the areas of cloud computing. He said that cloud computing transformations will enable businesses to drive productivity and urged the Indian developer community to build cloud applications that would not only be relevant for the local markets but also for global markets.