On Friday, October 30, 2015, Microsoft Innovation Center Yogyakarta which was supported by Microsoft Indonesia and ACM Indonesia held a Talk show discussing the role of Technology of Cloud Computing for the needs of Small and Medium Business (SMB). This event was held at Jogja Digital Valley (JDV) as the center of tech-startup and entrepreneurship at Yogyakarta. The speakers were Norman Sasono and Julius Fenata from Microsoft Indonesia, and this event was moderated by Ridi Ferdiana as Research Advisor MIC Yogyakarta

95 participants participated at seminar room of JDV, this event became more interactive when the participants also expressed variety of case study based on their experienced in running business in SMB. Some university students, lecturer, and researcher who joined this event also expressed their interest in cloud technology for the development of software solution for SMB. 

This event also discussed how a wide range of Information and Communication Technology transforms the rate of SMB’s business. One which was exemplified was a solution based on Saas (Software of services) in the form of communication, collaboration, up to CRM and ERP. Besides, it also described various occasions which can be selected by SMB to facilitate their business in accessing azure’s service, and one of them was through BizSpark program.

The expectation from the introduction of cloud computing for businesses in a level of SMB can provide knowledge related to the business transformation in the digital field. SMB can keep focusing on the business development and keep up to date in terms of Technology based approach to the achievement of its business.