Isolating the ailing online business from Windows: good for the enterprise

                   
networkworld.com     Jul 24, 2008            

Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 1:01pm. Today is Analyst Day at Microsoft and the question on everyone's minds seems to be how Microsoft plans to keep its ailing online business from sucking up more resources until Microsoft can find a way to make it profitable (or kill it for good). This week's news that CEO Steve Ballmer is reorganizing the Windows and Online Services businesses (while the head of those businesses leaves to run Juniper), should bode well for enterprise customers. Three years ago Microsoft merged Windows and its online services businesses together and since then Google has not only become master of the Internet search and advertising world, but of back office cloud computing, too. At the same time, Ballmer admits that Apple, who as of the late 1990's was withering on the limb, has now... [read full story]                    

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Johnson to leave Microsoft in shake-up (at FT.com)

yahoo.com     Jul 24, 2008          

revealed its disarray in the aftermath of its failed bid for Yahoo on Wednesday, announcing a major reorganisation and the unexpected departure of the executive who oversaw its offer. The company said Kevin Johnson, a 16-year...                    

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Ballmer does Windows

zdnet.com     Jul 24, 2008          

Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split...                    

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Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper

zdnet.com     Jul 24, 2008          

Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit...                    

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Shakeup over in the Windows and and Windows Live Teams - First Take

jup.com     Jul 24, 2008          

It's no secret that Windows has been fighting a mindshare battle and the reality is, you lose mindshare, you eventually lose marketshare as well. If there are two things Microsoft can not afford to mess up, it's Windows and...                    

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MS reorg focuses on Windows, Apple rivalry

macnn.com     Jul 24, 2008          

Microsoft on Thursday said it was undertaking a major restructuring of the company that will help it return focus to its core Windows software. The company's broader Platforms & Services division will now be split into a...                    

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Ballmer: We're the No. 1 enterprise software company, almost

nwsource.com     Jul 24, 2008          

At today's Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting in Redmond, Ballmer said there are still huge opportunities for the company in enterprise software. Look out IBM: "I think palpably we are this close -- Microsoft -- to be able to...                    

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