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Microsoft reorg season begins: Muglia gets the presidential nod

Microsoft reorg season begins: Muglia gets the presidential nodPresident Bob-nice ring to it!It's good to see Bob get his props after so long at the company and the sterling work he's done...good luck!http://richfrombechtle.wordpress.comOh no! It's Microsoft Bob.:p

Tags: Muglia, Microsoft Reorg, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Microsoft Reorg: Who's Out -- Scott Di Valerio (Slideshow on Microsoft's Valentine's Day Reorg: Who's Hot and Who's Not)

Microsoft Reorg: Who's Out -- Scott Di Valerio (Slideshow on Microsoft's Valentine's Day Reorg: Who's Hot and Who's Not)RE: "Microsoft Reorg: Who..."It all sounds good. Except for ONE change not yet reported (if it ever happens, that it...):Steve Balmer is STILL the CEO of Microsoft. PLEASE report that...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Reorg

Discussion threads 2008-02-15

The Microsoft reorg week in review

The Microsoft reorg week in reviewTime to announce Ballmer's DepartureAfter such a set of ROI disasters such as WM, Xbox, Zune and Vista, it is long past time to announce the monkey departure.Perhaps he could be given an interim appointment as a vaudeville act as a warmer-upper in Las Vegas...

Tags: Microsoft Reorg, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-01-11

Microsoft reorgs again

Microsoft reorgs againWhats going on? Business as usualAny great company SHOULD be constantly adjusting their structure and plans to meet the changes in the market and the customer needs.Microsoft reorgs againDoes this mean that VS "Orcas" will move to the Ribbon UI?--rjNot curious as far as I see itAs...

Tags: Structural Change, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Reorg, reorg

Discussion threads 2007-05-18

The Dan&David Show: Ellison, Microsoft reorg, GoogleNet, Demo, Vista and more...

The Dan&David Show: Ellison, Microsoft reorg, GoogleNet, Demo, Vista and more...Bad linkIn the link "download the MP3" there's a missing h(it has ttp://...)... nowhere MS that isothers are good to goFixed the linkThanks!Move along....nothing to see here...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), GoogleNet, Microsoft Reorg, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2005-09-22

Additional Resources

The 'Seven Laws of Projects'

great!Seventh Point is the one always happen.RE: The 'Seven Laws of Projects'Unfortunately very true.A successful project is typically one where someone gets lucky and manages to balance your seven points to an 'optimal' level.Accepting #2 has given us the opportunity to go for more of an agile approach. If you...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Time-to-Market

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

News to know: Dell; Azure; Yahoo reorg; Facebook; Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Azure: One big, happy platform? Microsoft: Here are some of the Win 7 changes coming in...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., E-books, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Leadership, Strategy, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Yahoo execs talk Bartz, search deal and new opportunities

It wasn't even a year ago that conversations with Yahoo executives focused around the failed Microsoft deal, a proxy fight with Carl Icahn and a failed search deal with Google. Today, the company is talking about what it probably has wanted to talk about for a long time: partnerships, ad...

Tags: Partnership, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Video, Business Structures, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-25

News to know: Microsoft payback; Satyam; Yahoo re-org; Twitter

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Sam Diaz: Microsoft to laid-off workers: Give us back our money Brian Sommer: A shrinking Satyam ...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Satyam, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Public Relations, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Corporate Communications

Blog posts 2009-02-23

Microsoft to merge Windows Live and Office Live

Microsoft is merging its Windows Live and Office live properties as part of its next "Wave 4" release, according to sources claiming familiarity with Microsoft's plans. The news came to light internally today as part of Microsoft's January 22 layoff/reorg/earnings news. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Rajesh Jha, Microsoft Office, Collaboration, Microsoft Windows, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-01-22

News to know: Macworld; Windows 7; Snow Leopard; Web 2.0 security; IT strategy

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay...

Tags: Strategy, Security, Web, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Microsoft reorg season begins: Muglia gets the presidential nod

A year ago, I wondered when and whether Microsoft would make Bob Muglia, head of the company's Server and Tools business, one of the company's presidents. On January 5, 2009, that happened. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: President, Microsoft Corp., Bob Muglia, Productivity, Servers, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-01-05

AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?

AOL is shutting down XDrive, AOL Pictures and other properties in a belt tightening move that may indicate the company is setting itself up to be sold. The larger question: Who will buy AOL from Time Warner? According to a memo posted by TechCrunch, AOL executive vice...

Tags: America Online Inc., Portals, Business Structures, Litigation, Internet, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper

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 is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...

Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade dance

Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade danceCorporate Communism!This is an example of what I call Corportate Communism. Microsoft is showing it's anti-capitalist leanings. When companies like Microsoft can't compete in the market, they buy the competitor. Some argue that's capitalism. I...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Government, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Yahoo posts Icahn scoreboard; Touts Google pact to shareholders

Yahoo on Monday filed its shareholder pitch with the Securities and Exchange Commission as its proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn gathers steam. Much of the presentation was designed to "correct the record" on everything from the company's compensation plan to how the Microsoft bid went down. But Yahoo...

Tags: Shareholder, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Reorg, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Old DEC code open sourced by HP

Old DEC code open sourced by HPMove on... why botherWow, and if IBM open sources OS/2, we'd have two museum pieces to admire. AdvFS was DOA five years ago, the last thing we need is another retrieval from the grave.DEC started search enginesFew people remember that DEC started search engines....

Tags: INTERNET, Operating systems, Desktops, Olsen, Hewlett-Packard Co., Digital Equipment Corp., AdvFS, VAX, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Google's search share tops 61 percent; That'll spook Microsoft more

Google's search share tops 61 percent; That'll spook Microsoft moreWhen one thinks Google...they think search. Other players in the game don't even come to mind.A little marketing could go a long ways for other search providers.Why is it growing?I personally feel it is, by far, not the best search engine...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Microsoft looks to create an Apple-like halo effect across its brands

Microsoft is working to consolidate all of its consumer-focused marketing in its Platforms and Services division. The ultimate, anticipated result: Microsoft will have a more cohesive branding story and sales approach across for PCs, phones and the Web. That's one of several tidbits from the internal Microsoft...

Tags: MSN, Brand, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-15

Microsoft's Core Search VP now findable

After a Microsoft reorg, it's always fun to comb through the official Microsoft bio page and see who and what was added and deleted. One find: As of this week, Microsoft has finally put Brian MacDonald on the page. MacDonald, corporate vice president of Core Search Program Management,...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, Team Management, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-15