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Enterprise Software at the Crossroads: Lost Execs and Lost Ground

What's up with the top enterprise software companies and their leadership? In the space of six months, Microsoft, SAP, and most recently Oracle, have lost their most visible executives in a rather abrupt fashion. While the reasoning for the departures is, on the surface, vastly different in each case, the...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Enterprise Software, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Conference, Departure, Satya Nadella, Dynamics, Shai, Kirill, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2007-10-18

What's next on Microsoft's search agenda?

It's been three months since Satya Nadella took over as Corporate Vice President in charge of Microsoft's Search & Advertising Platform Group. What's he been up to?"I've been focusing on learning," said Nadella, with whom I had chance to chat on July 27 at his office on the Redmond campus....

Tags: Web 2.0, Search, Google, Corporate strategy, Advertising

Blog posts 2007-07-31

Yet another Microsoft search exec calls it quits

The shake-ups in Microsofts search organization arent over yet. On April 24, Microsoft announced internally that Dane Glasgow, general manager for Live Search, is leaving the company to work for various nonprofits and spend more time with his family. Glasgow was one of the handful of direct reports...

Tags: Windows Live, Search, Google

Blog posts 2007-04-25

Microsoft severs Live Search from the rest of the Windows Live family

Live Search is no longer part of the larger Windows Live services family, in terms of engineering and development. One by-product of the March 21 Microsoft announcement of the creation of a new Search and Ad Platform group got relatively little play. As a result of the...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Satya Nadella, Microsoft Windows Live, Live Search, Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2007-03-21

Microsoft business unit head to depart

Microsoft business unit head to departbut the real reason isthe imminent M$ crash due to massive Linux migration.Satya Nadella?Isn't that just Linux Geek. Well congratulations. Come on down, you're the next contestant . . .Satya Nadella. aka Mr. Green.In non-related but still Microsoftian news, keep your...

Tags: Linux, Satya Nadella, Microsoft Corp., business unit head

Discussion threads 2006-09-12

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Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught

Microsoft's search plan apparently revolves around semantics. The software giant picked up Powerset, a natural language search provider for an undisclosed sum. Will it be enough to close its yawning Google and even Yahoo search gap? Probably not, but Powerset could give Microsoft a little leapfrog ability...

Tags: Google Inc., Natural Language, Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-01

And score 1 more for Google in Ed Tech

While Google has committed to continuing its partnership with Harvard University, the New York Public Library, various publishers, and a variety of groups to scan and digitize their books, Microsoft has bowed out of this market. The Los Angeles Times reported that Microsoft Corp. is ending...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Blogging, Business Structures, Channel Management, Internet, Search, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-26

Microsoft looks to buy search share (again)

At its advance08 ad summit this week, Microsoft is rolling out yet another push to grow its Web search share by rewarding users with cash. As described by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, via the new "Live Search Cashback" program, Microsoft will pay a portion of a purchase price...

Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Portals, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-05-21

How to try 4,000 makeup products online

Two researchers of the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California at San Diego UCSD have used their skills in computer graphics to build a new free service on the web named Taaz. According to the computer scientists, Taaz is 'derived from the Hindi word Taaza, meaning fresh,...

Tags: Women, Vision, Image, Computer, Makeup Product, Taaz, Taaz.com, Productivity, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-22

Two more Microsoft execs fly the coop

A couple more execs from Microsoft's list of who's who at the company have moved to allegedly greener pastures. Joanne Bradford, corporate vice president and chief media officer of MSN, is leaving Microsoft to join Internet-based ad agency Spot Runner Inc, as initially reported by Todd Bishop...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Joanne Bradford, Majidimehr, Hd Dvd, Advertising & Promotion, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-13

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 reorg: Who's in; who's out

On February 14, Microsoft announced a corporate reorganization affecting many of its divisions. As with any Microsoft early-year reorg -- which typically occur after the company's fiscal mid-year reviews -- there are winners and losers. Check out my slideshow of who's in and who's out as a...

Tags: Mobile, VP, Vice President, Microsoft Corp., Senior Vice President, Corporate, Vehghte, Lees, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-14

Microsoft%27s+latest+reorg+to+set+the+stage+for+Yahoo+merger

Microsoft%27s+latest+reorg+to+set+the+stage+for+Yahoo+mergerIt's a done deal!It's already a done deal. They are just waiting for some time to announce it in public. Major stockholders will have the final say on this and most of them don't want to lose more money. Merger with Microsoft will give them more profit....

Tags: Corporate governance, Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., board

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

Microsoft's latest reorg to set the stage for Yahoo merger

In the midst of its acquisition bid for Yahoo, Microsoft is set to announce -- most likely on February 14 -- its latest company-wide reorg. According to sources, the still-unprofitable Online Services Business will be where the greatest number of changes will happen. As previously rumored, Online...

Tags: Marketing, Merger, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-13

Vista marketing chief to bid Microsoft adieu

Michael Sievert, Corporate Vice President for Windows Product Marketing, is moving on, according to multiple sources of mine. It's hard to make the case that Sievert, who was responsible for the worldwide introduction of Windows Vista, isn't being pushed for the less-than-enthusiastic public perception of Microsoft's latest...

Tags: Marketing, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Michael Sievert, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-04

Another Microsoft manager jumps from the Live Search ship

In 2007, there was rampant turnover in the Microsoft Live Search unit. It looks like 2008 is off to a similar start. Mike Nichols, Group Program Manager for Live Search, has resigned and is moving to work for Yusuf Mehdi, Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships....

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mike Nichols, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Venture Capital, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-01-17

Another Microsoft Search reorg: Shum now leads engineering

In the latest reorg of its Search unit, which Microsoft announced internally to its troops on November 9, Microsoft has appointed Harry Shum to take over management of the Core Search engineering team. Shum will replace General Manager of Microsoft Search Ken Moss. Moss has held the...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Search, Moss, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-11-09

Microsoft resets its search targets

Until this week, Microsoft officials presented an unambiguous position on search: Microsoft is No. 3, but it would keep trying and trying until it unseated Google. To get there, Microsoft planned to pour time and money into building both its desination search (www.live.com) search and convenience search (i.e., Live Search...

Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Jury, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-09-27

Microsoft Live Search 2.0 get its public day in the sun on September 26

Microsoft is holding a three-hour "Searchification" event at its Silicon Valley campus on September 26 that seems like it will be the launch pad for the next version of Microsoft's Live Search service. (I say "seems" because the actual invite has next-to-no details about what's going to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-09-08

New roles for old Softies, as Microsoft-aQuantive dust settles

As usual, there's more to a Microsoft restructuring than meets the eye.Now that Microsoft's $6 billion purchase of ad powerhouse aQuantive has received the official nod from aQuantive's shareholders, Microsoft is beginning the long process of melding the two companies.Step one, announced on August 13: Create a new division, the...

Tags: Advertisement, aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-08-13