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Panorama Software to Provide Superior In-Memory BI Solution Through Integration With Microsoft's PowerPivot [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 17 days 6 hours 30 minutes ago
...Solution Through Integration With Microsoft's PowerPivot Next Version of...leading data platforms, SAP and Microsoft. Panorama's solution for...Panorama sold its OLAP technology to Microsoft Corporation in 1996; the technology was...
High stakes for Taiwan's high tech - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 23 hours 23 minutes ago
Despite its small size and a population of just about 23 million, the island has managed to become the world's top manufacturer of semiconductors, notebook computers, and flat-panel screens, as well as the planet's No. 2 chip designer.
U.S. stocks open lower amid weak production data - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 5 days 14 hours 53 minutes ago
The Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/comstock/10w!i:dji/delayed (INDU 10,387, -20.40, -0.20%) at last check was off 6 points at 10,401, retreating from the new high for the year it hit Monday.
AMD, 3Com gains lead early tech advance - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 14 hours 58 minutes ago
Under terms of the deal, the two companies will put an end to antitrust litigation and patent cross-license disputes. Intel will pay $1.25 billion to AMD, and the two companies will enter into a new, five-year cross license agreement.
Microsoft Reports First-Quarter Results [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 30 days 13 hours 1 minute ago
REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $12.92 billion for the first quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009, a 14% decline from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $4.48 billion, $3.57 billion and $0.40 per share, which represented declines of 25%, 18% and 17%, respectively, when compared with the prior year period.
photoWALL Launches Globally, Creates New Live Social Network Category [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 13 days 11 hours 16 minutes ago
...empower people through great software - any time, any place and on any device. Microsoft Corporation India Private Ltd is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation USA. It has had a presence in India since 1990. This release was issued through...
U.S. stocks start near flat; tech shares rally - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 16 hours 42 minutes ago
U.S. stocks start near flat; tech shares rally
Will the Supreme Court roil the software industry? - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 13 days 19 hours 20 minutes ago
Oral arguments in the case, "Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw v. David J. Kappos," have been highly anticipated. Often referred to as the "Bilski" case, it was originally brought by an inventor who'd tried to win a business-method patent for a means to hedge against changes in commodity prices.
Google files revised settlement in Books case - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 7 days 11 hours 55 minutes ago
The new agreement was swiftly criticized by the Open Book Alliance, a group of librarians, legal scholars, authors, publishers and other technology companies.
DMTF Identifies Next Steps for Cloud Standards Work [Press Release]
Business Wire | 6 days 17 hours 31 minutes ago
Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), the organization bringing the IT industry together to collaborate on systems management standards development, validation, promotion and adoption, today announced the availability of a new white paper entitled, “Interoperable Clouds – A White Paper from the Open Cloud Standards Incubator.” This white paper summarizes the current work within the DMTF Open Cloud Standards Incubator, including usage scenarios for cloud interoperability, the cloud service...
Video game sales see another drop in October - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 5 hours 57 minutes ago
The drop in October was worse than most analysts had expected. A tally from MarketWatch found that analysts had been expecting a decline of 11%, on average.
Video-game makers still pondering move to digital - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 10 days 5 hours 57 minutes ago
Still, many companies are making early moves, hoping not to be left behind if and when gamers can get the latest big title online rather than by visiting a store.
ZIM Corporation announces investment and licensing agreement with Seregon Solutions Inc. [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 19 days 10 hours 48 minutes ago
OTTAWA, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - ZIM Corporation
Activist investor Icahn resigns from Yahoo board - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 30 days 8 hours 17 minutes ago
"Carol is doing a great job and I believe the Microsoft transaction will provide great long term benefits, the potential of which many still do not understand," Icahn wrote in a letter of resignation.
Stocks in focus for Friday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 31 days 8 hours 20 minutes ago
Amazon.com Inc.'s stunning third quarter -- with revenue and earnings that blew past Wall Street's estimates -- also contained a surprise with greater-than-expected growth in its core media business in North America.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Microsoft Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Development Tools, Operating Systems & Utilities Software |
| Website: | http://www.microsoft.com |
Microsoft's ambitions are anything but small. The world's #1 software company provides a variety of products and services, including its ubiquitous Windows operating systems and Office software suite. Microsoft has expanded into markets such as video game consoles, customer relationship management applications, server and storage software, and digital music players. The company has also used selective acquisitions to bulk up its presence in markets such as online advertising, mobile devices, and enterprise software. In 2008 Microsoft made repeated efforts to acquire Yahoo! but was ultimately rebuffed; the two companies would instead sign a deal in 2009 to combine their search operations.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 58,437 (2009) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | -3.3 (2009) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 14,569 (2009) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | -17.6 (2009) |
| Number of Employees | 93,000 (2009) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 2.2 (2009) |
| Fiscal Year-End | June |