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Microsoft has made a breakthrough in the
world of informational technologies and has
changed the normal understanding of the word
“computer”.
Founded on April 4 1975, Microsoft is mostly
famous in the world for Windows-series and
Office systems (Microsoft). Originally the
company was set up by Paul Allen and Bill Gates,
however Microsoft is usually associated only
with the name of one of them. Nowadays it is a
leading corporation witch provides their users
with platform for mobile and cloud solutions
(Microsoft).
www.microsoft.com
As enormously huge corporation
Microsoft consists from 810 sites
(including own property and renting
offices) which are located all over the
world and cover about 41,346,549
square feet, meanwhile the total number
of employee can be estimated as
112,388 people (Microsoft).
It is noteworthy that the corporation has
four divided operation centres one of
which is based in Dublin (Ireland)
(Microsoft).
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/
Technologies such as Microsoft Surface Pro 4 have turned the PC
market upside down. Until Apple has pretty different points of view on
the further progress of the iPad tablet and MacBook laptops, the
Microsoft policy is boils down to improve hybrid devices such as
Surface Pro, which can totally replace the modern PC.
Being one of the key players and realising that
competition gets harder constantly Microsoft
have been diversifying their production since they
broke into the market of IT-solutions.
That is why today the company has several
absolutely independent segments which are
focused on completely different areas: operation
systems and productivity, mobile gadgets, cloud
solutions, games and even own centres of global
researches (Microsoft).
In spite of this fact, following the user friendly
policy, developers didn’t forget about
collaboration between all of mentioned
platforms.
http://users.feedblitz.com
http://www.notus.com.ua
Facts about Microsoft (2014) Available at: http://news.microsoft.com/facts-about-
microsoft/#ImportantDates (Accessed: 2 February 2016).
Facts about Microsoft (2014) Available at: http://news.microsoft.com/facts-about-
microsoft/#RevenueHeadcount (Accessed: 2 February 2016).
Facts about Microsoft (2014) Available at: http://news.microsoft.com/facts-about-
microsoft/#Segments (Accessed: 2 February 2016).
Facts about Microsoft (2014) Available at: http://news.microsoft.com/facts-about-
microsoft/#EmploymentInfo (Accessed: 2 February 2016).
Investopedia (2014) ‘Who are Microsoft’s (MSFT) main competitors?’, in Available
at: http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/120314/who-are-microsofts-msft-
main-competitors.asp (Accessed: 2 February 2016).

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Microsoft's Impact on IT and Future Directions

  • 1. Presentation created by Asya Moskalenko for Business Information Systems Tutor: Gerry Mc Cann www.appbugs.co
  • 2. Microsoft has made a breakthrough in the world of informational technologies and has changed the normal understanding of the word “computer”. Founded on April 4 1975, Microsoft is mostly famous in the world for Windows-series and Office systems (Microsoft). Originally the company was set up by Paul Allen and Bill Gates, however Microsoft is usually associated only with the name of one of them. Nowadays it is a leading corporation witch provides their users with platform for mobile and cloud solutions (Microsoft). www.microsoft.com
  • 3. As enormously huge corporation Microsoft consists from 810 sites (including own property and renting offices) which are located all over the world and cover about 41,346,549 square feet, meanwhile the total number of employee can be estimated as 112,388 people (Microsoft). It is noteworthy that the corporation has four divided operation centres one of which is based in Dublin (Ireland) (Microsoft). http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ Technologies such as Microsoft Surface Pro 4 have turned the PC market upside down. Until Apple has pretty different points of view on the further progress of the iPad tablet and MacBook laptops, the Microsoft policy is boils down to improve hybrid devices such as Surface Pro, which can totally replace the modern PC.
  • 4. Being one of the key players and realising that competition gets harder constantly Microsoft have been diversifying their production since they broke into the market of IT-solutions. That is why today the company has several absolutely independent segments which are focused on completely different areas: operation systems and productivity, mobile gadgets, cloud solutions, games and even own centres of global researches (Microsoft). In spite of this fact, following the user friendly policy, developers didn’t forget about collaboration between all of mentioned platforms. http://users.feedblitz.com http://www.notus.com.ua
  • 5. Facts about Microsoft (2014) Available at: http://news.microsoft.com/facts-about- microsoft/#ImportantDates (Accessed: 2 February 2016). Facts about Microsoft (2014) Available at: http://news.microsoft.com/facts-about- microsoft/#RevenueHeadcount (Accessed: 2 February 2016). Facts about Microsoft (2014) Available at: http://news.microsoft.com/facts-about- microsoft/#Segments (Accessed: 2 February 2016). Facts about Microsoft (2014) Available at: http://news.microsoft.com/facts-about- microsoft/#EmploymentInfo (Accessed: 2 February 2016). Investopedia (2014) ‘Who are Microsoft’s (MSFT) main competitors?’, in Available at: http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/120314/who-are-microsofts-msft- main-competitors.asp (Accessed: 2 February 2016).