Steve Ballmer: Microsoft 'betting our company' on the cloud
Posted in: Internet Use/New Technologies at 09/03/2010 00:31
Microsoft is still most closely associated with its desktop software (Windows, Office etc), but on Thursday CEO Steve Ballmer said Microsoft was "betting our company" on the cloud. About 70% of Microsoft employees are working on cloud-related projects right now; that figure will reach 90% within a year, he said.
Ballmer's remarks - made during an address at the University of Washington - may portend a change in mission for the software giant, which for years has talked about a future of software plus web-based services. Contrast that with the tagline Microsoft is now using for its cloud efforts: "We're all in."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/mar/05/microsoft-cloud-computing