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MICROSOFT Inc.
Computer Science and Technology
OUTLINE
Introduction
Vision and Mission
History
Worldwide company strength
About Microsoft segments and Products
Fun facts about Microsoft
INTRODUCTION
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing.
The world’s largest software maker measured by revenues.
It is also one of the world’s most valuable company.
The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975.
VISION AND MISSION
Vision:-”A computer on every desk, and in every home.”
Mission:-
“To help people and businesses throughout
world realize their full
potential.”
INTRODUCTION ABOUT OWNER
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, computer programmer, and investor.
Gates originally established his reputation as the co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company, with Paul Allen.
MOTIVATION TO START THE COMPANY
Paul Allen and Bill Gates, childhood friends with a passion in computer programming, were seeking to make a successful business utilizing their shared skills.
They developed the interpreter on a simulator.
They demonstrated the interpreter to MITS in Albuquerque, New Mexico in March 1975
They officially established Microsoft on April 4, 1975, with Gates as the CEO.
HISTORY
1975- •Microsoft is founded ;they sell BASIC, the first PC computer language program to MITS Computer, Microsoft's first customer.
1981- •Microsoft Inc. is incorporated; IBM uses Microsoft's 16-bit operating system for its first personal computer.
1983- •Microsoft introduces the Microsoft Mouse and Word for MS-DOS 1.00. .
1985- •Microsoft and IBM forge a joint development agreement and launch Windows 1.0
1989- •Microsoft co-develop SQL server 1.0.
CONT.…
1992- • Introducing Windows 3.1
1994- • Windows NT
1995- • Windows 95
2000-• First Beta of .NET Framework
released
2001- • Windows XP released
CONT.…
2003- • Windows Server launched.
2007-• Windows Vista was released with
Microsoft Office 2007.
2008-• Bill Gates leaves Microsoft to persue
charity work.
2009- • Windows 7 released
2012- • Windows 8 launches
2013-• Windows 8.1 with Office 2013
releases
WORLDWIDE COMPANY STRENGTH
110 subsidiaries
$580 billion partner revenue
90000 employees
191 countries
640000 partners
Advanced Technology
Applications and Services Engineering Group
Cloud and Enterprise Engineering Group
Devices Group
Dynamics
Operating Systems Engineering Group
Technology and Research
Business Development and Evangelism Group
Finance Group
HR Group
Legal and Corporate Affairs Group
MICROSOFT SEGMENTS
CONT…
Marketing Group
Operations
Kevin Turner leads worldwide sales, field marketing, services, support, and stores as well as IT, licensing and commercial operations.
Strategy
Mark Penn leads Strategy, responsible for core strategic issues across Microsoft’s products, value propositions and investments, and leads the company’s competitive research and analysis.
PRODUCTS OWNED BY MICROSOFT
BingWindowsDirectXXbox - Game ConsoleMicrosoft OfficeInternet ExplorerMSNMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft Windows ServerSkypeNokia
MICROSOFT OFFICE
The software product includes :
Word (a word processor)
Access (a personal relational database application)
Excel (a spreadsheet program)
Outlook (Groupware, frequently used with Exchange Server)
PowerPoint (presentation software)
Publisher (desktop publishing software)
OFFICE 365
An online office and software plus services suite named which is a subscription service for Microsoft Office products.
A number of other products were added later with the release of Office 2013 including :
Visio
Project
MapPoint
InfoPath
OneNote
VISUAL STUDIO
The company's set of programming tools and compilers.
The software product is GUI-oriented and links easily with the Windows APIs.
The current version is Visual Studio 2013.
Visual Studio supports development for both native Windows platform and .NET Framework.
Various free editions are also offered for Windows Runtime, Windows Phone, ASP.NET and Windows desktop development.
MICROSOFT AZURE
The company's cloud computing platform that hosts virtual machines, websites and more.
It provides both platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) services.
It supports many different programming languages, tools and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems.
MICROSOFT SERVERS
Microsoft offers a suite of server software, entitled Microsoft Servers for private clouds.
Windows Server 2012.
SQL Server Exchange Server.
Systems Management Server.
WINDOWS EMBEDDED
A group of operating systems designed to be used in embedded systems.
Windows CE
Windows Embedded Standard
Windows Embedded Industry and more.
WINDOWS
Windows 3.1
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows Me
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8, and Windows Server 2008.
Windows 8.1
SWOT Analysis: Microsoft Corporation
STRENGTH
Flexible workforce
Multinational corporation operating through regional subsidiaries to minimize cultural differences in more than 60 countries
Software products have high name recognition
Revenues and profits rising at 30% a year
Windows 95, 98, 2000 series, and Windows NT
WEAKNESS
Microsoft leadership failed to correctly anticipate the growth or popularity of the Internet.
Not a key player in the Internet space, wireless market and few products for Internet applications.
Dependency on hardware manufacturers to pre-install Microsoft's PC operating system.
OPPORTUNITY
Cheaper global telecommunication costs open new markets as people connect to the Internet.
The demand for personal computers in American and global markets remains strong despite the growth and increasing popularity of personal handheld devices.
THREAT
Apple and Linux threaten Microsoft's 88% market share of the desktop operating market.
Hardware manufacturers are issuing their own pre-bundled programs on their own hardware.
Rapid development of mobile devices.
Software piracy.
FUN FACTS ABOUT MICROSOFT
The first ever mention of “Microsoft” was in the letter from Bill-Gates to co-founder Paul Allen in 1975.
The “blibbet” logo shown below refers to stylized “o” and was apparently once was the name of burger served in the Microsoft company cafeteria.
CONT.…
The Microsoft sound: Pioneering musician Brian Eno was the musical brains behind windows 95’s start tune dubbed “The Microsoft sound” .
Microsoft has spilt its stock nine times since it went public back in 1986 and the company will generally split its stock when its share prize goes too high.
Microsoft is one of the largest corporate collectors of artworks over 5,000 contemporary pieces including paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, ceramics, studio glass and multimedia works.