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From: sylvester80	2/8/2011 9:04:38 PM
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Ballmer wants more techies on top in management shake-up (Bloomberg) blog.seattlepi.com There are more changes coming to Microsoft's top management, and CEO Steve Ballmer wants to put more engineers in the ranks, Bloomberg News reports. BallmerCiting two anonymous sources, Bloomberg reports that Ballmer wants to turn around Microsoft's position in both cloud computing and the tablet market -- sectors in which the company is perceived to be lagging. Here's an excerpt from the Bloomberg piece: Changes may be announced this month, said one of the people, who declined to be named because the plans are private. Last month, Ballmer pushed out server division president and 23- year company veteran Bob Muglia, saying the company needed new leadership that could focus on areas such as cloud software. The move would expand on an effort to promote managers who have engineering skills and experience executing product plans -- a bid to help Microsoft catch up with rivals such as Apple Inc. and Google Inc. in Web services, smartphones and tablet computers. The overhaul also may quell criticism from the board and investors that Microsoft is falling behind in some markets. Four top executives have left the company since May. In addition to Muglia, since the New Year other executives from Microsoft's cloud productivity, customer relationship management (CRM) and Windows groups have left or announced plans to leave Redmond. Even more executives have left within the past year and a half. Which gives Ballmer a golden opportunity to shake things up. You can read the entire Bloomberg report here.

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