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Inside Microsoft's Worst Hard Time
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| There were two huge numbers in this quarter. Microsoft suffered a decline in
| client revenue of 8 percent, which the company attributed to PC market
| weakness and a continued shift to lower-cost netbooks.
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http://rcpmag.com/columns/article.aspx?editorialsid=3004
Microsoft's January layoffs took effect today
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| Some individuals have reported being laid off since the initial announcement.
| It's not clear whether the company will let people go in dribs and drabs or
| make another large layoff announcement. Microsoft wouldn't comment on this
| today.
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http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/techtracks/2009/03/23/microsofts_january_layoffs_took_effect_today.html
Iowa governor trolling for Microsoft facility
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| Microsoft announced in August that the $500 million data center was to be
| built in West Des Moines, Iowa. But a significant economic downturn followed,
| and in January, Microsoft cut 5,000 jobs and postponed the project.
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| West Des Moines City Manager Jeff Pomerantz got the news of the postponement
| from Microsoft in January. He said at the time that the company hadn't given
| the city a timeline of when the project will resume.
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http://www.seattlepi.com/business/404392_msft28.html
Microsoft again delays identity management server
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| Microsoft is again delaying the release of the anticipated upgrade to its
| Identity Lifecycle Manager 2.0 software that has been years in development.
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| The software is now slated to ship between January and March 2010, a slip
| that has angered some partners and users.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/032409-microsoft-ilm-delay.html
Recent:
Microsoft Flight Sim grounded by redundancies
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| On the Venturebeat blog, Dean Takahashi notes "In the past year or so,
| Microsoft has shut down or divested itself of a lot of its hit-making
| studios. It recently decided to close Ensemble Studios, maker of the Age of
| Empires strategy games, and spun out Bungie, the maker of Halo games."
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http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/microsoft-flight-sim-grounded-redundancies-44838
Ensemble alums assemble Robot Entertainment
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| Shortly after the announced the move, Age of Empires creator Bruce Shelley
| took to his blog to explain Microsoft's financially motivated rationale for
| closing Ensemble. As part of his post, he revealed that a portion of
| Ensemble's leadership team had plans to set up a new development outfit,
| headed up by current studio chief and founder Tony Goodman.
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http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6204689.html
Microsoft's Razorfish Cuts Another 70 (MSFT)
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| Fresh layoffs at Microsoft-owned (MSFT) ad agency Razorfish, with 70
| employees being let go (4% of the workforce) in Seattle, Portland, San Fran,
| and LA. That follows thousands of layoffs at Microsoft generally, and 40
| positions cut from Razorfish in New York in November.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/2009/2/microsofts-razorfish-cuts-another-70-msft
Microsoft should have made deeper cuts, analysts contend
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| The unprecedented layoffs and other cutbacks announced yesterday by Microsoft
| haven't appeased Wall Street. Microsoft shares are down more than 6 percent
| since the news came out, and some analysts assert that the company needed to
| go much further.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_should_have_made_deeper_cuts_analysts_contend38239219.html
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