Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Microsoft braces for customer shift

Microsoft sees tens of millions of corporate email accounts moving to its data centers over the next five years, shifting to a business model that may thin profit margins but generate more revenue.

In an interview ahead of the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit, Chris Capossela, who manages Microsoft's Office products, said the company will see more and more companies abandon their own in-house computer systems and <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Braces-for-Major-Customer-Shift/?kc=EWKNLEAU052008STR1">shiftto "cloud computing,"</A> a less expensive alternative.

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