<A href="http://www.cio.com/article/696884/Microsoft_in_2012_All_Eyes_on_Windows_8_?source=rss_news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cio%2Farticles+%28CIO+-+Articles%29" target="_blank">While 2011 was not an exciting year for Microsoft, revenues were up</A>. Next year will bring the challenge of introducing a new operating system, and a new architecture, to the world.