<p>CIO Last week's big Microsoft reorganization should have caught exactly zero people by surprise. A couple of high-ranking executives departed, and departments were shifted so the senior leadership team can purportedly focus on engineering excellence and becoming more relevant across a spectrum of devices.</p><p>But what does this mean for the CIO? What do Microsoft's internal machinations imply for its corporate customers? From my perspective, it means four different things for you. Let's take a look at each of them.1. Microsoft's Accelerated Product Delivery Curve Is Here to Stay</p><p>When CEO Steve Ballmer wrote in his memo to the troops that this was a reorganization "that will enable us to innovate with greater speed, efficiency and capability in a fast changing world," he wasn't kidding about the greater speed part.You've probably noticed by now that the ill-received Windows 8 is receiving a quick facelift in Windows 8.1. This will be released to original equipment manufacturers for inclusion in their devices by the end of August, according to the company's Tami Reller at the recent Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston.The head of Windows Azure, the company's cloud computing platform, said at the TechEd conference that his team targets updates to cloud services in three-week intervals.The Microsoft Exchange team has switched to a servicing model that releases quarterly updates. These are deployed like an entirely new version of Exchange, as opposed to just a service pack. This is a reflection of the company as a whole, which seems to be eschewing the concept of service packs and instead focusing on delivering changes via more frequent updates.</p><p>Analysis: Microsoft Reorg Could Fix Some Problems, Create OthersNews: Microsoft's Office Chief Out After Musical Chairs Reorg</p><p><a href="http://www.cio.com/article/736521/4_Things_CIOs_Need_to_Know_About_Microsoft_s_Reorg">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2013/07/15/san-jose-opts-for-microsofts-cloud-offerings/">San Jose opts for Microsoft&#039;s cloud offerings</a> (San Francisco Chronicle (blog))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dos-XSnUT0NCQxMOctc3ewDxZNMBM&ned=us">49 additional articles.</a></p>