<p>The company's move comes as traditional computers are increasingly taking a backseat to mobile devices, and the applications that support them. Sales of personal computers Microsoft's traditional strength for products like Windows and Office have slumped to historical lows in the broad move toward gadgets that enhance productivity and provide entertainment.</p><p>As consumers migrate to tablets and smartphones, Microsoft has struggled to keep pace with the other top dogs in the technology sector like Google and Apple, and lacks a coherent mobile strategy.</p><p>Google's Android software run on Samsung's wildly popular Galaxy phones and Apple's iOS for iPhone take up an estimated 92 percent of the market. That has left little room for Microsoft's Windows smartphone to chip away at their dominance.</p><p>Microsoft's restructuring centers around beefing up strategy dedicated primarily to operating systems, applications, cloud computing and devices. According to a communique, the new reorganization gives Microsoft's advertising, marketing and media apparatus more authority.</p><p><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/100791403">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://mspmentor.net/managed-services/microsoft-wpc13-sizzles-ballmers-keynote-office-365-monitoring-surface-discounts-mo">Microsoft WPC13 Sizzles: Ballmer&#039;s Keynote, Office 365 Monitoring, Surface ...</a> (MSPmentor)</p><p><a href="http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2013/07/11/The-One-Change-That-Could-Reinvigorate-Microsoft.aspx">The &#039;One&#039; Change That Could Reinvigorate Microsoft</a> (The Fiscal Times)</p><p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324425204578599523644353196.html">Microsoft Shake-Up Aims to Speed Products</a> (Wall Street Journal)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d07cL0QYgm39FuMf6JCXKNcoq08jM&ned=us">638 additional articles.</a></p>