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Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft is the world's leading supplier of computer software, specifically focusing on development, manufacturing, licensing, and support. The company operates in three primary divisions: Platforms and Services, Microsoft Business, and Entertainment and Devices. Microsoft has been extremely successful by staying continuously innovative in its products and services. Microsoft's chief competitors are in the Systems Software industry, including companies such as Apple, Oracle, and IBM. Microsoft's mission is to help people and businesses realize their full potential. The company's key products and services include PC operating Systems; Server and Tools Division; Online Services Business; Microsoft Business Division; and Entertainment and Devices Division (Microsoft, 2011).

Microsoft is a publicly traded company. Its symbol is MSFT; and is traded on Dow Industrial Index, Dow Jones Composite Index and NASDAQ-100. It is involved in the development, manufacturing, and licensing a diverse range of software suits. Microsoft has had a tremendous influence on the U.S. economy. In addition to employing more than 50,000 workers, the company has provided investors with consistent dividends. The use of computers has streamlined business operation and expanded communications capabilities. This, in turn, has expanded business practices and increased company profitability. The explosion of the technology industry can be directly related to the rise of Microsoft as well. The following report is related to the 2011 data of the Microsoft Corporation.

With the agility of a much smaller company, Microsoft has demonstrated through its history, you can build for the future based on years of innovation, a great knowledge of the successes and challenges of its customers, and the best talent the technical and business around the world. The company has demonstrated its ability not only to maximize their size and strengths to serve their customers, but also their ability to make decisions that eliminate conventional wisdom and bring their products and services in a new direction. After 35 years, Microsoft remains the gold standard for applications and database technology to companies around the world: The Company is a leading global provider of software for information management, and the second software company world's largest independent. Microsoft is the first software company to develop and implement business software 100 percent Internet activity across its product line: database, business applications and tools for decision support and application development. It is innovation that drives Microsoft's success. Microsoft was one of the first companies to make business applications available on the Internet, an ...