Microsoft plans layoffs in sales force shake-up: reports The Hindu Microsoft is planning layoffs as it refocuses its sales force on making the software colossus a pivotal part of businesses relying on cloud computing, according to media reports. | While many reports forecast the changes would result in thousands of job cuts, Microsoft only confirmed to AFP that cha...
U.S., Microsoft clash over email Arkansas Online WASHINGTON -- On the surface, the investigation was routine. Federal agents persuaded a judge to issue a warrant for a Microsoft email account they suspected was used for drug trafficking. | But U.S.-based Microsoft kept the emails on a server in Ireland. Microsoft said that meant the emails were be...
Microsoft laying off thousands of global workers in sales shakeup Ottowa Business Journal Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees in a shake-up aimed at selling more subscriptions to software applications that can be used on any internet-connected device. | Most of the people losing their jobs work in sales and are located outside ...
What Separates Microsoft Stock from Apple Stock Profit Confidential Mossberg Gives a Window into MSFT Stock | A man called Walt Mossberg retired this year. Don’t worry if that name means nothing to you, because Mossberg isn’t a household name. He is, or rather was, one of the best technology writers around. (Firs...
How will the cloud change IT? Look at Microsoft InfoWorld Microsoft is planning a global sales reorganization to better focus on selling cloud software, according to Microsoft insiders. This comes as no surprise, considering that Microsoft did the same for its ailing phone business last year. | What does...
Microsoft To Cut Up To 4,000 Sales And Marketing Jobs Yahoo Daily News Technology giant Microsoft is undertaking a major reorganisation in its sales and marketing units that will likely see the company cutting about 4,000 jobs from its workforce, mostly outside the U.S. | The company is implementing changes to better se...
Alzheimer's linked to poor sleep patterns in new study The Independent Poor sleep may increase the chances of people at risk of Alzheimer's developing the disease, a study has shown. | Scientists conducted spinal fluid tests on 101 people with an average age of 63 who had a family history of Alzheimer's or carried a gene linked to the condition. | Participants who reported the worse sleep quality or suffered from dayt...
Renewable Energy Plants Getting Cheaper To Build, Report Says WorldNews.com | Construction costs per kilowatt for solar, wind, biomass, and hydroelectric projects in the United States have fallen, in some cases steeply, since 2013, and natural gas generators are also getting cheaper to build despite getting more expensive year-over-year from 2013 to 2014, according to figures released by the Energy Information Administrati...
