Don’t think Microsoft is resting on its laurels. The company has plenty of challenges ahead, particularly as it tries to resurrect its sputtering mobile business. But the company’s business software is so well-established that it’s easy to think of it more as “steady” than a high growth opportunity.
Datamation reports on why Microsoft is bullish on where its enterprise software is headed which includes new areas such as cloud computing.
Two senior Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) executives gave financial analysts at two different investor conferences this week an overview of the company
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s plans for its business products, including Windows 7, Office 2010, and its server products
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not to mention the cloud.
For instance, how large is the upgrade opportunity for Windows 7 now that the PC “refresh cycle” at big businesses has begun in earnest?