As an alternative to attempting (and failing) to complete full weblog posts around the many distinctive Microsoft news bits I;ve read lately, I decided to complete a fast hyperlink checklist. Here are some new objects that could be of interest:Microsoft is trimming some of the positive aspects it is providing to participants in its Most Useful Expert (MVP) program, little doubt due to cost-cutting measures affecting the provider general. Inside a be aware to MVPs (posted about the ActiveWin.com web site), Microsoft statements to become “expanding our investment in the MVP Award Program” with a new online MVP portal coming next year. But in the same be aware,
Office 2010 Standard, officials acknowledge that they are cutting quite a lot of the “less significant” rewards, as of October 1,
Office 2010 Discount, including Organization Store (MVP Bucks), E-Academy, E-Reference Library and MS Press Book Reviews. The worldwide MVP conference is not cancelled; it;s on for mid-February 2010 (but in Redmond/Bellevue, not in Seattle).Microsoft is allowing shareholders to have a formal say about its executives; compensation. In Microsoft;s case,
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, the “say on pay” input will be collected once every three years. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer just got a 4 percent raise for fiscal 2009, by the way (not counting bonuses). Microsoft is one of a growing list of public companies adopting the say-for-pay provision. The first nonbinding vote on executive compensation happens in conjunction with this year;s shareholders; meeting on November 19.
Microsoft Windows President Steven Sinofsky is slated to release a book later this year, co-authored with Harvard management professor Marco Iansiti that will offer insights into how to make a big organization not just survive,
Office 2007 Key, but thrive. The book will be published by John Wiley & Sons. Think of it a detailed analysis of Microsoft;s Windows client unit — which Sinofsky reorganized and pruned in order to get
Windows 7 done in a timely way and to create the groundwork for future Windows releases. (TechFlash;s Todd Bishop found a Barnes & Noble listing for the forthcoming title,
Purchase Office 2007, — tentatively named “One Strategy!” and because of November 28.Microsoft has created available another piece of its Azure cloud platform puzzle: The Azure management API. The API is meant for developers who need to deploy and manage the compute and storage components of the Windows Azure operating procedure. The Azure management API is REST-based and will allow developers to code against in their toolset of choice to manage their services.