1. History of Microsoft: -Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates (CEO) and Paul Allen -Industry: Computer software and hardware -Revenue: $77.85 billion (2013) -Employees: 100‚932 worldwide 2. Why Microsoft? Microsoft is one of the world’s leading brands in computer technology‚ and so it is of interest to discover how they motivate and encourage their employees to achieve such great success. Microsoft is currently ranked second on the list of best companies to work for in the UAE‚ but why is this so
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The first and most important decision you need to make is between Microsoft and Apple. Both are excellent brands but one might fit the individuals needs more than the other for different purposes. There are many different needs for computers and the right brand or the better brand in some cases might differ on what the need is at the time. The biggest difference between Microsoft and apple is user friendly interface. Microsoft created by Bill Gates was has a very user friendly program that anybody
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Oracle Essbase PreSales Specialist Assessment(Answer all questions in this section)1. Essbase structures data into natural business concepts in a multidimensional database. Mark for Review (1) Points | True (*) | | False | | | Correct. Essbase structures data into natural business concepts in a multidimensional database. | 2. Essbase can support only two different business models. Mark for Review (1) Points | True (*) | | False | | | Correct. Essbase can support
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Strategic Problems Improving Microsoft’s standing as an innovator Over the past few years‚ Microsoft has been suffering from their reputation as a follower since Apple and Google have taken the lead in the world of smartphones and tablets. Microsoft’s Xbox business keeps them ahead in the gaming industry (34% market share) which will keep them relevant and afloat in the 13-30 age demographic‚ but the company overall could use an upgrade in its reputation as a cutting-edge innovator. One key will
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nine employees. paired Kinect for Windows with its software to give consumers a Software and Services Kinect for Windows Technologies − Data depth − Microsoft .NET Framework retailers valuable feedback. Styku moved to market quickly using Hardware Kinect for Windows sensor For more information about other Microsoft customer successes‚ please visit: www.microsoft.com/casestudies chance to virtually try on clothes before they buy. The technology‚ soon to be offered by major
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Group Case 1 Group 5 2/27/13 Microsoft Dynamics Customer Solution Case Study: Nonprofit Empowers Team‚ Markets More Effectively with Association Management Solution Background of the Organization National Middle School Association is a nonprofit organization. They have 25 employees that provide professional development‚ journals‚ books‚ research‚ and information to middle school teachers in the United States. NMSA generates about $6.5 million a year in revenue through membership fees
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How to create a Histogram in Excel First‚ the Data Analysis "toolpak" must be installed. To do this‚ pull down the Tools menu‚ and choose Add-Ins. You need to have a column of numbers in the spreadsheet that you wish to create the histogram from‚ AND you need to have a column of intervals or "Bin" to be the upper boundary category labels on the X-axis of the histogram. See example of spreadsheet below: Pull Down the Tools Menu and Choose Data Analysis‚ and then choose Histogram and click
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Examine the reasons that led Oracle‚ one of the world’s leading software companies‚ acquire PeopleSoft. There are several reasons that made Oracle to acquire PeopleSoft. First‚ Oracle wanted to acquire PeopleSoft so that they can become stronger in developing the products that the company had difficulties developing. It was already evident that PeopleSoft was already developing some products that had not match within the software market. For example‚ PeopleSoft had advanced customer relationship
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1. Describe Microsoft’s overall reporting strategy. Why had the company adopted this strategy and why was the SEC concerned about it? Answer: 1) Hiding profits – The success of Microsoft provided incentives in hiding success from regulators and competitors. There is high incentive to reduce their performance given the history of the company with regulatory intervention. Therefore‚ the company’s policy of software capitalization occurred before serious regulatory intervention. 2) Avoiding complacency
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Google failures. GOOGLE ANSWERS. In competition with Yahoo! Answers‚ Google created Google Answers a program which goal was to answer all kind of questions users could have. The program counted with a team of researchers guaranteeing correct‚ quality answers‚ despite this‚ users favored Yahoo!’s. WHY? First mistake Google made was charging clients for posts. People didn’t want to pay when they could use Yahoo‚ which is totally free‚ although their answers don’t have the same quality as the ones
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