microsoft company
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VISION & MISSION
• VISION “To get a workstation running Microsoft’s software onto every desk
and eventually every home”
• Mission“Microsoft work to help people and businesses throughout the
world realize their full potential”
Company Profile
• Microsoft Is a public multinational corporation• Founded : In Albuquerque, New Mexico On April 4th ,1975• Founder: Bill Gates Paul Allen
• Address : Redmond, WA, 98052 United States(425) 882-8080
www.microsoft.com
HISTORY
“ They Dream of having a PC on every desktop”
Paul Allen and Bill Gates, childhood friends with a passion in computer programming, were seeking to make a successful business utilizing their shared skills. In 1972 they founded their first company named Traf-O-Data,They officially established Microsoft on April 4, 1975, with Gates as the CEO, the original name of "Micro-Soft," the combination of the words microprocessor and software
•Microsoft Rankings : MICROSOFT CORPORATION Rankings#34 in FORTUNE 500 (June 2014)Dow Jones IndustrialsDow Jones Global Titans#3 in FT Global 500 (June 2014)#34 in FORTUNE 1000 (June 2014)
*Fortune is business magazine
• key people: Bill Gates(Chairman) Satya Nadella (CEO and Director)
Brian Kevin Turner(COO) Ray Ozzie(CSA)
Craig Mundie(CRSO)
• Employees: 128,000 (In 2014)
Products
ComputersSurfaceAll-in-ones + desktopsLaptops + UltrabooksAccessoriesTablets + convertiblesPC games
WindowsWindows 8Windows 8 Pro
Windows PhoneWindows Phone for AT&TWindows Phone for VerizonWindows Phone for T-Mobile
XboxXbox OneXbox 360Xbox LIVE
AccessoriesComputer accessoriesXbox 360 accessoriesWindows Phone accessoriesPC gamingAudio accessories
Additional softwareVisual StudioVisioProjectMappingPC games
OfficeOffice for WindowsOffice for MacOffice University
All Office apps
Analysis SWOT
STRENGTHS:Name recognition
Rapid product development
WEAKNESS:Did not recognize the growth opportunities of the Internet
OPPORTUNITYExpanding into the video game market by producing items such as the Xbox
THREATS:Numerous court battles with other
entities regarding antitrust and software developer lawsuits.
SWOT ANALYSIS
Product
“Microsoft is present in a huge plethora of products and it has a product for practically most applications including design, development
and management. Microsoft is so strong in this front that till date, no one has been able to challenge the giant in terms of software expertise. Even Apple sells its OS with support of its hardware, and not just on the
basis of Software.”
Price
“Where operating systems are considered, Microsoft has a premium pricing because of its vastly popular and increasingly useful Operating system. Products like Microsoft office too are premium priced. However, all the other products, which have
alternatives in the market, are priced competitively.”
Place
“Microsoft has various lines of distribution depending on the type of products. For its software packages and OS, Microsoft operates through a distributor network – with the distributor
network distributing the product to all retailers. Similarly, Microsoft also targets OEM’s like laptop and desktop
manufacturers”
Promotion
• “There are certain brands and names, which are just beyond the logics and points of promotion and are simply too popular for
promotion. For other online products, Microsoft vastly uses digital marketing and advertising. In general, the promotions of Microsoft
have always pushed for reliability and usability of the Microsoft products – Which are its key attributes.”