Wednesday, 5 July 2017

Microsoft's Cloud Focus Could Mean Layoffs: Report

With cloud computing becoming a bigger revenue driver for Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the company reorganized its business earlier this week, which may result in large-scale job reductions at the software company.

A person familiar with the company’s plans told The Wall Street Journal this week that layoffs could be in the thousands range as it moves its sales focus to large enterprises and small and medium businesses. Late last week, the Puget Sound Business Journal broke the news that Microsoft would reorganize its business to focus on a so-called cloud-first strategy that is being led by Azure, its cloud hosting business.




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