Microsoft is reorganizing!

Microsoft is reorganizing.  According to official announcements, it’s to “[give MS executives ]broader powers in an effort to better compete against its rivals, including Google and Yahoo.”

The software and services giant is merging its seven business units into three divisions, as follows:

• Microsoft Platform Products and Services - will handle the flagship Windows family of operating systems and MSN online;
• Microsoft Business Divison - will handle Office and products for small and medium enterprises; and,
• Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division - will handle the Xbox game console and other consumer/mobile-related products.

Wow.  Microsoft is feeling the heat, especially with big
competitors getting bigger and bigger (with mergers and acquisitions
and all that) and eating a bigger portion of the tech pie.  After
all, the I.T. world is moving more towards applications rather than
software.

(via TWiT)