Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Its best-known software products are the Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity applications, the Azure cloud computing platform and the Edge web browser. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. Microsoft ranked No. 14 in the 2022 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue; and it was the world's largest software maker by revenue in 2022 according to Forbes Global 2000. It is considered one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet (parent company of Google), Amazon, Apple, and Meta (parent company of Facebook).Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Windows. The company's 1986 initial public offering (IPO) and subsequent rise in its share price created three billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires among Microsoft employees. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made several corporate acquisitions, the largest being the acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in October 2023, followed by its acquisition of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in December 2016, and its acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in May 2011.
, Microsoft is market-dominant in the IBM PC compatible operating system market and the office software suite market, although it has lost the majority of the overall operating system market to Android. The company also produces a wide range of other consumer and enterprise software for desktops, laptops, tabs, gadgets, and servers, including Internet search (with Bing), the digital services market (through MSN), mixed reality (HoloLens), cloud computing (Azure), and software development (Visual Studio).
Steve Ballmer replaced Gates as CEO in 2000 and later envisioned a "devices and services" strategy. This unfolded with Microsoft acquiring Danger Inc. in 2008, entering the personal computer production market for the first time in June 2012 with the launch of the Microsoft Surface line of tablet computers, and later forming Microsoft Mobile through the acquisition of Nokia's devices and services division. Since Satya Nadella took over as CEO in 2014, the company has scaled back on hardware and instead focused on cloud computing, a move that helped the company's shares reach their highest value since December 1999. Under Nadella's direction, the company has also heavily expanded its gaming business to support the Xbox brand, establishing the Microsoft Gaming division in 2022, dedicated to operating Xbox in addition to its three subsidiaries (publishers). Microsoft Gaming is the third-largest gaming company in the world by revenue as of 2024.
In 2018, Microsoft became the most valuable publicly traded company in the world, a position it has repeatedly traded with Apple in the years since. In April 2019, Microsoft reached a market cap, becoming the third U.S. public company to be valued at over $1 trillion after Apple and Amazon, respectively. , Microsoft has the third-highest global brand valuation.
Microsoft has been criticized for its monopolistic practices and the company's software has been criticized for problems with ease of use, robustness, and security.
Microsoft is one of only two U.S.-based companies that has a prime credit rating of AAA.
Microsoft recognizes 7 trade unions representing 1,750 workers in the United States at its video game subsidiaries Activision Blizzard and ZeniMax Media. US workers have been vocal in opposing military and law-enforcement contracts with Microsoft. Bethesda Game Studios is unionized in Canada. Microsoft South Korea recognizes its union since 2017. German employees have elected works councils since 1998. Provided by Wikipedia
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21Microsoft Windows 2000 Server: curso oficial de certificación MCSE Microsoft Windows 2000 Server: curso oficial de certificación MCSEby Forcada Navarro, Oscar Traductor, Microsoft Corporation Autoría, García Cordero, Antonio Traductor, Mata Gómez, Olga Traductora, Sánchez Alcolea, Sergio Traductor, Sánchez Brea, Luis Miguel Traductor, Tévar Alfonso, José Manuel Traductor, Vico, Ángel José Traductor
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22Conectividad rural en América Latina y el Caribe Un puente al desarrollo sostenible en tiempos de pandemia Conectividad rural en América Latina y el Caribe Un puente al desarrollo sostenible en tiempos de pandemiaby 345500 Ziegler, Sandra autor, 345502 Camacho, Kemly autor, 345501 Bosio, Matías autor, 1215 Arias Segura, Joaquín autor, 14 IICA, San José (Costa Rica), 345503 Microsoft Corporation, 3344 Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Washington, DC (EUA)
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23Microsoft Windows 2000 Server: curso oficial de certificación MCSE Microsoft Windows 2000 Server: curso oficial de certificación MCSEby Forcada Navarro, Oscar Traductor 29637, Microsoft Corporation Autoría 29638, García Cordero, Antonio Traductor 29639, Mata Gómez, Olga Traductora 29640, Sánchez Alcolea, Sergio Traductor 29641, Sánchez Brea, Luis Miguel Traductor 29642, Tévar Alfonso, José Manuel Traductor 29643, Vico, Ángel José Traductor 29644
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24Conectividad rural en América Latina y el Caribe Estado de situación y acciones para la digitalización y desarrollo sostenible Conectividad rural en América Latina y el Caribe Estado de situación y acciones para la digitalización y desarrollo sostenibleby 345500 Ziegler, Sandra autor, 1215 Arias Segura, Joaquín autor, 3441 Bayer, Leverkusen (Alemania) entidad patrocinadora, Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (CAF) Caracas, Venezuela entidad patrocinadora, 21144 World Bank, Washington D.C. (EUA) entidad patrocinadora, 14 IICA, San José (Costa Rica) endidad editora entidad patrocinadora, 345503 Microsoft Corporation entidad patrocinadora, 351119 Syngenta AG Basel, Suecia entidad patrocinadora
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25by M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Madras (India) eng, Convention of National Alliance eng 11-12 Jul 2005 2 New Delhi (India), Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai (India) eng, International Development Research Centre, New Delhi (India) eng, Microsoft Corporation, Delhi (India) eng, National Association of Software & Service Companies, Delhi (India) eng, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Bern (Switzerland) eng, Convocation of the Jamsetji Tata National Virtual Academy for Rural Prosperity eng 11-12 Jul 2005 1 New Delhi (India)
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26by DAVIS, M. R., ALVES, B. J. R., KARLEN, D. L., KLINE, K. L., GALDOS, M. V., ABULEBDEH, D.Other Authors: “... ID: 35872188900, UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM, UK; ABULEBDEH, DANA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION, USA....”
Published 2018-01-30
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