Windows 10, the latest installment in the massively successful line of Windows operating systems is set to be released on July 29, with Microsoft looking to create its own self-sustaining Windows ecosystem to rival other giants like Apple and Google.
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Microsoft’s current CEO, Satya Nadella, stated that the company will now begin to focus on a broader “ecosystem” of products. However, we need to focus our phone efforts in the near term while driving reinvention. Last month, Microsoft hit deals to hand over a relative amount of its advertising business to AOL, while selling its mapping assets to Uber.
The company also said it would take a $7.6 billion accounting charge related to its acquisition of Nokia’s handset operations, a clear acknowledgment that Microsoft’s foray into the mobile hardware business had borne little fruit. In 2014, Microsoft also announced its plans to lay off 18,000 employees.
This could be a further sign of the end times for Windows Phone, which has already been declared dead many times over. The company’s market share stays at a poor 2.5% and has failed to turn the Windows Phone into an alternative to iOS or Android.
Microsoft’s announcement to reduce the number of smartphones it makes yesterday was pretty vague, but we may now know exactly what the company has in mind.
It has been one year since Microsoft announced it’s plans for having a layoff of around 18,000 people.
Currently, Microsoft employs over 6,500 across India, of which a majority are associated with software development, including over 3,000 at its facility in Hyderabad – the largest development centre outside Redmond.
This reorganization, like many Microsoft shakeups we’ve seen over the past year, is meant to better align corporate strategy with the new priorities Nadella has implemented since stepping into the top position over a year ago.
After taking into account restructure charges, the company has now depreciated more than entire cost of acquiring Nokia.
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Microsoft announced that it will be laying off about 7,800 workers around the world in its restructuring project. From now on the company will concentrate on the “mobility of experiences” across all devices, and that includes the above phones.
