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General Information

Websitemicrosoft.com
CategorySoftware
Employees90,000
Founded4/74

Offices

World Headquarter
1 Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA
USA
Boise Development Center
500 S 10th St.
Boise, ID, 83702
USA

People

Founder, Chairman
CEO
CFO
Chief Research and Strategy Officer
Chief Software Architect
SVP, President North America Sales & Marketing
Development VP, Microsoft Exchange
Vice President, Windows Live Experience
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Former People

President, Platforms & Services Division
Business Manager, Silverlight & Expression, Visual Studio; Group Product Manager, Web Strategy
Managing Director, Microsoft Startup Labs
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Acquisitions

Total$10.3B
YaData, 8/10 $20M
Opalis Software, 12/09
Sentillion, 12/09
Interactive Supercomputing, 9/09
Rosetta Biosoftware, 6/09
BigPark, 5/09
Greenfield Online, 8/08 $486M
DATAllegro, 7/08
Zoomix, 7/08 $35M
Powerset, 7/08 $100M
MobiComp, 6/08
Navic Networks, 6/08
Farecast, 4/08 $115M
Komoku, 3/08
Rapt, 3/08
Kidaro, 3/08
Credentica, 3/08
Danger, 2/08 $500M
Caligari Corporation, 2/08
Calista Technologies, 1/08
Fast Search & Transfer, 1/08 $1.2B
MultiMap, 12/07
Global Care Solutions, 10/07
jellyfish, 10/07 $50M
Parlano, 8/07
AdECN, 7/07
aQuantive, 5/07 $6.4B
Screen Tonic, 5/07
Tellme, 3/07 $800M
Medstory, 2/07
Colloquis, 10/06
Azyxxi, 7/06
Winternals, 7/06
Softricity, 7/06
Massive, 5/06 $200M
Lionhead Studios, 4/06
ProClarity, 4/06
Onfolio, 3/06
Apptimum, 3/06
Motion Bridge, 2/06
FolderShare, 11/05
Media-Streams.com, 11/05
Alacris, 9/05
Teleo, Inc. , 8/05
Frontbridge Technologies, 7/05
MessageCast, 3/05
Groove Networks, 3/05
Sybari, 2/05
GIANT Company Software, 12/04
ActiveViews, 4/04
PlaceWare, 4/03
Connectix, 2/03
Vicinity Corp., 10/02
Rare, Inc. , 9/02 $337M
Navision, 5/02
eShop, 6/96

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Microsoft

Microsoft is a veteran software company, best known for its Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. Additionally, the company has ventured into hardware with consumer products such as the Zune and Xbox. Microsoft has made a presence on the Web with the MSN internet portal and Bing Search Engine.

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Products

Bing
BizSpark
MSN
MSN Video
Microsoft Amalga
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Live Search
Microsoft Live Telescope
Microsoft My Phone
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Silverlight
Microsoft Startup Zone
Microsoft Surface
Microsoft Touchwall
Microsoft Virtual Earth
Microsoft Zune
Microsoft adCenter
Midori
Outlook
Photosynth
Popfly
System Center Operations Manager
Thumbtack
TweetCraft
Windows
Windows 7
Windows Internet Explorer
Windows Live
Windows Live Essentials
Windows Live Family Safety
Windows Live FolderShare
Windows Live Hotmail
Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Mesh
Windows Live Messenger
Windows Live Movie Maker
Windows Live Photo Gallery
Windows Live SkyDrive
Windows Live Toolbar
Windows Live Writer
Windows Marketplace for Mobile
Windows Mobile
Windows Phone 7
Windows SteadyState
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Xbox
Xbox 360
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  1. Microsoft to Acquire Dimension X (microsoft.com) []
  2. Microsoft Picks Up Israeli Ad-Targetting Software Startup YaData for a Reported $20 Million to $30 Million (techcrunch.com) []
  3. Microsoft Acquires Opalis Software (MSFT) (businessinsider.com) []
  4. Microsoft Acquires Healthcare Software Company Sentillion (MSFT) (businessinsider.com) []
  5. Microsoft Confirms Interactive Supercomputing Acquisition, Shuts Down Star-P (techcrunchit.com) []
  6. Microsoft buys Merck unit in life sciences push (news.cnet.com) []
  7. Microsoft Agrees to Acquire BigPark Inc. (microsoft.com) []
  8. Microsoft Says Hello to Ciao, Buys European Shopping Site (techcrunch.com) []
  9. Microsoft acquires DATAllegro data warehouse appliance company (venturebeat.com) []
  10. Microsoft Acquires Data Optimization Provider Zoomix (techcrunchit.com) []
  11. Microsoft to Acquire Powerset (powerset.com) []
  12. MobiComp to be Acquired by Microsoft (techcrunchit.com) []
  13. press release (biz.yahoo.com) []
  14. Microsoft Acquires Farecast For $115M (techcrunch.com) []
  15. Microsoft strengthens anti-malware protection with leading-edge rootkit detection provider. (microsoft.com) []
  16. Microsoft Picks Up Another Ad Startup: Rapt (techcrunch.com) []
  17. Microsoft buys virtualization player Kidaro (news.com) []
  18. credentica.com []
  19. Meanwhile, Microsoft Buys Danger For $500 Million (techcrunch.com) []
  20. Microsoft Buys Caligari To Pimp Up Virtual Earth (techcrunch.com) []
  21. Microsoft acquires Calista Technologies (calistatechnologies.com) []
  22. Microsoft bids $1.2B for Fast Search and Transfer (infoworld.com) []
  23. Microsoft buys Multimap (guardian.co.uk) []
  24. Microsoft to Acquire Innovative Healthcare Technology and Assets From Global Care Solutions (microsoft.com) []
  25. Microsoft Buys Jellyfish (wistechnology.com) []
  26. Microsoft to Acquire Parlano (microsoft.com) []
  27. Microsoft to Acquire AdECN, Inc (microsoft.com) []
  28. Microsoft Pays $6 billion for aQuantive: Massive Ad Network Consolidation Is Occuring (techcrunch.com) []
  29. Microsoft buys mobile advertising company ScreenTonic (computerworld.com) []
  30. Microsoft Acquires Tellme (techcrunch.com) []
  31. Advertise on NYTimes.com Microsoft to Buy Health Information Search Engine (nytimes.com) []
  32. Microsoft Acquires Colloquis to Enhance User Interactions Online (microsoft.com) []
  33. Microsoft Expands Presence in Healthcare IT Industry With Acquisition of Health Intelligence Software Azyxxi (microsoft.com) []
  34. Microsoft Acquires Winternals (microsoft.com) []
  35. Microsoft Completes Acquisition of Softricity (microsoft.com) []
  36. Microsoft bought in-game ads pioneer Massive for over $200 million in May 2006. (blog.quintura.com) []
  37. Microsoft snaps up UK games guru (news.bbc.co.uk) []
  38. Microsoft Agrees to Acquire ProClarity, Enhancing Business Intelligence Offering (microsoft.com) []
  39. Microsoft Enhances Windows Live Toolbar Capabilities With Acquisition of Onfolio (microsoft.com) []
  40. Microsoft Acquires Apptimum Inc., a Leading Application Transfer Company (microsoft.com) []
  41. Microsoft Acquires Mobile Search Technology Provider MotionBridge (microsoft.com) []
  42. Microsoft Acquires FolderShare, a File-Synchronization Technology Provider (microsoft.com) []
  43. Microsoft to Acquire media-streams.com AG; Technologies to Integrate Voice Communications Into Microsoft Office System (microsoft.com) []
  44. Microsoft Acquires Identity and Access Management Solutions Provider Alacris (microsoft.com) []
  45. Microsoft Acquires Teleo, Innovative VoIP Technology Company (microsoft.com) []
  46. Microsoft to Acquire FrontBridge Technologies, a Leading Provider of Secure Messaging Services (microsoft.com) []
  47. MSN Acquires MessageCast to Expand Automated Alerting Services (microsoft.com) []
  48. Microsoft to Acquire Groove Networks, Combining Talents to Create Anytime, Anywhere Collaboration Products and Services (microsoft.com) []
  49. Microsoft to Acquire Enterprise Anti-Virus Security Provider Sybari Software (microsoft.com) []
  50. Microsoft Acquires Anti-Spyware Leader GIANT Company (microsoft.com) []
  51. Microsoft Acquires ActiveViews’ Business Intelligence Functionality (microsoft.com) []
  52. PlaceWare, Inc. Announces Its Acquisition by Microsoft Is Complete (microsoft.com) []
  53. Microsoft Acquires Connectix Virtual Machine Technology (microsoft.com) []
  54. Microsoft Agrees to Acquire Vicinity Corporation to Extend Value Of Location-Based Technology for Customers and Developers (microsoft.com) []
  55. Microsoft Acquires Video Game Powerhouse Rare Ltd. (microsoft.com) []
  56. Microsoft Acquires Navision (microsoft.com) []
  57. Microsoft Acquires eShop Inc. (microsoft.com) []
  58. Press release (n-trig.com) [edit]
  59. Microsoft Invests in Heavily-Backed HD Online Video Service Move Networks (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  60. Online video services company Move Networks raises $46 million (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  61. Microsoft teams up with Irish start-up Zignals to launch beta online service (finfacts.ie) [edit]
  62. Liveblogging Press Conference (techcrunch.com) []
  63. PlanetEye’s investors include (main.planeteye.com) [edit]
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  65. Windows 7 Sales On Fire! Microsoft Has Sold Over 90 Million Licenses (businessinsider.com) []

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