Thursday, August 30, 2012

Microsoft Corp. Mission Statement

Microsoft's mission statement is "to help people and businesses across the world realize their full potential". Microsoft has helped serve many countries worldwide with exceptional products and service. Microsoft has helped many people with heavy workloads and everyday problems in the workplace. "How did they do this?" you might ask. Well it's all in the advancements made daily for the convenience and the satisfaction of the consumers. Microsoft works to make life easier through technology and aims to do just that by helping the everyday person and business realize their full and true potential.
Microsoft's mission statement for one of it's products the Xbox 360 gaming system is "to provide fun online gaming and interactive game-play for any age group". The Xbox 360 was created to immerse families friends and people across all age demographics into the world of online gaming. Since this project took off more and more people found themselves involved in the gaming universe and have not turned their backs on the experience. Everyday Microsoft aims for a better and brighter future.

The Xbox 360 gaming console



Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Brief History of Microsoft Corp.


Microsoft started as a small software company located in Albuquerque New Mexico. Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and his partner Paul Allen and started off as a small software company that created operating programs for PC's. This in turn grew and grew to become one of the biggest and most valuable companies in the world. As Microsoft expanded they felt the potential to grow and drifted away from solely selling computer software. Farther down along the road Microsoft dove into other business ventures including the sale of: Music devices, gaming devices as well as video game software. Some of the more popular products sold by Microsoft include: Windows 7 Professional, Microsoft Office Professional (2010), Windows Server Standard (2008) and many more. Microsoft has also held a dominant place in the gaming market with the release of the Xbox 360° (2005) and has brought in a completely rejuvenating market to Microsoft's repertoire of high grossing products.