More Moves at Microsoft



Revolving door is spinning again in Redmond.

this time, the two senior management staff have left the company and the third will do so in a few months. They are: g. Michael sievert, former vice president, product marketing for Windows Steven Berkowitz, senior vice president, Online services group Peter knook, former senior vice president, in the mobile communications business sievert, the former executive vice president and chief marketing officer at AT T Wireless Services Inc. , Has been with Microsoft since 2005. As executive vice president, responsible for promoting Windows Vista, he is no doubt take some heat over the publics views on the latest version of Microsofts operating system as slow, the Y2K problem and can not be in other applications (although Microsoft also said it sold More than 100 million Vista license the product in the first year). Early February, about 10 days ago, Microsoft announced the withdrawal of sievert, CEO Steve Ballmer told analysts that the company needs to improve its Vista marketing efforts.

left in the sievert announced, Microsoft said only that he left "to pursue new struggle," the technology news site cnet.com sievert quoted as saying that he Plans to start his own company. Microsoft to promote Brad Brooks, the former general manager of Windows product marketing, to replace the sievert.

Âó¿ËÏ£ÎÖÌØ(the upper left corner) and Peter knook (lower right) has been transferred to other pursuits. Steve Berkowitz (upper right corner) will step down in August.

Berkowitz, former president and CEO of search engine ask.com, joined Microsoft in just two years ago to oversee marketing, sales and business development for the companys struggling online Services Division. Neither Berkowitz also revealed that Microsofts reasons for his departure. He will continue through the board in August to help the Division of the restructuring, including two Microsoft promoted to the industry: satya Nade La become senior vice president of search, portals and advertising group and the Bill become senior vice veghte President of online services and Windows business group.

Microsoft said the changes - between 1 0 more actions, announced in February - unrelated to the recent acquisition of rival search engine Yahoo! Companies, but analysts noted that the efforts of the acquisition shows that Microsofts leaders know that their own search strategy is seriously flawed.

are rumors that the sievert and Berkowitz headed for the door had been widely circulated before the announcement, but the departure knook spent a lot of surprise.

18ÄêMicrosofts old left in February to take the newly created post of director of Internet services in the United Kingdom-based Vodafone, the worlds mobile telecommunications companies. In Microsoft, knook held positions including general manager, Enterprise Marketing, to the President of Microsoft Asia, which he credited to the companys Windows Mobile one of its fastest growing business units. To replace him: Andy Lees, the former vice president, the server and tools marketing and solutions group.

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