Microsoft to focus on cloud
services, could lay off thousands in the process
According to reports, Microsoft has
reorganized its global sales team to focus on cloud services.
Specifically, the company will target large
enterprise customers as well as small and medium businesses.
This is according to an email sent by Judson
Althoff, an executive vice president who works with partners to
spread the adoption of Microsoft technology
Before this, the company spent significant resources
wooing commercial customers such as in the public service sector,
startups, and other specific industries.
The email does not mention layoffs, but a source at
Microsoft believes that it could be in the thousands as Microsoft
offices all over the world will be affected.
In Althoff's email, he mentioned that the move was to
"align the right resources for the right customer at the right
time."
Microsoft often restructures itself at the end of its
fiscal year. Its fiscal year ended last Friday.
Since taking over as Microsoft CEO in 2014, Satya Nadella
has continually reorganized the company and has increasingly
focused Microsoft's efforts on cloud services.
Source: Wall Street Journal