Microsoft to spend $9.5 billion on research and development in 2010
Posted by Ron Harris on Mon, Mar 08, 2010
As you might expect, Microsoft is a leader in spending on research and development. It's what keeps them at or near the front of the pack in terms of new products and improvements to existing products.
Kevin Turner, Microsoft's chief operating office, who spoke on Thursday at the Cebit trade show said that much of Microsoft's investment center around "cloud" services, or online computing provided to users from hosted data centers.
Microsoft has more cloud services than any other company, ranging from its consumer email service to hosted enterprise products such as its Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management) system to its Azure cloud operating system.
Here is the link to the full story from Business Week.
Harris Technology is excited to see Microsoft's investment in MS CRM technology and commitment to cloud computing. This is exactly what we would expect from Microsoft. It means that the MS CRM product we sell and support will continue to exceed our client's expectations.