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Microsoft postpones plans for $500 million data center
The Associated Press reports that Microsoft is delaying plans to construct a $500 million data center in West Des Moines, Iowa.
 Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At  Flight Sim  Studio
Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio
gamasutra.com — divider January 23, 2009 Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio Report: Microsoft Makes Big... Cuts At Flight Sim Studio Redmond, Washington-based ACES Studio, the Microsoft-owned internal group behind the venerable Microsoft Flight ... (more) Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio
 		Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about Microsoft
Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about Microsoft
blogs.zdnet.com — January 22nd, 2009 Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:49 am... Categories: Windows client , Windows Live , Corporate strategy , Office , Zune , Xbox , Utility/cloud computing Tags: Steve Ballmer , Microsoft Corp. , Team ... (more) Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about ...
Microsoft expected to cut jobs | Technology
reuters.com — NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is expected to post a quarterly profit that misses its own... target and announce thousands of job cuts this week as the global economic slump hurts even the technology industry's biggest players. When the ... (more) Microsoft expected to cut jobs | Technology
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PerformancePoint Server, Microsoft datacenters feel the pinch
All about Microsoft — ... . Now it has postponed work on its planned $500 millionDes Moines datacenter , as well. On the Office side of the house, the PerformancePoint Server team is being realigned. Microsoft is folding PerformancePoint capabilities into SharePoint Server 14, the next version of SharePoint that is expected to ship later this year or early next. Microsoft is planning to announce officially the PerformancePoint news on January 27, a spokesperson said. Microsoft is adding the scorecarding, dashboard and analytics features that are part of PerformancePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint ...

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