Brand new Microsoft?

With its latest efforts at restructuring, Microsoft is attempting to tie everything together into the unified group that it will need to be in order to maintain growth and stay ahead of innovation. The problem for some time has been getting the technology developed out to the customer while it is still relevant.

The focus, according to a Steve Ballmer press release on July 11 (ms press release) is to unit Microsoft while recreating teams in a way that will ideally include members from enough sections to allow projects to move through approvals faster. Sounds like a solid plan, let's hope it works.

Steve sees a Microsoft that will come out of the calender year more nimble, communicative, decisive, and motivated with better collaboration. The understanding that "the final piece of the puzzle is how we work together," to meet the company goals and serve customers sounds like a solid place to start. Lets hope that it develops into what it has the potential to be once again.