Microsoft's Earnings Report Just 'Surprised' Everyone
How Microsoft played the game
The report said Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live revenue grew 24 percent to $5.88 billion, while the division's profits grew 14 percent to $3.3 billion. But how?
Acccording to Klein, there are three reasons,
Retail upgrades
Surface sales
Multi- year license agreements within the enterprise sector
Probably one place where Microsoft really played well is the enterprise long term deal platform. Klein revealed multi-year license deals were up to double digits and when we consider the reality that multi-year license deals are practically signed up for three years, well that’s a great deal. Also we must take into consideration that around 60 percent of all corporate PCs run on Windows 7. These factors suggest how strong Windows is in terms of enterprise support.
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