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Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the
worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and
businesses realize their full potential.
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Microsoft
- editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com
- editor's comments:- in January 2008 - Microsoft announced its offer to buy
Norwegian storage search ISV - Fast Search & Transfer ASA - for $1.2B.
When
you think of searching the web - the #1 brand which comes to mind is
Google. But even though
Google has been marketing storage search appliances for over 5 years only
10,000 or so companies were actually using them as recently as last October.
Microsoft's acquisition in this market at 42% above the closing price of the
shares last Friday - signals that Microsoft regards this as a much bigger
potential market than it has been until now.
Or - if you are feeling
cynical - maybe it's just a move that will slow down and kill off the whole
segment for a couple of years. Especially if Microsoft embeds free search into
its OS.
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