SWOT Analysis of Microsoft

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Microsoft is a multinational corporation&comma; best known for its Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software&period; The company is headquartered in Redmond&comma; Washington&comma; USA&period; Microsoft has expanded into markets such as video game consoles&comma; CRM applications&comma; server and storage software&comma; and digital music players&period; Microsoft has made a presence on the Web with the MSN internet portal and Bing Search Engine&period; The SWOT Analysis of the Microsoft is given below&colon; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Strengths<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Microsoft is the Multinational Company working throughout regional subsidiaries to diminish cultural dissimilarities in more than 60 countries&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Microsoft has the best and acceptable software of the world&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Windows series are globally accepted and recognized&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Sales and profits are growing at 30&percnt; a year over past six years&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Microsoft has merger&comma; acquisition and alliances with 92 companies over past five years&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Huge quantity of capital and existing resources dwarfs its competitors&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Microsoft has strong brand name and recognition&comma; and has rapid product development&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Microsoft office productivity set &lpar;Word&comma; PowerPoint&comma; Excel&comma; Outlook&comma; etc&period;&rpar; is broadly used through out the world&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Microsoft is also recognized for offering product fixes and new product updates right through its group&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Microsoft is a highly innovative company which offers new products frequently&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Diversified and flexible workforce for different projects and flexible culture allover the globe&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Weaknesses<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Microsoft could not identify the expansion opportunities of the internet&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Microsoft has no easy-to-use alliance apparatus to compete with the competitors effectively&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The company has expensive software for a small business&comma; emerging market&comma; and non-profit organizations&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">It is observing decreasing revenue in the server software operating system divisions&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">The company is relying on hardware manufacturers to pre-install Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s personal computer operating system&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Total assets are steadily decreasing&period;&&num;160&semi; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>&NewLine;<div align&equals;"justify">Microsoft has a little presence in the wireless market and Windows CE&period; <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>&&num;160&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3>Opportunities<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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