It seems to become a difficult occupation operating the small/mid-size small business (SMB) group at Microsoft. Even though Microsoft;s execs have produced it plain that they look at the SMB section to be key to the organization;s achievement,
Office 2010 Home And Student, no one lasts fairly long within the SMB chief;s chair.The most recent to depart is Birger Steen, who at the end of August is going to be hanging up his hat as Vice President, Globally Tiny Medium Company & Distribution. Steen will probably become president at virtualization vendor Parallels,
Microsoft Office Standard 2010, according to a Microsoft spokesperson. Microsoft currently is searching for a replacement for Steen.Steen held the SMB vice presidency title for a year. He was at Microsoft for eight years in total, which included stints leading Microsoft;s sales and marketing operations in Norway and Russia.Microsoft;s official statement on Steen;s departure is from Vahe Torossian, corporate VP for SMS&P:“Our small and mid-market organization (SMB) leadership group, and specifically Birger Steen, has played an instrumental role in bridging the gap between the SMBs and technology through their leadership inside the past year. Microsoft remains committed to investing in little and mid-market businesses and our partners who serve them. The list of products and offerings that we launched last year specifically for the SMBs is a great testament to the priority and focus we have with this customer section. I am even more excited with the opportunities that cloud computing can bring to SMBs now and within the near future. We appreciate all that Birger has done and wish him well.”Steen;s predecessor was Michael Risse, who became Vice President of SMB in 2007 and lasted until 2009.Microsoft is expected to launch test builds in August of two new SMB-focused products, an on-premises SMB server,
Office 2010 Product Key, codenamed “SBS 7,” and a new hybrid cloud/on-premises SMB server, codenamed “Aurora.”At Microsoft;s recent Finanacial Analyst Meeting,
Genuine Windows 7, enterprise officials said that 20 percent of Microsoft;s small business comes from SMBs,
Office 2010 Professional Key, while 36 percent comes from enterprise customers and 17 percent from consumer sales.