Reuters: Microsoft Splits Into Five Groups In Reorganization

"Software giant Microsoft Corp... Monday announced a long-awaited reorganization, dividing the company into five major groups and naming two veteran executives to head its online operations."

"In a statement, Microsoft said the new structure ``more closely maps to Microsoft's core customers,'' including business technology managers, ``knowledge workers,'' software developers and consumers."

"The company also created a separate home and retail products division to focus on consumer-targeted retail products such as games, input devices and reference products."

"This new structure is part of the reinvention of Microsoft," Ballmer said in a statement."

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