There;s some odd reorg-related news coming out of Microsoft currently, September twenty. The provider is announcing that it really is shifting its Embedded organization in to the Server and Resources unit.
Microsoft;s Embedded division — which makes products like the Windows Embedded Standard and Windows Embedded Compact operating systems — is now being “aligned” with the Management and Security Division (MSD) inside of STB. Here;s Microsoft;s explanation as to why this move makes sense:
“Moving forward, Microsoft will deliver end-to-end solutions from specialized devices to the cloud and meet the evolving needs of OEMs building devices and enterprises managing devices — this includes accessing data and consuming services,
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“Simply, Windows Embedded’s alignment with STB will help OEMs take advantage of the tremendous opportunity to develop devices that are built with the advantages of Windows and harness the extensive set of Microsoft technologies for inherent security and connectivity. This will empower users with access to apps and data at anytime, anywhere and on any device. For enterprises, this also translates to the opportunity to more effectively manage devices as part of their IT infrastructures in the cloud or locally.”
Microsoft officials said on September 20 that by unifying the organization;s systems management unit with Embedded,
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As part of currently;s reorg announcement, Microsoft execs also said the provider is shifting its Microsoft Hohm energy-management service to the Embedded unit. Hohm was an incubation project from Microsoft;s Startup Enterprise Accelerator group, and members of that team have been working with a number of OEMs and device makers.
The Embedded unit was one of the parts of the corporation that was left without a natural home when Microsoft announced that former Entertainment & Devices (E&D) chief Robbie Bach was leaving the business and CEO Steve Ballmer would be overseeing the games and mobile businesses until further notice. At the time of that announcement, Microsoft execs said that the Mac Enterprise Unit (another of the divisions that used to be part of E&D) was shifting to the Office small business unit. Officials declined to say until nowadays where the Embedded division would be put.
Embedded has been, until recently part of the Specialized Devices & Applications (SDA) Group,
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I had been assuming Embedded might end up as part of Windows client or maybe as part of the Mobile Communications Business (since Microsoft;s Mobilebusiness is one of the biggest — though not the only — OEM for the various Embedded division products).
I;ve asked what the move means, if anything, about the future product line up for the Embedded unit. Will that division continue to supply the core of the Windows Phone operating systems going forward? If I get any more info, I;ll update this post.
Update: A spokesperson told me today;s reorg “does not reflect any changes to Microsoft’s strategy for enterprise handheld devices.” That;s good. But it;s not what I asked. I asked if the move signified a change for Microsoft;s embedded operating systems strategy for consumer devices — Embedded Standard and Embedded Comapct,. If I hear more on that, I;ll update again.
Update 2: The same spokesperson added “This alignment with STB will not impact any of Windows Embedded’s existing platforms of technologies,
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