Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Shuffle Mode

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) unveiled a long-anticipated and sweeping restructuring on Thursday aimed at allowing the lumbering technology behemoth to innovate at a faster and more efficient pace.

As part of the broad shake-up, Microsoft announced a series of executive changes and a reorganization of the $290 billion company by function.

CLSA believe the reorganization plan is an initiative that  will  shrink  product  engineering  divisions  from  five  to  four,  while combining  duplicative  operational  functions  including  marketing  into  a centralized model. In principle, the philosophy and logic behind the moves reflect changes in the market. Microsoft needs to accelerate its...