Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Skype: Microsoft beats Facebook in the auction

After hours of unofficial confirmation came also the official, with details attached, Microsoft, U.S. technology giant, has bought Skype, a company that works in communications thanks to its platform devoted to instant messaging and phone calls via the Web, very spread on the Internet. Then reaches the end of the soap opera that went on for several days, everyone expected the victory of the company Bill Gates, as more solid and complementary to Facebook, which could make use of Skype is very small, considering that moves in only one field social network, while the U.S.

information technology giant has expanded in recent years its range of games and also on fields outside dall'iformatica in the strict sense, involving a large amount of users almost doubled within a few years, and This certainly seems to be a smart move to put an end to the field of VoIP communications, possendendo Messenger and Skype, the leader in this field, relegated to the background figures of platforms like those offered by Google and others to newly arrived on the market that do not seem possess the experience and means to overcome a giant like Microsoft.

The confirmation of the agreement arrived at this time, Microsoft has so beat Facebook in the auction that led to the purchase of Skype, in red in the budget for months, with a debt of half a billion dollars, accumulated due to mismanagement resources and an unfortunate period in the market.

Microsoft takes over just to put some order in this society by the excellent potential, which can be exploited in different sectors to expand the supply of American home products such as Xbox 360, which the department does not have a live instant messaging platform worthy of known, or smartphone, where communication via the web has become truly remarkable proportions in the last two years, making it one of the main needs for people who want to stay in touch with family, friends and colleagues at any time of day and in any place, all in a simple and free, attractive prospect to the phone market and tablets.

The investment of $ 8.5 billion was used according to Bill Gates to make another step forward in the fight all'acerrimo enemy, identified as Google, which provides services parallel to those of Microsoft, developing a body of loyal users really remarkable. With this new acquisition expands so the family already rich in Microsoft packages in every major industry, communications, employment, until the free time, changing views on the market in a consistent way, whereas this can be defined, like a few Other company, a multinational company that operates on this market to 360 degrees.

Exits from the crash with broken bones and Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook, which were launched in the fight against giant dell'iformatica with Bid interesting but probably not enough reassurance for the future of troubled companies, has chosen Microsoft as a guarantee, in preference to the phenomenon of the moment.

Microsoft has announced that it will create a special department for this new affiliation, the group will be directed by the CEO of Skype, Tony Bates, who with the help of the Microsoft board of experts will try to bring one of the most widely used platform in the world to native splendor.

Also expected to brief the company's entry in the stock exchange, having been cured debts, Skype will within a couple of years at most to become a title listed on the New York Stock Exchange, easing the economic burden that Microsoft has made a concerted effort to the purchase, considered by many brave, given the chasm of 686 million dollars in the budget to the state of affairs that shows no problems recently.

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