Microsoft veteran Dorbeni will retire

Beijing Time July 16 news, according to the U.S. Science and Technology blog BusinessInsider reports, people familiar with the matter, Microsoft's former Office President Cotte Dorbeni (Kurt delbene) retired, not because the restructured company did not have his position, but has already made the decision. Instead, his retirement plan has contributed to Microsoft's restructuring.

When Microsoft announced its restructuring plan last week, one of the most shocking news was that the 20-Year-old veteran of Microsoft, Dorbeni, would retire. Dorbeni was previously president of Microsoft Office and many former Microsoft employees said his departure was "unexpected". They say he is deeply loved within Microsoft.

Some suspect that Dorbeni chose to retire because there was no place in his new organizational structure. However, people familiar with the situation revealed that Dorbeni had intended to retire before the reorganization. Dorbeni's willingness to retire may have contributed to the restructuring of Ballmer (Steve Ballmer), the person said.

Microsoft denied the matter, but a spokesman for the company said: "Kurt's retirement decision is definitely personal." His retirement is not the reason for the company's restructuring. The reason for the reorganization is already set out in Steve's memo. To advance our strategy and improve operational efficiency, we need to change our organizational structure. ”

Ballmer's restructuring took a big risk by canceling the company's "Mini CEO". In the original architecture, a supervisor such as Dorbeni shoulders all the responsibilities of the Department. After the reorganization, Ballmer formed a new engineering team to develop the product, so that other executives responsible for marketing and finance. He wants Microsoft to be more like a big, tightly knit company than a bunch of small, fragmented companies.

Instead of being promoted in the restructuring, Dorbeni unexpectedly left. Many people are puzzled by the fact that he has been very successful in one of the areas that Microsoft desperately needs to help by turning traditional software products into "services".

"He has diversified on the basis of PC software, which is exactly what Microsoft needs in the post-PC era." "Rob Helm Rob Helm, directions on Microsoft Research at the independent market research company, said.

Dorbeni's team has developed the Office 365 cloud computing applications, and the Enterprise Edition is beginning to gain recognition. In addition, his team has been exploring different pricing models for the consumer market. For example, Office 365 Home Editions cost $99 a year and can be installed up to 5 devices. This is the same software as Office 2013, and it even needs to be installed on a PC, but it takes a different pricing model. This May, Microsoft called Office 365 the best version of Office to date.

After Dorbeni's departure, Office 365 will be headed by Lurkey, who will lead the new application and services engineering group. Lurkey will also be responsible for Skype, Bing, Yammer, Lync, Sharepiont, and exchange applications.

Dorbeni's decision to retire may be related to his wife Susan Dorbeni (Suzan DelBene). Susan, who also served as Microsoft executive, was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2012, where she lived in the first half of the year in Washington, D.C. Because of the distance from Seattle, the couple has been less than enough.