Zhang: Microsoft 90% Research and development resources into cloud computing

October 21 Morning News, according to Taiwan media reports, Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research and Development Group chairman Zhang said yesterday that the future IT industry war will be in three areas, including the future platform competition, cloud computing platform, and mobile devices and other terminals.　　In the future, which company will win the three major battles, it is the leader of the next generation. In the face of future changes, Microsoft is also in transition, the past is a licensing-oriented business model, the gradual transformation of software plus services.　　Zhang revealed that Microsoft currently has 40%-50% of research and development staff to develop cloud, expect 90% research and development resources before the end of this year will be involved in cloud computing related areas.　　At present, there are about 100,000 employees in Microsoft, including 50,000 researchers, and in the future, at least 40,000 of the researchers are engaged in research, development and product work related to the cloud. For future platforms, Zhang that Microsoft's advantage lies in a lot of research and development in the terminal market and technology, another advantage is that Microsoft has a lot of customers, followed by the business model, compared to other operators in the closed business model, Microsoft is open. (Xiaoran)