MSFT - Sector: Technology---Industry: Application Software

[Nidhi]

Microsoft is showing growing signs. But, for a big company such as microsoft, it needs a big engine to pull it off. I am wondering if XBOX or Vista has that kind of Mojo?

I did some number crunching here:

http://creating-wealth.blogspot.com/2007/11/can-microsoft-be-growth-play.html

[setravis]

Nidhi,
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Technically strong !
Should pull back to fill gap,
Buy when the gap fills.......

52wk Range: 26.60 - 37.50
Volume: 96,399,008
Avg Vol (3m): 64,934,700

Technicals
Record Price High
Most Actives

Last Price Quote is:
8.85%above 13-day MA
18.99%above 50-day MA
RS Rating: 92 

Fundamentals
Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $346,712.60 
P/E Ratio: 24.28 
PEG Ratio: 1.69421 
Next Earnings: 01/24/2008
Last Analyst Rating: Buy

[setravis]

Press Release Source: Microsoft Corp.


Major Government Contractor Chooses Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Integrate Sales Data
Thursday November 1, 9:30 am ET 
No other solution meets MANCON's needs as a company selling products and services to the federal government.


REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that Management Consulting Inc. (MANCON), a major service provider for government agencies around the world, has selected Microsoft Dynamics NAV to replace its multiple product and service sales systems and eliminate duplicate data entry.


(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO)

MANCON is a leading provider of logistics, professional, technical and administrative support services to the U.S. Department of Defense, other federal and state government agencies, and industry customers. Its headquarters are in Virginia Beach, Va., and other company locations span from New England and Florida to California. Outside the United States, MANCON has worked with governments and businesses in the Azores Islands, Bahrain, Guam, Italy, Japan and Spain. MANCON also maintains retail operations at a number of military installations, where it provides consumable supplies to Navy ship and shore activities.

MANCON purchased Microsoft Dynamics NAV from Pleasant Valley Business Solutions (PVBS) LLC, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner based in Reston, Va., that provides government contractors with enterprise resource planning (ERP), financial management and project accounting solutions.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV will supplant MANCON's multiple legacy systems, which have become outdated and obsolete. The company had been operating three systems: one to manage its products business and two for services operations. MANCON President Rick Clarke wanted one integrated solution to support both product and services sales. MANCON also needed a solution designed to meet the specific requirements faced by companies that service the federal government. Microsoft Dynamics NAV, as implemented by PVBS, met and exceeded all of MANCON's requirements and was selected over numerous other offerings.

"We knew for a while that we needed to integrate our products business with our services business, but we could not find anything that met our needs until we viewed Microsoft Dynamics NAV," Clarke said.

A number of Microsoft Dynamics NAV capabilities are especially beneficial to MANCON, including the following:


    --  Integrated data. Because the company needed three systems to operate
        its products and services business, it was saddled with a large amount
        of duplicate data entry and manual processes. Microsoft Dynamics NAV
        eliminated multiple entries and automated work that previously had to
        be performed manually.
    --  Stress relief. Company managers reported that the extra work required
        by the previous system to close the books each month and ensure all
        systems were balanced was causing stress and the anxiety, hurting
        morale and straining working relationships. The automation available
        through Microsoft Dynamics NAV relieves this stress by coordinating
        everything in one system.
    --  Support for growth. The integrated and scalable Microsoft Dynamics NAV
        system provides MANCON with the functionality and flexibility to
        support the company's growth.

"We are seeing greater adoption of Microsoft Dynamics solutions by government contractors because of their critical need for better automation, operational integration and Defense Contract Audit Agency compliance," said Michael Park, corporate vice president for the U.S. Dynamics business at Microsoft. "It's an exciting time for customers, who can get out of the gate more quickly with a skilled partner and a Microsoft core accounting solution that works much like Office and Outlook in terms of user interface."

MANCON and PVBS also partnered with Diamond Mind Inc. and POSitive Technology for Level III credit-card payment processing and Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System point-of-sale solutions.

About Management Consulting, Inc.

Management Consulting, Inc. (MANCON) was founded in 1983 as a small woman-owned corporation providing logistic support services to DoD activities. MANCON's first contract for logistic services was awarded in January 1984. Today, MANCON has grown the business with more than 1,200 employees providing logistic, professional, technical, and administrative support services to a wide range of DoD, federal, state and industry customers. They are doing so at MANCON sites stretching from New England to Florida to the Northwest to Southern California, with locations in between. Outside of the United States, MANCON has worked in Guam, Japan, Spain, Bahrain, Azores, Italy and Puerto Rico.

About Pleasant Valley Business Solutions (PVBS)

Pleasant Valley Business Solutions (PVBS), a Microsoft Business Solutions President's Club Member, offers the Microsoft alternative for government contractor ERP, financial management and project accounting. Microsoft offers a better project accounting and financial management solution than what's been available in the past to high-growth government contractors. Only PVBS offers a Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution that was created specifically for high-growth government contractors, to help these companies better manage and maximize their Federal Government business. PVBS is based in Reston, VA. Visit PBVS at http://www.pvbs.net.

About POSitive Technology

POSitive Technology is the leading provider of Microsoft Dynamics -- Point of Sale solutions world wide. Recipient of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner of the Year award for retail the last five consecutive years, they are a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and have been selected to Microsoft's President's Club. POSitive's expertise in retail includes a customer base of over four thousand with customers locations in every state and 8 countries outside of the US. POSitive's expertise in delivering retailers visions is supported by the entire Microsoft technology menu including the Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, Microsoft operating systems, Microsoft SQL Server and all Microsoft Dynamics financial solutions. POSitive Technology is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland and may be visited on the web at http://www.positivetechnology.com.

About Diamond Mind

Diamond Mind is a leading merchant service provider and an independent sales organization (ISO) of HSBC Bank USA, specializing in Level III payment processing solutions to government contractors. Diamond Mind is among the first ISO's in the U.S. to make Level III for Government Contracting a central focus of its business. Diamond Mind and its payment processing partner, Global Payments, Inc. collectively handle more than 2.3 billion transactions per year of Visa, MasterCard, AMEX and Discover credit cards. For more information, visit http://www.diamondmindinc.com

About Microsoft Dynamics

Microsoft Dynamics is a line of financial, customer relationship and supply chain management solutions that helps businesses work more effectively. Delivered through a network of channel partners providing specialized services, these integrated, adaptable business management solutions work like and with familiar Microsoft software to streamline processes across an entire business.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
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Source: Microsoft Corp.

[Terliso]

Microsoft is showing growing signs. But, for a big company such as microsoft, it needs a big engine to pull it off. I am wondering if XBOX or Vista has that kind of Mojo?

I did some number crunching here:

http://creating-wealth.blogspot.com/2007/11/can-microsoft-be-growth-play.html

XBOX Live subscribers will help to pull that off. As of August 2007, Xbox Live has over 7.1 million active users, and currently available in 25 countries and territories, #26th is India starting on Monday.

[bjc]

Microsoft is showing growing signs. But, for a big company such as microsoft, it needs a big engine to pull it off. I am wondering if XBOX or Vista has that kind of Mojo?

I did some number crunching here:

http://creating-wealth.blogspot.com/2007/11/can-microsoft-be-growth-play.html

Nice analysis.  Price action sure indicates it won't come back much, though, in my opinion.  Barring market issues, which is always a possibility. 

[David Randolph]

June 15th, 2007:

Initial video analysis for MSFT:

[David Randolph]

Investors loved MSFT's results in point 1, but they hated the proposal to takeover Yahoo as shown in point 2. MSFT is one of the largest companies in the World ... I don't find it particularly interesting for trading purposes.

But it's good to have the largest companies and leaders in the Watch List, they often point the direction for their entire industry group.

[setravis]

The 3 year chart...

[setravis]

Microsoft (MSFT) releases final version of new browser
AP - Mon Mar 14, 7:32PM CDT

SEATTLE (AP) — The final version of Microsoft Corp.'s newest Web browser will be available for download on Monday night.

Starting at 9 p.m. Pacific, people around the world in can download Internet Explorer 9, which works on computers running Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. It's not compatible with Windows XP. Microsoft had planned to launch the software in 40 languages, but is postponing the launch in Japan to avoid bogging down networks already affected by the earthquake there.

IE9 follows in the footsteps of Google Inc.'s Chrome browser, cutting way back on the number of buttons, icons and toolbars taking up space on the screen.

But the most significant changes are under the hood. IE9 can take advantage of multicore microprocessors to crunch website code faster. It also uses the PC's graphics processing unit — the same chips that make the images in elaborate video games run smoothly — to make movie clips and other visuals load and play faster.

IE9 also lets website developers take advantage of some of the new features in Windows 7. PC users can "pin" favorite websites to the taskbar, making permanent shortcuts at the bottom of their computer screen that get equal billing with favorite desktop applications.

The new browser gives people more control over what websites they share information with as they surf and shop online, and attempts to block more malicious software before people download it.

Competitors including Google and Mozilla, maker of the Firefox browser, are also working on similar technical upgrades to their software.

Microsoft had released a near-final version of IE9 in February.

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Online:

Microsoft's IE download site:

http://www.beautyoftheweb.com