Microsoft is to undergo a major corporate restructuring designed to reintegrate the company.
Providing details, its chief executive Steve Balmer said it would involve organizing the company into functions, namely engineering, marketing, business development and evangelism, advanced strategy and research, finance, HR, legal and COO.
There will also be four engineering areas ¬ – OS, Aps, Clod and Devices.
Alongside the restructuring will be a number of personnel changes.
Among them will be the appointment of Julie Larson-Green to head up Xbox hardware and studios.