Talking Internet security

C|Net | at | by Mike

He's not a household name, but Bob Muglia is part of a small constellation of executives Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have repeatedly entrusted with important projects over the years.

During the course of his 15-year career with the company, Muglia has been given such responsibilities as managing the development of the MSN network, the Microsoft Office suite and Windows Server applications. These days, Muglia is running the storage business he started some 22 months ago while at the same time overseeing Microsoft's enterprise management division.