Microsoft to speed up Asian product development
Reuters | at | by Mike
Microsoft said on Tuesday it would expand its Asian research center to shorten the time needed for ideas to become viable products as the firm fights off growing competition from Linux-based rivals. The world's largest software maker, which is trying to move its business beyond desktop computers into devices, plans to add another 80 developers and engineers to its Beijing-based Microsoft Research Asia center. But there will be no additional infrastructure investment.