Why the dip in Office revenues?
ENT News | at | by Mike
Microsoft's most recent quarterly financial report showed a stumble in the lucrative Office suite's otherwise steady march toward ever-larger revenues. Revenues for the Information Worker unit fell 3 percent compared to the year-ago quarter. On the other hand, profits from the unit shot up 11 percent.
The health of Microsoft's Information Worker unit, which contains the Office suite, is vital to the company. Three business segments -- Information Worker, Client, and Server & Tools -- regularly account for more than three-quarters of the company's revenues and nearly all of the company's profits.