Ballmer: Microsoft on Cusp of Year of Innovations

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Over the coming year Microsoft will release more innovations into the marketplace than it ever has before, CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday.

Addressing a gathering of government contractors in Washington, D.C., Ballmer said that the Redmond, Wash., company will release a host of new offerings over the next 12 months, including an accounting product for very small businesses.

Microsoft's three largest customers are the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force, and the company has 500 employees in the capital. It partners with six other software vendors to provide products to defense contractors.