Amy Hood, Microsoft's new CFO. It's a name I'm sure nobody knows outside of
financial circles. To the executive
suites of Microsoft, however, nothing could be further from the truth. After all, her last job was CFO of the business division which just so happens to be
the most profitable but the least glamorous.
Let's be honest here, it's unlikely Chairman Ballmer will be leaping across a
stage to announce a new server product anytime soon.
If you're a Microsoft shareholder fatigued over an incessant
news cycle bent on denouncing Windows 8,however, it's likely you're
delighted. Hood not only oversaw the
primary cash cow that nobody talks about, she also served as Chief of Staff for
the Server and Tools unit.
More than just chief bean counter her job was to set the
tone for Wall Street in all things Microsoft Enterprise and she knew from
whence she spoke.
Now her job is to do the same thing companywide and she's
perfect for it. Microsoft owns the
Enterprise for most of the Fortune 500 and that's the story they want to
tell. Consumers likely won't care about
who's CFO but they don't buy Microsoft shares either.
Let the pundits go on about the botched launch of Windows 8
and an interface only a video poker machine could love. In the end it's the enterprise that will keep
Microsoft viable long after Windows 8 is as distant a memory as new formula Coca-Cola.
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