Internet Reasearch Labs, needs arise from practice

The Internet research lab is Microsoft's next step in the race against rivals like Google and Yahoo, to speed up the commercialization of products.

Microsoft Live labs (MLL)

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Combining Microsoft 's MSN development team and their research division, MLL' s goal is not the same as the conventional labs but the creation of new, highly competitive products. Microsoft hopes that this partnership will create truly groundbreaking products, "fresh" to its "boring to familiar" products.

It can be seen, this move by Microsoft to catch up with rivals like Google and Yahoo, companies whose income is mainly based on Web-based applications. Web-based applications, always said to be easy to build and deploy, high-speed updates, user-friendly interface for many users. That's an advantage over traditional software companies, when their products take years to develop. The price of the product, depends on the massive level of the program. Web-based products are often much cheaper, sometimes free.

Of course, any of that money. However, in the trend of financial corporations are looking to "flexible" about their organizations, the requirements of the software are compact, solve for the right purpose, and affordable. In general, efficiency must be top priority.

Microsoft also realized this, so they set a goal to develop web-based software applications, such as Windows Live and Office Live, which have the same features as the two Windows and Office products.

In addition, Microsoft also introduced adLabs, a research project promoting the effective development of advertising, especially online advertising.

A strategic look?

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It can be said that the establishment of MLL is a logical step in terms of the market. It should be determined that MSN was born before MML as a practical preparation of materials and materials necessary for research. Therefore, Micrsoft does not have to waste time building systems of research on market and human resources.

This is also a different point from the usual labs, and it seems that everything was intentional, carefully prepared from the beginning. It can be said, this is a strategic, ambitious step of Microsoft.

Observers still follow the footsteps of giant houses.

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