prize was enjoyed by COO Kevin Turner who raked in a total compensation deal worth $10 million, up from almost $8.5 million last year, according to Microsoft's proxy statement. Ballmer's total compensation was $1.35 million. He has for a number of years declined a larger compensation package but instead prefers to reap his rewards through increasing Microsoft's value. Ballmer owns 4.51% of the company and his slice was worth $10.25 billion as of 4 p.m. PT Monday.
and their product, Registry Cleaner XP, 
Gamble's HQ by Microsoft's COO Kevin Turner, who persuaded the soap manufacturer to halt its testing of Google's personal productivity software as a potential replace for Microsoft. Turner returned with a bigger three-year contract, 
Converging on Microsoft
New SaaS Platform Embraces ISVs
by Mitchell Ashley
Savvis announced Monday their new SaaS Hosting Platform initiative directed at attracting ISVs moving to the SaaS model. While the Savvis announcement isn't entirely new territory, it is one of the first pure play hosting companies to make a major move to wrap a complete program around SaaS ISVs needs. Bryan Doerr, Savvis CTO, described the offering as a "hybrid" when I talked with him, something between what traditional enterprise and Internet B2C customers need. Enterprises tend...
