Microsoft Corp. one of them. The giant software company plans to more serious selling products of their cloud computing. Another version of the website for the Office programs like Word and Excel. In addition, Microsoft also relies on programs based e-mail website.

Record, the program’s version of cloud and offers high mobility. To be able to use Word or Excel, for example, we do not need to install on our computers. By utilizing the Internet, we can use programs that have been stored in the Microsoft servers.

According to Stephen Elop, Chief Business Division, Microsoft Software Pernati, the company sales target-based programs this cloud computing could reach U.S. $ 1 billion. ”That number could be achieved three years to five years ahead,” said Elop told Bloomberg Television.

According to him, the growth of e-mail users and the software version will membeludak cloud.Therefore, today, the experts Microsoft is focused in the development of this technology cloud.

Many observers judge, true, Microsoft’s cloud version of the program was released to counter attacks similar programs that Google Inc. released. Google itself trying to take Microsoft’s customers, both corporate and individual customers, who use the software version of the old website.

In addition, Microsoft also wants to pick the old customers of its competitors. Microsoft target, half of the program users of IBM Lotus, Novell GroupWise Inc., as well as user-made programs competing groups will switch to another program output Microsoft’s cloud version. ”We believe it could reach the target,” said Ron Markezich, Vice President of Microsoft, last week.

He hoped, profits cloud-based product sales will be affected to the Microsoft stock. The reason is, since entering the year 2010, these shares have fallen by 5.9%.