As the Chief Technology Officer of this company, it is my responsibility to keep you updated on news related to information technology. With the upcoming release of Project Natal, this should increase potential sales of XBOX hardware and software that we currently have in our inventory. This is the next big thing compared to Nintendo's Wii for interactive gaming and based on the numbe of units sold for that console, I believe Project Natal will have a significant influence for profit especially during the holiday season.

In 2009, Microsoft earned 58.4 billion in total with only 3 billion in online services. According to Tech Flash, they project Microsoft will earn an additional 2.3 billion in 2010 with another 1.7 billion in 2011.

This translates directly to us since we are expecting a considerable amount of inventory during the time of release. I will be working with the marketing and advertising department to come up with specific ways of promoting the release. If it becomes successful, you should see bonuses in your paycheck come the end of January :)

Josh Tan

C.T.O. Global Communications Inc.

Evolution of the Console

Over the years, children and young adults have spent numerous amounts of hours behind a hand held controller. It first started with a basic joystick and two buttons and now these controllers contain multiple buttons and built in rumble to simulate what is being played. What has this led to? No, not parents arguing a countless amount of times of how much their children spend playing video games, but rather a significant amount of innovation which has led to the evolution of gaming consoles. XBOX360 has plans to launch a new revolutionary way of playing a video game with absolutely no controller.


Project Natal enables the user to interact and control the system through a natural user interface using spoken commands and physical movements. Software technology was developed internally by Microsoft. It enables advanced gesture, voice, and facial recognition.

This is great news for current XBOX360 owners as it will potentially extend the use of the console before a new one launches. Vice President of Microsoft Shane Kim reaffirmed that the life cycle of the XBOX360 will last through 2015.

For more information visit http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/default.htm