Sentence examples for platform strategy from inspiring English sources

The platform strategy helps with this by providing more flexibility.

"The installed base is clearly shrinking," said Tim O'Brien, a manager in Microsoft's platform strategy group.

Owen Smith, 27, a Brit who works on Spotify's platform strategy, understands that transition first-hand.

This approach is akin to what's called a "platform strategy" in other industries.

Simplicity sealed the deal for Facebook, but will the mini-Facebook platform strategy tempt others?

If products come first, a platform strategy typically takes shape later for the big consumer web companies.

And in corporate accounts, H.P. regularly confronts evidence of the success of the software-and-services platform strategy: I.B.M.

"We did a controller like that eight years ago," said Scott Henson, Microsoft's director of platform strategy for games for Windows and Xbox.

"The Cloudscape code is not a major factor in I.B.M.'s overall platform strategy," said Mike Gilpin, an analyst at Forrester Research, an Internet marketing firm.

Model makers now have platform strategies: they mount different bodies on a shared chassis, Mr. Ragan said.

Still, the technology business — with its interconnected hardware, software and networks — tends to be where platform strategies are most prevalent and the payoff greatest.