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Blake Irving, a Corporate Vice President in Microsoft’s Windows Live Platform group, is resigning his post, according to sources close to the company.

Irving, a 15-year Microsoft veteran, is in charge of the back-end Live platform — the datacenter, technical operations, advertising intelligence, security, identity, VOIP, mobile and application services being built across Windows Live, Office Live, Xbox Live and other Microsoft applications. No word on where Irving is going or who his replacement will be.

But sources said Irving will likely remain at Microsoft for several months before hanging up his Live hat. When asked for comment on Irving’s plans, Microsoft officials declined to comment. Microsoft has been struggling to create a cohesive Live story for more than a year.

The company is building up a family of Live services designed to complement existing Microsoft software products, as well as accompanying Live development platforms. The Live branding strategy has been in disarray.

Tags:development_platforms, Microsoft, microsoft_software_products, Office, Software, voip, Windows, windows vista, windows xp

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