Hannover/Unterschleissheim, March 5th, 2012. Microsoft opens the CeBIT 2012 today under the motto ”Microsoft Heartbeat – The Power of Design”. Colorful, edgy and alive – the interactive tiles of the Metro Design dominate the new appearance at Microsoft not only on the CeBIT trade show stand. Be it the Windows Phone, Xbox 360 or Windows 8 – the distinctive Metro Style lends the products a new homogeneous look. The basis is a design principle whose powers come into play underneath the elegant user interface. The new Microsoft Experience connects the esthetics and clearly labeled functionality of the Metro Style with an intelligent blueprint for the underlying IT structures. Microsoft redefines itself anew with the power of the design by deliberately focusing on people as users. The corporation pursues a holistic approach that integrates new technologies such as Cloud Computing, flexibility and openness in the system architecture as well as challenges such as data protection and security in the digital world.^http://www.microsoft.com/germany/presse/imagelibrary/9116993b-be29-4b5b-b154-11b9c82c80b6/9116993b-be29-4b5b-b154-11b9c82c80b6_73_53.jpg