A spokesman confirmed to Computerworld on Friday a realignment of the company's management structure. The spokesman said the restructuring is aimed at "streamlining" Google management, putting one person in charge of each of Google's "functional groups." These groups are generally based around products, such as search and the Android platform. Those changes were announced to Google employees Wednesday.

He also said the restructuring didn't come with any .

"Page is definitely coming at this out of the gate," said Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Financial, a New York-based investment firm. "He doesn't need to wait and get the lay of the land. He knows what he wants to do and he's hitting it pretty fast."

Citing an unnamed source, the reported that part of the management shakeup included several key promotions. Andy Rubin was named senior vice president of mobile; Vic Gundotra, senior vice president of social; Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Chrome; and Alan Eustace, senior vice president of search.

Each group manager is now autonomous, reporting directly to Page.