Friday, July 11, 2014

Microsoft shakes things up yet again, will now focus on mobile and cloud – not devices and services

Microsoft shakes things up yet again, will now focus on mobile and cloud – not devices and services   Microsoft's new CEO, just 12 months after Steve Ballmer declared that Microsoft was a "devices and services" company, is changing the behemoth's course yet again. Starting from fiscal year (FY) 2015 -- i.e. today -- Microsoft is now all about mobile and cloud. In a letter that was emailed to Microsoft employees today, Nadella gushes forth with incredibly bold statements that try to define what he wants the company to be, and attempts to outline the extraordinary measures that must now be undertaken to actually get the company there. Read more >