Read the letter 100 Microsoft staff reportedly sent to Satya Nadella protesting the firm’s $19 million deal with ICE

Getty Microsoft staff wrote to CEO Satya Nadella calling on the firm to cancel its $ 19.4 million contract with the US’s Immigration, Customs and Enforcement agency. They are dismayed at President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, in which families and children are separated after crossing the US-Mexico border illegally. The 100 staff said the […]

Liveblog: Satya Nadella lays out Microsoft’s vision at Ignite

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (credit: Microsoft) Liveblog starts in: View Liveblog Microsoft’s IT-focused Ignite conference—the one that to many of us is still more familiar as “TechEd”—starts on Monday. In a shake-up from the normal routine for these things, the opening keynote will be a short, one-hour affair, in which Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will […]

Microsoft’s Q1 proves Nadella is doing things right

GUEST: Microsoft released its Q3 2017 earnings and they were an impressive indication that its pivot to the cloud is what will power this company long term. Indeed, while it slightly missed its expected revenues for the quarter, its profits were above expectations. This is a direct result of a shift to cloud-driven revenues that […]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella cites personal experience in response to Trump’s immigration ban

As Silicon Valley’s collective response to president Trump’s immigration ban continues to harden, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella has chosen to personally speak out against the executive order, citing his own experiences as an immigrant and emphasizing that there’s “no place for bias or bigotry in any society.” Nadella, who was born in India and […]

CEO Satya Nadella succinctly explained the secret of Microsoft’s turnaround: ‘No status quo’ (MSFT)

When CEO Satya Nadella took command of Microsoft in early 2014, the company was stuck in a rut: The rise of iPhone and Android was leaving Windows in the mud, and the company was better known for hardball sales tactics than innovation. Now, the company has found new life (and new stock highs), as Nadella […]