Satya Nadella to China

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is headed to China, the worlds most populated country and one of the markets that is on the rise. Absolutely logical decision to visit this certain economy. Let's just say that isn't the case this time. It's not about expansion, more about preventing disaster.

In July this year Chinese officials raided offices of Microsoft, the accusations were antitrust concerns. Company from Redmond is not known for great relations with the government in China. This country was the last to approve their purchase of Nokia devices department and lately Windows 8 is baned on all official computers in China. Sure China is a very closed country for western companies, but it looks like they really have it out for Microsoft.

From Microsoft no official announcement on this trip that's suppose to happen sometimes in September. China is known for it's share of paranoia so Satya Nadella has to be great at negotiating if he wants to cool things of over there.

It's not like other people are not paranoid about their technology gadgets. I mean just ask the celebrities in Holywood, with this recent scandal about leaked photos, nobody is feeling safe. Anybody can be a target of the hackers or even the government, they like looking in to your personal files just as well.

Another Microsoft mishap happened in China these days. Their division leaked a preview of Windows 9 with some new features, like the return of the start button in your down left corner. The post was quickly removed but with all things Internet related it was spotted and it spread everywhere. Poor Microsoft just can't get it going in China these days.

Source cnbeta.

Steve Ballmer leaves Microsoft completely

Steve Ballmer is no longer CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella is, OK we already know that for some time now. But Steve Ballmer was still a member of the companies board and now he is leaving that position as well.

Recently Steve Ballmer was all over the news, but not on the technology websites, it wasn't anything like that, it was related to basketball. Former CEO of Microsoft become a new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, after the previous owner had to step back do to racism charges. So it looks like NBA is the new frontier for Steve Ballmer, 34 years in the technology business was enough.

Satya Nadella was quick to respond, this is what he said: “I am sure that you will bring the same boldness, passion and impact to your new endeavors that you brought to Microsoft”.

According to the latest news it looks like Ballmer want be satisfied just with running one NBA team he is also set to become a teacher. Yes that is true, he is about to tech business courses at Stanford. Everybody that watched any of his interviews or live performances so to speak, knows that the guy is full of energy and passion. So don't be surprised if you hear that Ballmer is planing anything else, you never know what to expect from him:

Source businessinsider.

Satya Nadella is the new CEO of Microsoft

After months of rumors and just about every important name in the IT industries mentioned for the role of the new CEO of Microsoft we finally have the official news that Satya Nadella is the new CEO for the Redmond based company.

Who is Satya Nadella? Well he is 46 years old, been working at Microsoft for 22 years. Before that he worked for Sun Microsystems and until this morning he was executive vice president of cloud and enterprise in Microsoft. Satya Nadella wasted no time and has already issued a letter to the employees.


“While we have seen great success, we are hungry to do more,” Nadella said. “Our industry does not respect tradition – it only respects innovation. This is a critical time for the industry and for Microsoft. Make no mistake, we are headed for greater places – as technology evolves and we evolve with and ahead of it. Our job is to ensure that Microsoft thrives in a mobile and cloud-first role.”

Strong words, lets hope he lives up to the challenge. Many fans of the Redmond IT giant are happy that the new CEO is an engineer, not an economist like the previous CEO Steve Ballmer. Satya Nadella is only the third CEO in the company history and honestly we wish him all the best at his new job.

Source technobuffalo.