GigaomIn defense of Steve Ballmer
Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is too loud, too bombastic, too sales-y, blah blah blah. He also built one of the world’s most profitable and efficient sales and channel organizations. So… Read more »
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Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is too loud, too bombastic, too sales-y, blah blah blah. He also built one of the world’s most profitable and efficient sales and channel organizations. So… Read more »
In an unusual move, Microsoft appears to have caved to pressure and given shareholder ValueAct access to top management and a board seat. Read more »
Steve Ballmer’s slow-motion exit as Microsoft CEO is looking a little less orderly than previously portrayed, according to AllThingsD. Read more »
Ballmer will retire within the year after a successor is found, according to a Microsoft statement on Friday morning. Read more »
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Steven Sinofsky, who drove Microsoft Office and then Windows development for years, is leaving Microsoft abruptly. His duties will be assumed by Tami Reller and Julie Larson-Green, according to a company… Read more »
Is an advanced business degree from Harvard or MIT or Stanford something that tech startups really, really want? It didn’t seem so at last weekend’s Harvard Business School Cyberposium. Where do… Read more »
Given the world’s inability to stem the flow of CO2 in the atmosphere — or even put a price on that flow — new scenarios to mitigate global warming are coming… Read more »
Save the date: Amazon will host its first-ever partner and customer conference at the Las Vegas Venetian in late November. With this move, Amazon looks more like an old-school IT vendor… Read more »