GigaomBallmer: No one asked me to step down from Microsoft
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said his decision to leave the company was his alone and not made under pressure. Read more »
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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said his decision to leave the company was his alone and not made under pressure. Read more »
In an interview, Microsoft EVP Scott Guthrie says cloud is no longer a one-horse race. And the days of cloud players competing on price alone are going the way of the… Read more »
Former Amazon VP Suresh Kumar comes in as Microsoft Azure poohbah reporting to Scott Guthrie. Read more »
Building a global cloud is extremely expensive, so if a cloud provider wants to play in that league and hasn’t already spent billions, it should rethink, says Satya Nadella. Read more »
It looks like Microsoft is going to finish up promised layoffs on Thursday as it continues to reshape its board of directors. Read more »
And here they are: Microsoft’s fourth quarter figures are out. These results include contributions from the Nokia mobile business and are also the first since big layoffs announced last week. Read more »
It’s not only Microsoft salaried employees who have to worry about their jobs. Contractors and consultants also face new restrictions, according to a Geekwire report. Read more »
Depending on how you define Microsoft’s new “core” areas, employees in Qi Lu’s or Scott Guthrie’s groups are relatively safe. Those working on Windows client stuff? Maybe not. Read more »
Wow. Just wow. The long-reported Microsoft job cuts are here and they are deeper than expected. Microsoft will eliminate 18,000 jobs over the next year and consolidate its phone efforts. Read more »
Big layoffs are something that only Wall Street and shareholders could love, and that’s why Microsoft’s stock was up Tuesday. Read more »