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Microsoft’s Discovery of the Decade: ‘The Nadella’

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Satya Nadella has been working as the CEO of Microsoft for two years now. Throughout the past two years, he has revolutionized Microsoft. Therefore, people even describe Nadella as the Microsoft’s Discovery of the Decade. The main objective of Nadella is to drive the company forward along with a cloud and mobile focus. The decision he took has created a significant impact behind the success of the software giant. 

Microsoft’s Discovery of the Decade: ‘The Nadella’

Microsoft got the opportunity to feel fresh throughout the past few years under the guidance of Satya Nadella. Some people say that Nadella is running the Steve Ballmer’s Microsoft.Under the guidance of Nadella, Microsoft paid special attention towards protecting Windows. Windows Vista came out during the Ballmer’s period and it was not a success. Even though Vista took a long time to hit the market, the company was not able to cater the expectations of the users. It also created a negative impact on the mobile platform of Microsoft. This fact played a major role behind the popularity of iPhones over Lumia.

As we can see, the plans created by Ballmer are not perfect. However, Nadella has executed some of the plans that were created by Ballmer. He takes a whole new approach when executing these plans in order to deliver positive results to the company. Taking Microsoft Office for iPad can be considered as a perfect example.

The strategic vision of Satya Nadella has contributed a lot towards the success of Microsoft throughout the past two years. Microsoft was there on every desktop, but it was not so popular on mobile devices. Nadella noticed the increasing popularity of mobile devices, so he took necessary measures to make Windows popular in the mobile industry. Therefore, Office was released to Android tablets, Apple iPads and even Raspberry Pi devices. At the moment, Office is a popular application that can be found in these devices.

Microsoft’s Discovery of the Decade: ‘The Nadella’

Nadella did not abandon windows. During the Windows 10 Technical Preview release, he said that he has very big hopes and aspirations on the Windows operating system. He dreams about having people want Windows to choose Windows. In addition, Nadella took necessary measures to give life to very capable versions of Microsoft Office. Office has been the greatest selling point of Microsoft throughout the past few years. 

Satya Nadella is a person who is equipped with a tactical vision. In fact, he does not make short term plans. He thinks few years ahead and creates the plans accordingly to deliver positive results with measurable outcomes. Moreover, he can be defined as a person who communicates very efficiently. He can convince his ideas to someone and grab another person’s ideas in an effective manner through communication. 

As you already know, Satya Nadella has guided Microsoft in the correct track under his leadership. The company has seen many different changes in its board level throughout the past two years. Ballmer left his position and Nadella did not discover any crocodile tears from the people who stayed with the company. Few months later, some other board members resigned and they were replaced by suitable candidates by Satya Nadella. However, the senior leaders did not change under the guidance of Nadella. Bill Gates is supposed to devote more time towards the success of Microsoft after his step down. However, it didn’t happen as expected and Satya Nadella got the responsibility of driving the company. Nadella was able to manage everything accordingly and he did not face any hassle. His excellent leadership qualities helped him throughout the difficult times. The secret behind the success of Nadella was that he took necessary measures to attract individuals and maintain an excellent inner circle. This helped the entire top management to stay away from frustration.

Satya Nadella is a person who identified the exact difference in between Windows Mobile and Windows Mobile. It seems a bit confusing. Windows Mobile is the name that is given to the operating system, which powers up Windows smartphones. This operating system can also be found in Intel and ARM based tablets. However, Windows Mobile has a bigger scope. As per Nadella, Lumia phones, Surface tablets, the Band and the HoloLens are expected to be a part of the Windows mobile ecosystem in the future. In addition, the CEO is extremely concerned about developing stable services and applications to be run on Windows mobile devices. In the world we live, people prefer to use their mobile devices over personal computers. However, Windows smart mobile devices are not popular among them, when compared to iOS and Android devices. Satya Nadella has the vision of making Windows mobile popular among smart device users who live in every corner of the world.
 
Microsoft’s Discovery of the Decade: ‘The Nadella’

Satya Nadella is also concerned about cross platforms. Once he stated that Microsoft will not be developing services and software for the platforms of other companies. Instead, he is concerned about developing applications that are compatible with cross-platforms and making them a part of the Microsoft’s DNA. 

Microsoft has started focusing on bundling after the supervision of Satya Nadella. Nadella wants to bundle up all the services and applications that are offered by Microsoft. The business apps developed by the software giant became very successful when they were packaged as the Office Suite. The release of Office 365 in many different suites can be considered as a great example to prove the above mentioned fact. 

Last but not least, Satya Nadella is concerned about being ahead of the customer demand. They have done big mistakes in the past by not paying attention towards the demands of the customers. Nadella has understood these issues and he has taken necessary measures to deliver a service that customers really need. Therefore, Nadella can be considered as the best discovery of Microsoft in the decade. 


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CNETTV - Ballmer: How Windows Can Capture Smartphone Middle Ground

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The Microsoft CEO talks to venture capitalist and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman about how Windows can win the middle ground in the smartphone wars, at a Q&A session sponsored by the Churchill Club in Santa Clara, Calif. 

CNETTV - Ballmer: How Windows Can Capture Smartphone Middle Ground
CNETTV - Ballmer: How Windows Can Capture Smartphone Middle Ground

"It is absolutely clear that there is an innovation opportunity on the scene between hardware and software and that is a scene that must not go unexploited at all by Microsoft," Ballmer said.

CNETTV - Ballmer: How Windows Can Capture Smartphone Middle Ground
CNETTV - Ballmer: How Windows Can Capture Smartphone Middle Ground

Ballmer said he still expects Microsoft's partners to build the bulk of new Windows-based machines, but this is the firmest comment the top Microsoft executive has made regarding more company-developed devices.


I see some truth in the "wild west" and "highly controlled" analogy about ecosystems. But can Microsoft really get the middle ground? Sounds promising if they can. 😊

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Microsoft Launched Office 2013 Customer Preview : Now Available for Download!

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer finally revealed Office 2013 during a press conference in San Francisco. If you're eager to get your hands on this new set of tools, you'll be glad to know you won't have to wait. The company has posted a Customer Preview of Office 2013 here


You'll need to be running Windows 7 or Windows 8 in order to install it. You will notice the Customer Preview runs a preview of Office 365 Home Premium Preview. In the end, you're still able to use the newly announced features, but have to go through Office 365 to do so.


This next release features an intuitive design that works with touch, stylus, mouse or keyboard inputs across Windows-based devices, including tablets. The suite is even highly sociable, adding services like Yammer and Skype. Want cloud support? Microsoft Office 2013 has that too.


“We are taking bold steps at Microsoft,” Ballmer said. "The new, modern Office will deliver unparalleled productivity and flexibility for both consumers and business customers. It is a cloud service and will fully light-up when paired with Windows 8."


Dive in and let us know what you think about it.

Experience the most powerful Office yet with new versions of your trusted applications and cloud services that connect you to your tools and documents where and when you need them. Check out a brief introduction to this exciting new version of Office. 


Download the Office 2013 Customer Preview now!

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Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer Keynote speech Video from 2012 CES

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Steve Ballmer gave his final keynote speech at 6:30 pm today in Las Vegas during the CES 2012 conference. He spoke about Windows 8, Windows Phone, Kinect, Bing, Office and the Xbox.

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer Keynote speech Video from 2012 CES

It was an interesting presentation and Steve Ballmer was in rare form. He was "interviewed" by Ryan Seacrest from TV's American Idol. Their banter back and forth was a little painful to watch at times but the technology was pretty solid.

On Windows Phone 

- Some of the new features were reviewed. 

- They talked about Bing and Windows Phone Integration. 

- Samsung, LTC, Nokia, and HTC are Microsoft windows Phone partners. 

- The Nokia Lumia 710 and 800 will be coming soon to Canada and US.The 710 will be available this wednesday from Sprint. The 800 will be available in next fewmonths. 

- He unveiled the Nokia Lumina 900. 

- He emphasised Windows Phones is jumping heads first into LTE phone networks. 

- He referenced the upcoming HTC Titan 2 - coming on ATT 4g LTE network - it has a 16 megapixel cam. 

- Derek Snyder - Microsofts SVP of marketing came up and did a Windows Phone demo. 

On Windows 7/8 Ultrabooks

- They showed a short video showing the different (new) Ultrabooks available for Windows 7/8. 

- Aspire S3, the UX31, Portege Z380, Dell XPS 14z, Samsung Series 9, Lenovo U300, and the new HP Spectre. 

On Windows 8

Tami Reller, chief financial officer and chief marketing officer came out to talk about Windows 8. She demoed Windows 8 on a laptop and a tablet. She also demoed the HTML 5 game "Cut the rope" from ZeptoLab. She spoke highly of the Nvidia Tegra 3 graphics chip powering the Samsung Tablet she was demoing. The new phrase from Microsoft which she repeated was Windows 8 works with "Touch, Mouse and Keyboard". 

She said the Windows store will open in late February. It will be global and available in every language offered for windows. The Windows Store will have both paid and free apps. Businesses can also use the Windows store to deliver apps and updates to employees. 

She also demoed the following on Windows 8 : 

- Type to search. 

- Renaming groups of apps. 

- Use of the share charm. 

- Using snap to view desktop and tablet apps side by side. 

- IE10 metro style ie plugin free browsing. 

- IE10 metro style html 5 video. 

She reiterated that late February is the Windows 8 Beta release timeframe. She closed by showing (briefly) 2 new Ultrabooks. The HP Envy 14 Spectra UltraBook and the Samsung Series 9. She introduced another Microsoft Phrase to watch for "Windows 7 today, Windows 8 tomorrow" 

Steve Ballmer Talks Windows 7 

- Impressive stats - 500 million users windows 7. 

- Licensing occurring at a rate of 7 copies a second. 

- 25,000 users signed by the end of the keynote session. 

- Every windows 7 pc will run Windows 8. 

- Tweet choir. 

Steve Ballmer Talks Xbox/Kinect 

He described the Xbox as world sales leader for consoles: 

"We're the sales user in consoles, we have 66 million XBox users and over 40 million Xbox Live subscibers tuning in for a variety of different experiences". 

He gets to brag "I bet on it 10 years ago..." 

"We've shipped over 18 million Kinect Sensors in a little over a year. Kinect, as we begin to integrate Bing into the Xbox experience, it will really transform the TV experience. You just say it and the Xbox goes and finds it." 

- Bing being integrated with Xbox/Kinect. 

- Metro is central to the experience. 

- You can ask Bing to discover the content you want. 

Craig Davidson comes on to the stage, Senior Director of Xbox. He does a brief Xbox demo. 

They announced a partnership with News Corporation, bringing Fox, WJS, Fox News and IGN to the Xbox. They did a really fantastic interactive demo of an Xbox Sesame Street game. It was an interactive demo with cookie monster and grover and coconuts. Very very cool. 

Next, they showed the old Kinect video we have already seen. 

Kinect is coming to windows on February 1st, 2012.

Microsoft is working with over 200 companies to develop apps for Kinect for Windows. Steve Ballmer waxes nostalgic towards the end. He talks about some of the things Microsoft have accomplished : 

- Sync - Installed in 4 million ford vehicles, 9 million soon. 

- Office 2010 - fastest selling version in history. 

- Office 365. 

- Skype acquisition - Over 200 million people used over 300 billion minutes of voice and video. 

- Bing and Yahoo at 30% market share. 

His parting message was that Windows 8 is critical for the company and as he said remember: 

Windows Windows Windows! 
Metro, Metro, Metro! 

Here is the keynote speech video from CES 2012. Enjoy the video.


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Kinect Sensor for Windows coming on February 1st 2012

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OK, the CES 2012 keynote by Steve Ballmer is over and the summary is in progress.

There is some immediate news.

Kinect for Windows is coming on February 1st 2012.
This Kinect Sensor for Windows has a shortened USB cable to ensure reliability across a broad range of computers and includes a small dongle to improve coexistence with other USB peripherals. The new firmware enables the depth camera to see objects as close as 50 centimeters in front of the device without losing accuracy or precision, with graceful degradation down to 40 centimeters. “Near Mode” will enable a whole new class of “close up” applications, beyond the living room scenarios for Kinect for Xbox 360.


The Kinect for Windows sensor unit is intended to be used with the following :
- Kinect for Windows Commercial SDK
- An application that was developed using the Kinect for Windows Commercial SDK and associated runtime software.

Note : The sensor unit does not ship with any software, and will only operate with an application developed for Kinect for Windows. 

Hardware Requirements
- 32 bit (x86) or 64 bit (x64) processor
- Dual-core 2.66-GHz or faster processor
- Dedicated USB 2.0 bus
- 2 GB RAM



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