Satya Nadella

Book traces journey of Satya Nadella

The book, published by Hachette India, is an insightful account of Nadella and what his appointment as the third CEO of Microsoft means for the future of the technology industry.

Oct 10, 2014, 14:19 PM IST

Nadella faces flak over "inarticulate" comments on women pay

Satya Nadella, India-born CEO of Microsoft, landed in a soup for saying that women employees need not ask for pay hikes, for which he had to later apologise and admit that he was "completely wrong" with such "inarticulate" comments.

Oct 10, 2014, 10:07 AM IST

Learn as if you were going to live forever: Nadella to students

Live as if it's your last day, but learn as if you have to live forever, said Satya Nadella, the India-born Chief Executive of global software giant Microsoft while interacting with students Tuesday.

Sep 30, 2014, 21:22 PM IST

Microsoft to set up data centre in India; eyes $2 trillion cloud market

Microsoft on Tuesday said it will offer commercial cloud services from local data centres in India by 2015 as the tech giant gears for competition for the estimated USD 2 trillion domestic market opportunity from rival firms like Google and IBM.

Sep 30, 2014, 14:31 PM IST

Satya Nadella visits Microsoft's facility in Hyderabad

This is Nadella's first visit to the city after he assumed the top job at Microsoft.

Sep 29, 2014, 15:32 PM IST

Microsoft chief makes first China visit amid probe: Report

Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the visit.

Sep 26, 2014, 12:41 PM IST

Microsoft lays off 2,100, axes Silicon Valley research

This is the second wave of cuts after it laid off 13,000 in July, which marked the start of Chief Executive Satya Nadella`s plan to lay off 18,000 people overall.

Sep 19, 2014, 09:28 AM IST

Microsoft revamps MSN to flow across devices

The changes also come as people increasingly read news on smartphones and tablets rather than desktop computers.

Sep 08, 2014, 15:04 PM IST

Microsoft to close MSN service in China by October 31

Microsoft plans to close its Windows Live Messenger (MSN) service in Chinese mainland by October 31, amid a crackdown by authorities against the world's largest software firm over anti-monopoly violations.

Aug 29, 2014, 20:49 PM IST

Microsoft CEO Nadella to visit China amid antitrust probe

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella is set to visit China in late September, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. 

Aug 28, 2014, 08:58 AM IST

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer leaves board

Former Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer will leave the software company`s board with immediate effect, Microsoft said on Tuesday.

Aug 20, 2014, 00:35 AM IST

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gets doused with bucket of ice water

Microsoft's India-born CEO Satya Nadella was doused with a bucket of ice water on his head as part of a challenge he took to raise awareness about a neuro degenerative disease and in turn challenged Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Google co-founder Larry Page to do the same.

Aug 14, 2014, 23:04 PM IST

Microsoft to unify Windows experience across devices

Eyeing the multi-billion dollar mobile and cloud opportunity, tech giant Microsoft Wednesday said it will introduce solutions like Skype translator, while unifying the Windows experience to offer a simplified user experience across multiple devices.

Jul 23, 2014, 22:19 PM IST

Microsoft expected to announce thousands of job cuts today

Many of the cuts are expected to come from the Nokia unit, which Microsoft acquired in April for USD 7.2 billion, pushing up Microsoft's headcount by a quarter to 127,000.

Jul 17, 2014, 12:00 PM IST

Microsoft to reinvent productivity to empower people: Nadella

With its "mobile-first, cloud- first world" concept, Microsoft aims to reinvent productivity to empower every person and organisation on the planet, company's CEO Satya Nadella said on Monday.

Jul 15, 2014, 11:17 AM IST

Microsoft reportedly planning Surface Mini launch

Microsoft has reportedly mentioned the much anticipated Surface Mini in Surface pro 3`s user manual, which somehow confirms that existence of the Mini.

Jun 21, 2014, 11:51 AM IST