The New Microsoft Delivers On The Mobile Cloud
March 31, 2014
Grazed from Forbes. Author: Maribel Lopez.
CEO Satya Nadella’s first major press conference last week was a return to basics for Microsoft. It focused the vision and the technology, not the glitz and glamour. The pacing and rally cries were replaced with literary quotes. Gates once spoke of a PC on every desk. Nadella talks about the cloud fueling every device and Microsoft cloud software becoming a crucial part of this ecosystem.
In the excitement surrounding Office for the iPad, many people I’ve spoken with have overlooked the key message that Nadella discussed on Thursday. First, Nadella proclaimed that it is a mobile cloud world. “The cloud is how a device becomes your device. And the cloud is how your device becomes part of your life, by connecting to all the people, information and experiences that matter to you…
And for us, the cloud is also how a tablet becomes a useful and powerful tool,” Nadella said. This shouldn’t be surprising coming from an executive who was once the head of the cloud computing division. However, what is interesting is the linkage of mobile and the cloud as well as the focus on creating a more comprehensive enterprise mobile strategy…
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