Microsoft seeks to reinvent productivity, plans reorg

By | July 10, 2014

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Five months after becoming Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella on Thursday laid out a broad mission for the software giant in a 3,200-word memo to employees. Nadella heralded sweeping changes ahead for the Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft (MSFT). He said that the company will be reorganized to deliver products and innovations more quickly to customers. He did not mention possible layoffs, which have been rumored. He scrapped predecessor Steve Ballmer’s description of Microsoft as a “devices and services company.” At its core, Microsoft is a “productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world,” Nadella said in the memo titled “Starting FY15 — Bold Ambition & Our Core.” Microsoft’s fiscal 2015 began July 1. The maker of Office and Windows software wants to reinvent what productivity means, he said. “We will reinvent productivity to empower every person and every organization on the planet to do more and achieve more,” Nadella said… Scalper1 News

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