The company will also deliver an exclusive workshop to the government's key administrative officers on improving productivity by using Microsoft technologies
IT major Wipro on Friday posted a 4.6 per cent year-on-year rise in its consolidated net profit for the June quarter at Rs 3,003.2 crore. The Q1 FY25 revenue of the Bengaluru-headquartered firm, however, fell 3.8 per cent to Rs 21,963.8 crore.
Industry analysts welcome the idea but say Nadella has to change the company's business model to succeed.
Nadella led the creation of Microsoft's 'cloud' computing services
Nadella's visit comes at a time when the Indian government is taking a strong position on issues like data localisation and tightening the rules for e-commerce companies as well as social media platforms.
Microsoft has worked hard to exploit the advantage its mail software provides
The terms of the acquisition were not made public.
'We are looking at the next target which is to be a $1 billion ARR firm in the next 4-5 years.'
Microsoft Corp named India-born Satya Nadella as its next chief executive officer, ending a longer-than-expected search for a new leader. Nadella is only the third CEO in Microsoft's 39-year history.
Eyeing emerging markets for its affordable smartphones, Microsoft launched its first Lumia device without the iconic brand name of Nokia.
Microsoft Corporation India on Tuesday outlined its vision for how people, armed with the right software, are the key to driving business success. \n
The company has been a part of the start-up ecosystem in a big way from early stages right up to when the companies start achieving full scale.
Microsoft also took a charge of $940 million related to job cuts announced this month and last year.
70% reduction to cover low-cost devices, aimed at stronger foothold in tablet market
Nadella was in India last December.
Tech-driven skills will be in demand in the post pandemic era, alerts Sonya Hooja, COO and co-founder, Imarticus Learning.
Nadella's journey, from being a Hyderabad boy to possibly helming one of the world's biggest technology companies is what dreams are made of.
Microsoft CEO Steven A Ballmer made a passionate presentation, introducing India to the Microsoft Cloud concept.
Moving over 520,000 employees to a digital work model is no mean feat. Having done so, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is taking these learnings to help clients digitise their work models. Swiss Re is one such client. For the global information technology services firm with a headcount of 528,748 as of end-September, the shift to a single human resource (HR) platform started a few months before the pandemic started, when TCS moved its HR solutions to Microsoft's platform. Siva Ganesan, global head, Microsoft business unit, TCS, still remembers the early days when TCS embarked upon a move from an existing software platform to a digital medium for communications on a Microsoft Office platform.
A month after taking over as Microsoft chief, Satya Nadella on Tuesday announced a major top-level reshuffle, which saw the heads of marketing and business development resigning.
Buying LinkedIn means Microsoft will control the best-known network.
Attributing to people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal said the software company could announce major organisational changes at its entertainment and devices division as early as this week.
Nadella replaced Steve Ballmer as the CEO of Microsoft in February.
In arguing for a $44.6 billion Yahoo! bid, Microsoft's chief executive says 'better that we cannibalize ourselves' as software and services shift online.
Jeanne Sheldon, corporate vice-president (office authoring solutions), Microsoft talks about the vast opportunities of mobile business.
These will be priced at Rs 5,999 and Rs 6,499 respectively
The solutions developed by the company cover a broad spectrum, including helping recruiter's gauge the behavioural profiles of candidates during virtual job interviews and assisting in real-time translation in vernacular languages, among others.
Its Windows 8 system has shown no growth at all, disappointing investors.
Between 2000, when Steve Ballmer became the chief executive officer of Microsoft, and now, when he has announced his retirement, the company's earnings have more than doubled and its revenues have increased over three-fold.
The writing has been on the wall for some time. Exodus of senior leadership and growth behind its peers are reasons that have prompted Thierry Delaporte, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Wipro to resign, analysts said. Delaporte, Wipro's seventh CEO, also resigned without completing his five-year term, like his predecessor Abidali Neemuchwala decided to end his tenure prematurely in 2020. Phil Fersht, HFS Research CEO and chief analyst believes the change in leadership was at least six months overdue.
Lumia 640 XL will begin rolling out globally in March.
Microsoft, which is transforming itself from a software company into a devices and services company, would continue to play a key role in the transformation.
According to StatCounter, a website that tracks what software is loaded on Internet-connected computers, more than 90 per cent of PCs in China -- now the world's biggest market -- are running pre-8 versions of Windows.
The launch date for Windows 10 has not been announced yet.
In the biggest management reshuffle at Microsoft Corp since Satya Nadella took over as its chief executive, two top executives, Tony Bates and Tami Reller, will leave the company while a former Clinton family aide will become its chief strategy officer, according to media reports.
Ballmer said he is proud of the fact that no company can beat Microsoft in terms of profit and he is not bothered about stock market assessment.
'Good for us, bad for them'. That's what Microsoft's Chief Information Officer, Tony Scott, has to say to competitors like and Google.
The company has registered a record revenue of $16.20 billion for the first quarter ended September 30, 2010, a 25 per cent increase from the same period last year.
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