Rest 80% of the strategic targets are not achieved because of incomprehensive planning, limited resource allocation, and poor execution. The rise was based on hopes that the underlying technology will live up to the prediction by Satya Nadella, the company's CEO, that it would "reshape pretty much every software category that we know." . These Experts Are Racing to Protect AI From Hackers. "Well-being is one of the most important pieces of productivity management 2. I'm making this comment on downloaded bing from the play store on my old Samsung Galaxy Mega. Only thing saving this company no is his firing or him doing at least one thing honorable, and quoting. Their image is so strong that people want it blindly and make no mistake it will come truth in years to come (20 perhaps). abandon consumer market is a bad choose Heres a thought, why not sell Windowsphone to HDM or whoever bought Nokia. He joined Microsoft in 1992 and became CEO of the company in 2014. It's just business. The economy remains fragile. I must say I have enjoyed using windows phone but now it is causing a huge disappointment and frustration. Albeit without the use ahem salty language lol. And he did come in at the end of it. I don't know what's the solution to that is. I'm worried about the state of the software. You can create the greatest OS known to man, but without apps the platform will be DOA. Here's a bulletin for Satya NadellaYou have to have a range of products and services for your customers if you expect to keep them. As people carry the more and more powerful smart phones in their hands and as they wil replace the common office computer this WILL means big trouble for Microsoft in the future. "First, I believe that, at its most powerful, technology can be a force for good in the world," he says. Apps were coming over fairly regularly and MS put a lot of energy into its Xamarin purchase and development. It just doesnt have apps. I know because I still have one. Something we can print from, and something that doesn't suffer from poor performance. Let native APK to run on Windows Mobile and Windows desktop. All he did was avoid answers, while offering some nebulous comments that left loyal customers baffled. I think it is a very intense business to do the digital "rights" management etc. The worst enemy of Microsoft could be inside the company, and because of that is mandatory for all employees to be re-evaluated, to measure their degree of commitment with Microsoft's goals. Time to put some Europeans in the MS Board! He needs plenty of energy and motivation to face his busy day. No thanks MS. Bye Bye. Good, but completely and utterly useless, worth a poofteenth of nothing unless you actually demonstrate you've learned your lesson by acting to correct your mistake. "I did not get why the world needed the 'fourth' ecosystem in 'Cloud Solutions', unless we changed the rules." lol. At this point in history, with cutthroat competition from every side, theres little room for anything resembling dilettantism. Do you know what 8.1 brought for me? That is cured with royalties or being good at releasing bug free OSes and apps, Ah, downvoted for pointing out the truth, Android apps did nothing but hasten the demise of BB10. Its up to Nadella to ensure that the Surface project can finally be taken off financial life support and walk under its own steam. You killed the original middle ground, you numbnut. I also felt pretty betrayed owning am Xbox One original. But CEO Satya Nadella shared his plan for how. I will never trust Microsoft again in the mobile area. Sure it wasnt successful but it. They stupidly justified every move of Microsoft instead of criticizing it. It never translated to consumer sales for Apple computers. Spotify doesn't work on my 950 either, I get the same revolving dots as you. "My response is very eastern: We're making great progress, but we should never be done."1 The "lost decade" Just 17 days after founder and technical whizz Bill Gates handed over the reins to Steve Ballmer in 2000, the stock market crashed. Why did users 'go off' the Windows Mobile as a solution? To be plain, Nadellas new role is one of the hardest, if not the hardest, jobs in technology. The iphone X's facial ID has nothing to do with 950's retina scan, they have two different techs, and it's large screen was not copied from a Lumia 950XL or any lumia :)) how pathetic can you be?? I moved to Android after sitting tight with Windows Phone/Mobile through the 920, 930 and 950XL being pulled along solely by promises of "things to come". Admitting you made a mistake takes more integrity than continuing down the wrong path. like most CEOs who just ride the wave and make up BS as things change around them to try to keep the share price humming Nadella is the same. Consumers are NOT going to continue to buy from a company that consistently gives up and drops support. When Android phonesand Iphones allow docking to a screen and a keyboard on those devices Microsoft Office might not be the first choice either anymore.Edge browser will not be the first choice on an Android phone or an Iphone either. Maybe if he'd actually listen to the Windows fans, this could have been avoided. While working full-time at Microsoft, Nadella also earned (1997) a masters degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. Ha!! Satya Nadella - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Amy Hood - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Alice Jolla - Chief Accounting Officer Keith Dolliver - Deputy General. To hell with MS. Good luck being with being purely an enterprise OS and an office supplier. It is all masterful sleight of hand to distract attention away from weakness in enterprise spending, the genesis of Microsoft's core business. - Increasing Standardization Nadella Satya can leverage this trend to reduce the number of offerings in the market and focus the marketing efforts on only the most successful products. Corrections? I agree with everyone on here! The last guy with both vision and passion was Gates, and unless he pulls a Jobs and steps in the company will become the next IBM. That flips and Nadella has a new problem on his hands. Regards Some people say that Microsoft is interested in Enterprise, but I think that is questionable, because of their recent behaviors like leaving HP high & dry with the Elite X3 program, and leaving 35,000 "Enterprise" handsets at NYPD high & dry Else what ninja cat rode which fire breathing unicorn? Although the loss of Groove Music Pass hurts. That's more than just fanboys. But the then take a heavy sweaty dump on not only the last of the loyal customer base, but ALSO the OEMs, proves that Nadella is basically going to be the end of MS as we know it and in a bad way. "Leaders think their . Satya is writing his own book - Hit Refresh. And although it makes perfect sense, that move wont be easy. Everything MS tries ends in failure.. There is was one path forward as I see it. I want another Windows device for mobile but I can't make an informed decison without information. Surface had a solid fourth quarter in 2013, taking in $893 million on revenue. Dont piss off too many partners. Nadella had to get that message or they will relegated to be the next IBM as others have said. The high brass at MSFT has to be replaced. - Growing Protectionism - Nadella Satya should hedge the risk against growing protectionism ranging from storing data into international market to diversifying risk by operating into countries at different economic cycle. They should have just purchasedParallels and created a Parallels for windows phone that runs ios and android apps and we would not even be having this conversation. I just can't see how MS will stay relevant in the consumer space as a result of this, even if they re-enter with 'what's next' and more to the point, they're definitely missing something when a lot of the industry is targeting consumers rather than enterprise. WebOS was a great OS on very underpowered hardware. This is what we should expect from MS? Next segment is a combination of consumer and professional. The really really sad thing is that for a while ago, I was still defending for W10M and truly believed that MS had something cool they are working on. Nadella Satya should just get out of these business areas and focus on strength and threats box , or on weakness and opportunities box. At one time, several years,ago, I read that Gartner or a large research firm "projected" that Windows Mobile would PASS Apple for #2 !!! Learn from mistakes and grow with concepts not with words.First and most important, build products/services for each and every person. Satya seems to have loyalty issues, with users, with developers and with Microsoft former employees. Nadella Satya can use two approaches - building on present strengths, or analyze the trend and build processes to two pronged market penetration approach. What Microsoft lost is more than a windows mobile customer. By using the old adage of "embrace and extend". I'm shocked how the Surface tablets are doing. I'm almost ready to throw in the towel on Windows Central. It is simple and easy to interact with but Apple as whole interacts with very few things outside its own verse. The work that goes into Windows and Office ends up in both the enterprise and consumer/soho versions of those two products. Companies that go after short term profits and sacrifice visions always lose in the long term, and unfortunately MSFT is at that crossroad. Enabling them to help lower insurance premiums for safe drivers, a vault for safe drivers of sorts. This is going to hurt Microsoft for the coming decades. They develop for Windows and they get mobile, IOT, Desktop, tablet etc. Fact, the Lumia 520 proved there is a wp market in the US, period. we equip you to harness the power of disruptive innovation, at work and at home. Now, even tho I like Windows 10 (desktop), i'm done. You're dreaming. My step sister's husband works for Microsoft, and he was stunned to hear I still owned a WP! - Credit Binge post 2008 Recession Easy access to credit can be over any time, so Nadella Satya should focus on reducing its dependence on debt to expand. - Threats of New Entrants because of Reducing Costs and Increasing Efficiencies As Nadella Satya can leverage low cost of reaching customers using social media and e-commerce, so can the competitors both local and international competitors. As much as he had to pull the plug on Balmer's bad decisions. Microsoft is still pulling its re-org together at the same time it is changing its business model. If the goal is a unified platform and therefore only on OS shared by all devices, then developers need not develop for "mobile." Thank you, Brett. Employees begin to question management commitment, and indirectly their own future. I hope they also realise forcing edge onto people who don't want it is wrong too. I thought that they knew that mobile is a key sector that they need to conquer by any means. You just don't understand the difference between the 'patent' and 'operating system'. (See Gene Wilder in The Producers.). I look at this like eating at a restaurant that constantly gets your order wrong. Seriously? Across Europe/Aus/NZ many use a mobile and ISP provided digital hub/smart tv to access what they need. Wiith The HP Elite x3 smart phone going to be discontinued and the Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950xl gone what does Microsoft have nothing something is better than nothing. But so is the future. But well meant I change to LG V30, or S8 plus or note 8, but in this moment I cancel office 365, cancel groove, in the future cancel Xbox live, ea access , I cant belive, now I selling my Surface pro 3 to, my angry is to extreme I know, but I'm very angry. But in general it was a culmination of stupid moves at that time. Satya Nadella is a CEO who was born in India. SWOT Analysis stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats that Nadella Satya encounters both internally and in macro environment that it operates in. Jumpman, jumpman, jumpman, Nadella's up to something (cloud). Nothing is cast in concrete anymore, but that goes in both directions. If that presages a broad slowdown of Windows Phone sales, Microsofts mobile momentum could stall, pushing that magical 10 percent market share figure further and further out into the future. There is a reason why most tech companies are moving into consumer market. As you rightly point out, Jason, "eradicating" Windows phones and their ngegative perception was paramount to "hitting refresh". They will fail at AR/VR etc with the same gusto. Then what? It's around 500 million now. And theres progress in the cloud as well. Large organizations should welcome such scrutiny. That was more true in the 1980's than it is today. Always keep learning. Can someone from WC actually get a quick interview with this CEO? I can honestly say, I would go back to my windows phone in a heartbeat if it had the same apps and a future. And partial credit goes to Windows Central, WinBeta too. Now I use a Pixel it doesn't really talk with my PC. James. No Windows/Microsoft mobiles means no OS that makes Microsoft Office relevant. For an operating system that Microsoft wants to go dark in April, thats downright depressing. Why did they not keep windows 8.1 for phones going, releasing new phones on that OS instead of 950 on windows 10? They left for Android. The faster release tempo is a good thing for consumers, but makes IT pros nervous. This is especially the case if you are not a technically minded person - which is 99% of the market. At this rate, it's going to be cloud only as the consumer market dries up to nothing. The Windows store is full of *****. Bottom line, if you cannot win the war, change the rules of the game so you can define the battlefield yourself. Sad times. In 2007 he was elevated to senior vice president of research and development for the companys online services division, and he later served (201113) as president of Microsofts server and tools business, which annually generated some $19 billion in revenue. PLEASE SET UP A "SURVEY" with both Are you upset that Satya Nadella is abandoning Windows Mobile? From this armchair analyst's view, the whole thing failed simply because Satya wanted it to. Once, IBM was known for their computers, but then they changed focus from the individual to the corporation. Why does Microsoft need to be in the phone/mobile OS market? Many consumers will try less hard buying Microsoft hardware from the Surface line. Microsoft's heart was in the right place. WP7 was a mediocre crap, lacking copy/paste, BT file transfers, no file manager, mediocre email experience, PC sync was a mess especially for exchange stuff. It is also clear that WinPhone/WinMob was a cluster-f from the day iOS was launched and WinMob 6.5 was terrible by comparison. It feels like Microsoft are deliberatey sabotaging themselves. Nokia always built the best Windowsphones anyway. Poor marketing, poor execution, and just not paying attention to what users really needed until it was way too late. Watch on. Before slinging the "A" word around, try doing some research. - Developments in Artificial Intelligence Nadella Satya can use developments in artificial intelligence to better predict consumer demand, cater to niche segments, and make better recommendation engines. And yeah, Europe has long ceased to be the center of the universe. Or that employees/consumers with Android or Apple phones are going to adopt MS's AI, MR, Cortana, Edge, etc., etc. I'm much less up on news now because the lack of live tiles which would update automagically thruout the day. A survey says managers feel employees slack while working from home. I recently went back to an iPhone 8, and will now likely never go back to Windows on a pocket device. There were rumblings since last year that WM was going to be killed off yet no one came out and gave an official word other than crap about "being committed to mobile". There have been leaks of Microsoft dual screen MINI TABLETS. no. It would take, at this point a complete 360, but than again they've already done that twice. And devs don't care for users that buy 100$ phones. They cancelled their entire European release and gave up. A fine figure, but one that only points to a third of a billion dollars or so in revenue. Android and iOS are clearly both better than they were, but I just prefer the layout and feel of W10 M. I am not sure what I will do next, part of me thinks "buy a 950XL or an X3 but they might ditch support in 6 months". Microsoft should build its own variant of Android in same way Amazon did with Fire OS. I can't imagine Nadella doesn't realise this will happen he's the CEO after all. If MS has truely solved the CORE system then the Nadellas comments and the rest make sense and the development problem of a "mobile," desktop, and Social (Smart TV, IOT world) becomes trule nothing but a semantic difference in how a user interacts. Conclusion. They are still abandoning consumers, see Groove Music Pass. Some (Low) percentage would simply not work anyways, depending on how they were written. I bought a Zune, loved it! - Strong Balance Sheet and Financial Statement of Nadella Satya can help it to invest in new and diverse projects that can further diversify the revenue stream and increase Return on Sales (RoS) & other metrics. As is, whatever they do, they will do without OEM support at first, which could be tricky. Microsoft reported, for example, thatOffice 365 Home Premium has collected 3.5 million subscribers during its most recent earnings call. Theres obvious resistance from customers who prefer the control of "owning" local installations even when their software goes hopelessly out of date and becomes a security nightmare. That could go poorly. I think you only make money if you are number 1 so hence the Spotify alliance. I don't mean this to sound hyperbole, but I'm beginning to think in 10 years or so, MS will be IBM. The bottom line is that the "Surface Phone" is going to have to be incredible to draw me back. So far, Microsoft has shown good momentum, but Nadella could find himself with a substitute product that cant generate as much cash as its predecessor. Now Windows 10 Mobile too. Falling growth is anathema to such dotage. So it wasn't completely stupid as long as it was the only way to stay in the race until you figure out something better. MIcrosoft should keep W10M alive until it can upstage it to something better. As far as MS is concerned, I use Windows and Office on a PC, just like I started out 20 years ago. Most of us have probably embraced the new ideas at the Build pep rallys only to find out 24 months later that it was nothing more than an infomercial using many of us as the foot soldiers for the revenue stream. Green mushroom for you windows mobile fanatic. The lack of apps does not bother me because those same free apps are the feeding tubes for identity theft and loss of privacy to data mining. Nadella was the worst thing that could have happened to Microsoft. The promise of one core finally, seemless intergaion with a mobile experience that should have been prefferable on this platform for at least first party apps along with developer interest of intergrating the same code across multiple platforms. MS was not in the position to deliver half-baked stuff at that time. For all his many faults, at least Balmer had some inkling of the need to maintain a foothold in the consumer space, even though he did it WRONG by trying to BUY marketshare via the Nokia purchase as opposed to building a MS-owned vertical manufacturing base. Please. However my contract expires in the next few months so I shall just keep my options open and see what happens. Now i rather have Phil spencer or Panos at head of Microsoft, people that stand behind their products and fans, consumers. They have money they can waste now. Cheers to all! Given all of this, it will basically be seen by the public as Yet AnotherWindows Phone. They need to be serious on there each and every commitment. Now just like me I probably will not buy a microsoft VR device. Hell, I can buy this to my parents, because they do only common stuff on it It's sad really. Based on details provided in the Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset case study Nadella Satya can easily grow in its domestic market without much innovation but will require further investment into research and development to enter international market. My windows phones were always stable and reliable (except when I got on preview builds). It's with a growth mindset, Nadella has changed the image of Microsoft to being super cool again. Satya Nadella sees a way forward. Calm down the "unlock shareholder value" crowd. , we specialize at analyzing & providing comprehensive, corporate SWOT
Without that key influx of new devices, Windows 8.xs store is all gussied up with no one to dance with. Now that the dust has cleared on the CEO question, those who hoped for the role and did not get it could exit. It works perfectly, we get updates each month that don't cause problems on the phone. I haven't seen any apologists here today. I don't see AR/VR/MR/whateverR becoming much of a universal platform. I was idealist I told myself I'd add my two bits to this grand idea against the odds because I believed in it. They make great products and then abandon the users who buy them. Silverlight, WindowsRT, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Microsoft Band, Skype (Consumer End), Windows Phone, Nokia, Windows 10 Mobile, and now Groove and we could probably read the tea leaves to see what's next. I suspect it will be announced at the right time (not a second earlier) and it will definitely be oriented at corporate use and prosumers. Microsoft may have done better to keep a controlling share of Nokia and just let it run itself. Satya Nadella said reading a diary entry from his mom reminded him what leadership is really about. Testing RFID blocking cards: Do they work? The windows phone works well for integration to server based sytems, whether they are corporate or personal enterprises. The article and lots of the comment said WP fail because lack of dev/app, people must realize W10 also use the same dam UWP. Worst CEO I have ever seen, destroyed the reputation of twoonce great companies, MS and Nokia. Im not sure its possible to rationalize the existing licensing schemes for on-premises software (Windows Server, Windows desktop, Office, and all the management tools and add-ons). I say, it's never too late for Microsoft to put out a device and market it, as they should have been doing with previous devices, and it taking off. I wouldn't call it useless. " Be passionate and bold. Microsoft is fusing ChatGPT-like technology into its search engine Bing, transforming an internet service that now trails far behind Google into a new way of communicating with artificial intelligence, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Satya-Nadella, Satya Nadella - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up), Microsoft bakes ChatGPT-like tech into search engine Bing. And one last thing focusing on one comment I made. We as consumers are being misled by Paid Media(In India, we call them Presstitutes) regarding Microsoft. 1. I understand your frustration but I do not agree to your comment people will not return. The weaknesses of Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset are - Aligning sales with marketing - It come across in the case study Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset that the firm needs to have more collaboration between its sales team and marketing team. All about the same. The high brass at MSFT has to be replaced. I think part of the reason we stick around following window phone news as a hobby/passion is because we are constantly yearning for iterative improvements. He said he saw a world where Personal Interactive Devices (Pcs then), Portable Interactive Devices (a then yet to be made hybrid of mobile phone and PDA), and Social Interactive Devices (TVs then) were only different in the way people interacteed with them. They did this with browsers in the early days of the consumer based internet. Ballmer did, but of course short term profits is what share holders think about. Nadella grew up in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad and studied electrical engineering at Mangalore University (B.Sc., 1988). The launchers and Cortana they came out with on Android are nice, but they didn't even bother to properly integrate Cortana into the launcher. Until now Microsoft has let all their phone users down. But, when you are a legacy icon, everyone wants to rip down your statue. If there was one bone-head move in recent times I would reverse it would have been leaving HP out to dry. He is simply kissing us out the door that rat, Of course that refreshing the mobile platform so many times damage the Microsoft's image and made it appear as un untrustworthy partner for developers and OEMs. You may want to try. Nadella is known for his leadership style, which emphasizes empathy, innovation, and a long-term focus. The key difference is that the former is a reputation of perpetually stunted progress, vs a reputation of continuous progress. I have a simple straight question for Jason Ward in order to better understand and "position" his analysis and Warditorials. It's about time Nadella and Microsoft showed some loyalty to us and themselves as well.. Not only will they earn respect but it'll also be a rallying point.. Game of Thrones should have taught the lesson by now, even a ******* can become king, and loyalty is key to that. Unlike an outsider, Nadella knows precisely Microsoft's strengths and weaknesses, and has . Atleast MS will not have to worry about the app gap and the OS can be customized as per MS specific needs. Microsoft reminds me of IBM. I've been on Android for a year now, full time since the S8 came out. Where am I going in the future? Tried like hell to get SO Many people to jump on this bandwagon and ride it. But what about the wobblier parts of Redmonds portfolio? But this is still sad to see. All to be left again, while they "retrench" themselves in another category. As developers we embrace new technologies, and most of us have spent much money and many hours learning it. They aren't accountable for their mistakes or give clear messages as to which direction they are going in. Just give people the option. except MSFT doesn't care about its own loyal users, with many of them switching to Android now. I honestly dont think there was anything MS could have done to get back in the game. I would buy one. Now given the fact that the future of computing for the masses is mobile I do not see Microsoft dropping that at all but rather trying to change the approach to mobile for the next generation of computing. Things will just get brighter and beautiful after this last major downhill. I thought Game Of Thrones for all its fiction should have taught the lesson better.. Even in AR and AI MS is posed to fail! It's clear that MS has no idea how to relate to the average consumer. Yea. that'll work. I'm a Verizon customer for 15 years, and I heard they were so mad at Microsoft, hence their later attitude towards carrying and supporting Windows phone. All of this is training the customer to realize more and more that they don't need Microsoft and their "ecosystem" anymore How can he NOT see that!?!?! Unless/until hundreds of millions are sold, no one is going to write MOBILE apps for it, because developers have all been burned too many times. Too late. disappointing fourth quarter sales figure of Lumia. Windows Mobile was the gateway to both those. You arejust wrong. You can create the best AI on the planet but if it's not on a mobile device and can be used daily then it's not going to be used. Laptop, Tablets and network Servers. Any good "global survey experts" on this thread? They were right to focus on the cloud and productivity. I think MS has decided to maintain a strong footprint in games (XBox, PC) to ensure every so many years there are unique games that go with Xbox releases to differentiate from Sony. Speakers Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum Geneva Satya Nadella, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corp. Podcast transcript Topics: Tech and Innovation Share: More episodes: md md One of the most amusing and disturbing anecdotes that Satya Nadella likes to tell about himself is this one, which hes repeated several times now. I tell you. Of course I don't expect any company to do that. I understand why they pulled out. BS! At least they have Azure MS waited way too long to get serious about the mobile platform. I "personally" spent over $3,000 on Windows Phones and now it's all down the drain!!! There should be no tears shed for a company that does not need the consumers! - Lack of Work force diversity I believe that Nadella Satya is not diverse enough given that most of its growth so far is in its domestic market. Don't need them. If theysee Google and Apple apps/hardware/software everywhere, people are not going to buy Microsoft. Satya Nadella needs no introduction. Professionally I have already been seeing a shift away from business even requesting MS products just for that reason and less interest in MS products when I propose them to clients. Look inside most of our elementary schools. Again and again, I ran into the same brick wall -- the developers had no confidence that Microsoft would continue to support the platform.