Microsoft Buys Yammer- A Two Minute Analysis
So Microsoft has confirmed the rumored acquisition of Yammer for $1.2B. Here’s my thoughts; Potentially this is a great opportunity for MSFT to create a fabric that spans their different enterprise products (Dynamics, Office, SharePoint) that’s a big big opportunity but I believe technology and platform hurdles will push that possibility well into the future [...]
Dissecting Steve Ballmer’s Cloud Talk
Yesterday Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave a talk on Cloud Computing at the University of Washington, Seattle. Check out the video of the entire talk here. Let me briefly highlight the key points from his talk and then offer my perspectives on it. He was highlighting five key dimensions of the cloud Cloud creates opportunities [...]
Steve Ballmer Signs a Macbook – How About the Apple Tablet?
Legend says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer got really angry last year at an internal Microsoft event, when he saw an employee taking his pic with an iPhone- he grabbed it, pretended to stomp it and made fun of the employee (is he still an employee?) . Well apparently he is more tolerant with outsiders, in [...]
Totally Refreshing: Microsoft Executives Receive Pay Cut
This is one of the most refreshing ideas in business today, have managers actually held accountable for how well their divisions are doing, and how much money they are making. In the only instance I have seen of this phenomenon in a long time, Microsoft top leaders all took a pay cut because of the [...]
Arrington Spit-Attack – He Joins Elite Club
Image by jdlasica via Flickr Disturbing news this morning: TechCrunch Founder Mike Arrington was about to leave the DLD Conference (hey, Eran, where’s your review?) when a stranger approached him, deliberately spat in his face and disappeared in the crowd. This is as lowly as it gets. It’s also very cowardly. TechCrunch covers a lot [...]
