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Microsoft Buys Yammer- A Two Minute Analysis

Microsoft Buys Yammer- A Two Minute Analysis

By Ben Kepes on June 25, 2012

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 […]

Posted in Application Software, Business, Featured Posts | Tagged microsoft, microsoft dynamics, Microsoft Sharepoint, netsuite, salesforce.com, Social Enterprise, Steve Ballmer, yammer, yams | 2 Responses

Dissecting Steve Ballmer’s Cloud Talk

Dissecting Steve Ballmer’s Cloud Talk

By Krishnan Subramanian on March 5, 2010

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 […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged azure, cloud computing, microsoft, Steve Ballmer, University of Washington

Steve Ballmer Signs a Macbook - How About the Apple Tablet?

Steve Ballmer Signs a Macbook – How About the Apple Tablet?

By Zoli Erdos on January 25, 2010

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 […]

Posted in Just for fun | Tagged Apple, humor, ipad, mac, microsoft, Steve Ballmer, tablet

Totally Refreshing: Microsoft Executives Receive Pay Cut

Totally Refreshing: Microsoft Executives Receive Pay Cut

By Dan Morrill on September 30, 2009

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 […]

Posted in General | Tagged Executive Compensation, Fiscal year, microsoft, Steve Ballmer, windows 7

Arrington Spit-Attack – He Joins Elite Club

Arrington Spit-Attack – He Joins Elite Club

By Zoli Erdos on January 28, 2009

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 […]

Posted in General | Tagged bill gates, egg-throwing, gates creampie, microsoft, mike arrington, prank, protest, spit-attack, Steve Ballmer, techcrunch | 4 Responses

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