Steve Ballmer offers a scorecard on Microsoft’s big acquisitions, and revisits his own legacy as CEO
Steve Ballmer remains Microsoft’s largest individual shareholder, eight years after stepping down as CEO. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) It’s 2022, and Microsoft’s cloud business is…
Microsoft earnings preview: Wall Street expects 18% revenue growth on continued cloud strength
Streaming video subscriptions might be more disposable than imagined, but the juggernaut of cloud infrastructure and enterprise services is another matter entirely. That’s the underlying theory behind…
Microsoft posts nearly $50B in quarterly revenue, beats expectations due to cloud growth
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Continued growth in Microsoft’s cloud business boosted its quarterly revenue to $49.4 billion, up 18%, with profits…
Top Stories of ’21: Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, COVID, and what’s next for tech in Seattle and beyond
Looking at GeekWire’s most-read stories for 2021, this series of headlines stands out as a symbol of the past year, not just for Amazon but for the…
Satya Nadella details Microsoft plan for ‘significant additional investment’ in employee compensation
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (GeekWire File Photo) Microsoft plans to nearly double its global budget for merit-based salary increases, and increase its range for annual stock-based compensation…
With sweeping pay increase, Microsoft attempts to retain talent in competitive tech job market
Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus. (GeekWire File Photo) Microsoft’s plan to significantly boost merit-based raises and stock-based compensation for its employees and middle managers shows just how challenging…
Microsoft to curb use of non-competes, drop NDAs from worker settlements, disclose salary ranges, launch civil rights audit
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said repeatedly that he wants the “lived experience” of employees to match the company’s ideals. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Bending…
Major League Cricket secures $120M funding from Microsoft CEO and others to launch in U.S.
(Major League Cricket Photo) Major League Cricket is tapping into the tech and business communities to secure major funding for its planned launch in the U.S. The…
Microsoft’s latest solution for hybrid team-building is another social networking app
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlines the company’s strategy for connecting people via Microsoft 365 during the company’s Inspire partner conference Tuesday morning. (Screenshot via webcast) If the…