Layoffs cool Microsoft employees' opinion of CEO Satya Nadella

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	Layoffs cool Microsoft employees' opinion of CEO Satya Nadella The percentage of Microsoft current and former employees who approve of CEO Satya Nadella has dropped since the company announced layoffs. Read More : IBM Helping Healthcare providers Deliver the Best Possible Care Premier uses IBM software and hardware to deliver trusted information in the right context at the right time to users based on their roles View Now>> In this Issue Preston Gralla: Maybe Nadella isn't God, Microsoft employees say after hearing layoff plans Preston Gralla: Will Microsoft's Surface line ever make a profit? How Microsoft's CEO sees growth for Windows Phone and Lumia Microsoft wants you to forget Windows 8 EU hears Google, Microsoft, Yahoo on 'right to be forgotten' WHITE PAPER: IBM Energizing Life's Work If your life's work is about caring for people in a business context, the latest digital and social innovations from IBM can help you create a smarter workforce. Read Now Preston Gralla: Maybe Nadella isn't God, Microsoft employees say after hearing layoff plans Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella walks on water if you believe his ratings as a boss by Microsoft employees. But after his announced plans for laying off 18,000 employees, Microsoft workers are far cooler to him. Is this the end of his honeymoon? Read More Preston Gralla: Will Microsoft's Surface line ever make a profit? Microsoft's quarterly earnings report this week had a bit of deja vu: The company's bottom line once again took a hit because of woes with the Surface line. This time around, it was cancelling the Surface Mini. Will the Surface line ever make a profit? Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Integrated Performance Tools Plug Mainframe Management Gap Mainframe applications are becoming more complex but mainframe experts are essentially aging out of their jobs. New research from IDG sheds light on this challenge, and the solution of integrated, enterprise-wide application performance management tools. Learn more How Microsoft's CEO sees growth for Windows Phone and Lumia During an earnings call this week, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella repeatedly promoted Lumia smartphones running on the Windows Phone platform. The call was just five days after the company announced a record 18,000 layoffs that raised concerns about Microsoft's long-term commitment to its phones. Read More Microsoft wants you to forget Windows 8 Unless MIcrosoft radically changes its habits, it will throw Windows 8 down a deep memory hole even before a successor ships. Read More EU hears Google, Microsoft, Yahoo on 'right to be forgotten' Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are meeting with European data protection authorities Thursday to discuss how to implement a recent ruling that gives people the right to have personal information excluded from search results. Read More
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