The party's over for Microsoft CEO Nadella

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	The party's over for Microsoft CEO Nadella Well, that honeymoon didn't last long.The approval rating of Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella, once in the stratosphere, dropped by 20 percentage points this year before recovering slightly last month, according to data provided by Glassdoor, a Sausalito, Calif.-based online jobs and careers website.Glassdoor regularly measures hundreds of CEOs by asking employees posting on the site whether they approve of their chief executive, much like U.S. pollsters quiz voters on the President's performance.For each of the 10 months since Nadella has been CEO -- he took over from Steve Ballmer on Feb. 4 -- Glassdoor had 60 or more company reviews and CEO rankings from Microsoft employees. While the CEO approval was a simple yes-no, up-down vote, the company reviews were based on a five-point scale.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: SAS Analytics in Sports: The New Science of Winning Sports analytics have inspired many businesses to make better decisions through data and analysis. It's time for professional teams to view themselves as competing not only on the field or the court, but also in the use of data and analytics. Learn more! In this Issue Microsoft mellows, embraces Windows leaks Human error root cause of November Microsoft Azure outage Microsoft nixes EU browser ballot screen 6 technologies that will change PCs in 2015 At Microsoft, quality seems to be job none Microsoft gets help in telling U.S. to back off on Irish search warrant : 3M Corporation Privacy and Security Companies of all sizes in every industry are attempting to strike the right balance of privacy and security. Developing policies to protect the privacy of employees, customers and partners can be challenging. Learn More Microsoft mellows, embraces Windows leaks Microsoft didn't seem bothered about another leak of Windows 10. "How could we be upset about lots of people wanting to try our new stuff?" tweeted Gabe Aul, the engineering general manager for Microsoft's operating system group. "We'd prefer you stick to official builds though." Read More Human error root cause of November Microsoft Azure outage Human error was the culprit in a November outage of the Microsoft Azure cloud storage service. The company is hoping that recent updates that automate formerly manual processes will help prevent similar outages in the future. Read More Microsoft nixes EU browser ballot screen Microsoft has pulled the plug on the browser ballot screen it was forced to display in the aftermath of a threat by the European Union's antitrust agency five years ago. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAS What Kind of Big Data Problem Do You Have? Everyone's still talking about big data - and for good reason. It's continuing to grow as the use of computers, mobile devices and the Internet continues to increase. This paper will give you a crash course in how one company categorizes analytic problems and the best technologies to address them. Learn more>> 6 technologies that will change PCs in 2015 Read More At Microsoft, quality seems to be job none Microsoft has blown my mind with its Windows 10 update, and not in a good way. Read More Microsoft gets help in telling U.S. to back off on Irish search warrant The U.S. Department of Justice should back off its request for Microsoft to turn over a suspect's digital documents stored on a server in Ireland, or be prepared for other governments demanding documents stored on U.S. servers, the company's general counsel said. The DOJ's ongoing search warrant for email and other documents stored at a Dublin server farm risks exposing U.S. records to foreign law enforcement agencies and foments distrust around the world in U.S. tech companies, Microsoft Brad Smith and a group of allies in the Irish search warrant fight argued. "Everybody wants to have their rights protected by their own law," Smith said at a Microsoft-sponsored event in New York City Monday. "Try telling an American that their rights are no longer going to be protected by the Constitution, they're no longer going to be protected by U.S. law; they're going to be protected by Irish law or Chinese law or Brazilian law."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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