Windows 9: One OS to run on all devices 

In 2015 there will be no confusion between Windows operating systems. Windows 9 will be the one OS to run on all devices .

Business Insider reports that CEO Satya Nadella said on the company’s FQ4 earnings conference call that an upcoming version of Windows will merge all existing Windows versions, becoming an “operating system that covers all screen sizes.”

Nothing like Apple, which thinks unification of iOS and OS X would be a waste of energy, Microsoft desires for one single Windows operating system to be accessible to all its device users, whether they’re Windows Phone owners, Xbox fans, or depend on a Windows PC for work or play.

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Nadella says “In the year ahead, we are investing in ways that will ensure our device OS and first party hardware aligned to our core.”

Microsoft already publicized at Build 2014 in early April that it will let developers build apps that will work across devices, including Windows Phones, Windows PC and Xbox consoles, but it appears that the company is ready to go a mile ahead.

“We will streamline the next version of Windows from three operating systems into one single converged operating system for screens of all sizes, we will unify our stores, commerce and developer platforms to drive a more coherent user experience and a broader developer opportunity,” he added.

On the other hand, this doesn’t that signify Microsoft will have a simpler way of trading Windows products to users.

Nadella says “Our SKU strategy will remain by segment, we will have multiple SKUs for enterprises, we will have for OEM, we will have for end-users,”

 “And so we will – be disclosing and talking about our SKUs as we get further along, but my statement was more to do with how we are bringing teams together to approach Windows as one ecosystem very differently than we ourselves have done in the past.”He added.

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Satya Nadella says while explaining the company’s “one Windows” vision, “Microsoft is likely to launch Windows 9 next year, but the company did not revealed any details about it during the conference call. “We look forward to sharing more about our next major wave of Windows enhancements in the coming months,” 

Windows 9: One OS to run on all devices

Describing his climb to the top as "humbling", Microsoft Corporation's Hyderabad- born CEO Satya Nadella said technology industry compliments only "innovation" and not tradition.

Microsoft Corporation has seen great achievement but "we are hungry to do more", Nadella said in his first mail to employees after being chosen as the CEO of the USD 78 billion software company.

He said his job would be to make sure that Microsoft Corporation thrives in a "mobile and cloud-first world". 

Reminiscing his first day at work 22 years ago, Satya Nadella -- the first Indian to lead Microsoft Corporation -- said he joined Microsoft because he understood it was the best company in the world.

"I knew there was no better company to join if I wanted to make a difference. This is the very same inspiration that continues to drive me today," Satya Nadella said.

The appointment is a noteworthy achievement for Satya Nadella as he is the third CEO in the Redmond -based company, after co-founder Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.

"Today is a very humbling day for me. A lot of companies seek to change the world. But extremely  small amount of have all the essentials required: talent, resources, and perseverance. Microsoft has demonstrated that it has all three in large quantity. And as the new CEO, I can't ask for a better establishment," Satya Nadella said. 

Outlining his plans for the days ahead, Nadella said he believes that over the next decade computing will turn out to be even more omnipresent and intelligence will become ambient. 

"Our industry does not respect tradition, it only respects innovation. This is a critical time for the industry and for Microsoft. Make no mistake, we are headed for greater places, as technology evolves and we evolve with and ahead of it. Our job is to ensure that Microsoft thrives in a mobile and cloud-first world," he said.

Satya Nadella said he will focus on the requirement to prioritise innovation that is centred on the core value of empowering users and organisations to "do more" and "do new things". "Every one of  us needs to do our best work, lead and help drive cultural change. We sometimes underestimate what we each can do to make things happen and overestimate what others need to do to move us forward. We must change this," he said. 

Satya Nadella said over the next decade computing will become more ubiquitous and intelligence will become ambient. 

"The co-evolution of software and new hardware form factors will intermediate and digitise, many of the things we do and experience in business, life and our world.

"This will be made possible by an ever-growing network of connected devices, incredible computing capacity from the cloud, insights from big data, and intelligence from machine learning," he added.

Satya Nadella said: "This is a software-powered world. It will better connect us to our friends and families and help us see, express, and share our world in ways never before possible."

Satya Nadella, 46, who believes cricket as a "passion" and played cricket  as a member of his school's team said: "I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career."

He said he has been "fortunate" to work closely with both Bill Gates and Ballmer in his different roles at Microsoft, and as "I step in as CEO, I've asked Bill to devote additional time to the company, focused on technology and products."


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Satya Nadella: We are hungry to do more.

So it’s official: more than five months after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced his plan to retire, he has a successor. Satya Nadella, the company’s executive VP of cloud and enterprise, was on lists of potential Ballmer replacements all along, and as higher-profile potential like Ford’s Alan Mulally fell off the roster, he went from apparent dark horse to leading aspirant to the guy.

Here are some information to think about over as he gets ready to take on what may be the single most challenging performance in the tech business.

1. He was born in Hyderabad, India. And then moved to U.S.A. after completing his graduation from Manipal University. That an immigrant will run this most American of companies is an inspirational story in itself.

2. He’s a long-time Microsoft insider. Nadella joined the company in 1992 from onetime Silicon Valley icon Sun Microsystems; he’s working in Microsoft for well over half the company’s life.

3. He’s an engineer. Dissimilar to Steve Ballmer, who was an assistant product manager at Procter & Gamble before joining Microsoft in 1980, Nadella started out as a technologist. He hold a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Manipal University and a master’s in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

4. But also a commerce category. In addition to his technology- oriented degrees, he has a master’s in business administration from the University of Chicago.

5. He’s been promoted again and again. Between his other high-level positions before he was appointed executive vice president for the cloud and enterprise group last year: president of the server and tools business, senior VP of R&D for the online-services division, VP of the business division, senior VP of search, portal and advertising-platform group, VP of development for the business-solutions group, and general manager of consumer and commerce.

6. He’s at present liable for a huge, largely invisible part of Microsoft’s business. Among the stuff Nadella heads up: Windows Azure, Windows Server, SQL Server, System Center and the software-development tools that are Microsoft’s original business, dating all the way back to 1975. Customers have no reason to pay attention to these areas, but they’re booming — a big reason why Microsoft just posted robust quarterly results despite the PC industry’s struggles and Windows Phone’s failure, so far, to make much of a dent in Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS.

7. He’s played a key position in Microsoft’s evolution to the cloud. The company’s very name references the age of software for microcomputers. But Nadella is leading its efforts to be just as good at Web-based services as it ever was at PC software — a conflict at least as important to the company’s future as anything involving phones or tablets.

8. He does have some consumer background. although Nadella’s career has slanted toward the business side of Microsoft, he’s also worked on some contributions used by folks in their personal lives, like the Bing search engine.

9. It’s not your mind's eye — he does have a low profile. Nadella is not exactly a solitary person — Quartz’s Leo Mirani interviewed him about Microsoft’s future in December, when Nadella was already known to be a leading CEO candidate — but his focus on unglamorous -but- vital products for business use means he shows up at public events less often than equals like Joe Belfiore of the Windows Phone team. (I assume that will now change.) He in addition seems to have lost curiosity in Twitter.

10. We don’t know anything about his master plan. The piece of evidence that he’s a Microsoft long timer might point to he’s less likely to right away attempt to impose gigantic change on the company than an outsider would have been. Or maybe not. And his background in business tools may or may not say something about the company’s interest moving forward in consumer offerings like its Xbox gaming-and-entertainment platform. Stay tuned for more thoughts once Nadella starts to sketch his vision for public utilization — and don’t be too amazed if that doesn’t happen right away.

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