Microsoft has been CEO for nearly four months. He would not say what the "big thing" might be. Nadella said he wants Microsoft to develop a new technology that could rival its three biggest businesses: Windows for personal computers, Windows Server and its Office applications. "It's this multiple device world where you build software platforms and software applications that span devices." "We are at the beginning of a post-post PC era," Nadella said. He talked about Microsoft entering the "post-post PC" age. "If, along the way, we have to buy things, that's fine. "We have to build something big," Nadella said. Microsoft won't search outside its own walls for the next big thing, he added. Nadella said he is focused on re-energizing Microsoft's corporate culture and instilling "the will to get it done."
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And last week the company launched the new Surface Pro tablet after years of debate within Microsoft.
Under Nadella, Microsoft introduced the Office for iPad subscription service.
Nadella may have the toughest job in technology: rebooting a nearly 40-year-old technology giant that has missed the biggest waves in the industry including search and mobile.īut Nadella said he is determined to make Microsoft as relevant today as it was back when it promised to put a personal computer on every desk and in every home. It's essentially real-time language translation and will be available in beta sometime this year on any device that runs Skype, Nadella said in a conversation with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher to kick off the inaugural Code Conference here. Nadella showed off his imprint on Tuesday night with a splashy new technology: Skype Translation. Satya Nadella made one thing clear during his first public interview since taking the reins of the software giant in February: This is Nadella's Microsoft.