Jared Spataro, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365, talks about Microsoft’s move to a cloud-centric model.
Jared Spataro will talk about building Microsoft’s SaaS business at TC Sessions: SaaS
Jared Spataro has been with Microsoft for more than 15 years now, and he has been part of the transition from an on-prem software company to a SaaS business. Today his official title is corporate VP in charge of the company’s biggest SaaS product, Office 365. Spataro is going to join us on October 27th […]
Microsoft acquires TakeLessons, an online and in-person tutoring platform, to ramp up its edtech play
Microsoft said in January this year that Teams, its online collaboration platform, was being used by over 100 million students — boosted in no small part by the Covid-19 pandemic and many schools going partly or fully remote. Now, it’s made another acquisition to continue expanding its position in the education market. The company has […]
For tech firms, the risk of not preparing for leadership changes is huge
A change of command is one of the most delicate moments in the life cycle of any organization. If mishandled, the transition from one CEO to the next can result in massive downsides.
Facebook’s next product will be its long-awaited Ray-Ban smart glasses
Facebook’s booming business is dominated by digital ads, but it also has hardware ambitions beyond VR. During the company’s latest earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said its next product release would be a pair of smart glasses from Ray-Ban. “The glasses have their iconic form factor, and they let you do some pretty neat things,” the Facebook […]
Microsoft bests earnings estimates as Azure posts 51% growth; shares fall
Microsoft shares fell after the news, perhaps due to its results missing so-called whisper numbers; that it has traded at or near all-time highs recently puts the 3% after-hours drop into context.