Satya Nadella, chief executive of Microsoft Corp., has earned a unique place among the tech barons who preside over today’s digital landscape. It is still far too early to judge the impact of the new Microsoft that Nadella has been building. The effort to keep Windows at the center of the computing universe handicapped engineers, hampering efforts to break into mobile and cloud computing. He later took on Azure, the company’s nascent cloud computing platform. Under Microsoft President Brad Smith, Microsoft has championed a “digital Geneva Convention,” setting out terms for managing future cyber conflicts.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 21, 2019 23:03 UTC