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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Nadella got Microsoft organized around mobile and the cloud (Azure), freed the Office and Azure teams from Windows, killed the phone business and got a major release of Windows out without the usual trauma. In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Nadella got Microsoft organized around mobile and the cloud (Azure), freed the Office and Azure teams from Windows, killed the phone business and got a major release of Windows out without the usual trauma. In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge.

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Cybersecurity and Managing Reputational Risk

Board Effect

The 2007 Global Risk Management Survey indicated the same result more than a decade ago. Azure aids the federal government in facial recognition and identification of humans. According to Aon Insurance and Risk Management, out of over 50 categories of risk, reputational risk is the number one concern across the globe.