CEO Satya Nadella brings Microsoft closer to Apple

Microsoft's new CEO Satya Nadella made his public debut on Thursday, pulling the wrapper off the company's latest thrust into cloud and mobility - Office for iPad.

ANGALORE: Microsoft's new CEO Satya Nadella made his public debut on Thursday, pulling the wrapper off the company's latest thrust into cloud and mobility - Office for iPad. In a live webcast from San Francisco, the India-born self-confessed cricket fan said Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point), which will soon go live in Apple App Store, would provide users with a high fidelity Office experience.

The strategy marks a shift from one of keeping Office within the walls of Microsoft's Windows operating system. Office will be available as a free download on Apple's iPad. Users can view word documents and give presentations with Office for free, but editing may require a subscription to Office 365, a subscription-based online suite. "The vision for Office 365 is for the '1 billion Office users and growing' to be able to access applications everywhere," he said.

Nadella, who has now spent 52 days as CEO of Microsoft, described his stint so far as "amazing" for someone who has spent 22 years of his adult life in the company. "You relearn the place," Nadella said.

He described how computing would continue to become more ubiquitous. "Every interaction we have with humans will be digitized more rapidly than ever." He spoke about the magical intersection of the cloud and the mobile. "It's important for the cloud to interact with the real world. The cloud that is not connected to devices is just latent potential," he added.

Nadella emphasized that Microsoft's Cloud for Mobile would address the needs of individuals and organizations, spanning devices.

"The coming together of three constituents - end user, developer and IT professional - with applications will enable individuals and organizations to do more." He felt the opportunity for developers to build applications on a rich surface area would help them do "more" in a secure environment.

Nadella called Windows a massive commitment for Microsoft. He said Microsoft would give a bigger picture over the coming days about its innovation agenda
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