Where Will Microsoft Be in 5 Years?
When Satya Nadella took over from Steve Ballmer as Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO in Feb. 2014, he inherited a badly damaged company. The technology giant was profitable, but it had stumbled badly with Windows 8. The operating system (OS) was actually pretty revolutionary with its touchscreen-based interface, but it was too big a change for the company's core user base and it failed.
Nadella took over and righted the ship. He increased his company's bet on the cloud, and made its products widely available on non-Windows platforms. He also fixed the Windows 8 debacle, launching Windows 10, a return to the classic look of the OS, and setting the company up for future growth.
One area that will provide some of that growth is the Internet of Things (IoT). That's an expanding market Microsoft can serve in a number of ways that Nadella clearly has his sights set on.
Source Fool.com
