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Ballmer bio: 'Mr Engulf and devour'
News Steve Ballmer on Thursday was given the additional title of CEO by his predecessor in both jobs, Bill Gates. A number of key executives, including chief technical officer Nathan Myhrvold and WebTV networks CEO and founder Steve Perlman, have left...
[January 14, 2000, 10:10]
Microsoft has new management, same old caution
News Microsoft has a new CEO in Steve Ballmer, a new financial chief and new products that could transform the company. Steve Ballmer took over for Bill Gates as CEO. But that old Microsoft caution still remains.
[January 19, 2000, 11:58]
Bill Gates steps down as Microsoft CEO
News Ballmer becomes CEO and president, while Gates becomes chairman of the board and chief software architect -- effective immediately. Bill Gates, whose name has been synonymous with Microsoft for the past 25 years, handed over the chief executive...
[January 14, 2000, 8:51]
Bill Gates hands over reins of Microsoft
News Ballmer becomes CEO and president, while Gates becomes chairman of the board and chief software architect -- effective immediately. Having Ballmer as Microsoft CEO likely won't change much about the way Microsoft does business
[January 14, 2000, 9:53]
Ballmer memo on where Microsoft is headed
Blog Full text of a memo Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent out this message to the rank and file yesterday, after the announcement that Windows and online chief Kevin Johnson was leaving. From: Steve Ballmer
[July 25, 2008, 12:41]
Ballmer memo to customers: Ready for the revolution
Blog The following is an e-mail Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent Tuesday addressing new technologies, some of which were showcased this week at the company's Professional Developers Conference. From: Steve Ballmer
[October 29, 2008, 14:28]
Ballmer's email to employees about layoffs
Blog The following is an e-mail Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent to the software maker's workers on Thursday, as the company announced poor earnings and major layoffs. From: Steve Ballmer Steve Subject: Realigning Resources and Reducing Costs
[January 23, 2009, 13:52]
Five years of Ballmer, and still no verdict
News While CEO Steve Ballmer has clearly retooled some parts of Microsoft to more closely mesh with his hard-driving style, the world's largest software maker still faces many of the same challenges: open source, legal skirmishes, and slowing growth in...
[January 14, 2005, 14:40]
Gates reaction: What everyone is saying
News So, when Gates on Thursday handed his title of CEO over to Steve Ballmer to focus on software development, industry leaders and ZDNN readers were quick to take up their electronic pens. Other than the fact that Steve Ballmer is less rich than Bill...
[January 14, 2000, 8:54]
Xerox, Microsoft unveil tech plans
News Microsoft President Steve Ballmer and Xerox CEO Rick Thoman said the project would make it simpler for people to scan, sort, send and store digital documents, and eventually the alliance will incorporate devices such as digital cameras and...
[May 19, 1999, 7:54]
Microsoft woos customers away from resellers
News In March, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that 2,500 to 3,000 of Microsoft's largest 4,000 accounts, or 62 percent to 75 percent, have EA agreements. In the memo, Ballmer spelled out the challenges the company faces from Linux, and he emphasized...
[June 17, 2003, 14:23]
Microsoft and Sun integrating slower than expected
News I think they weren't quite ready to go show off their handiwork yet, so I hope (for one before the end of the year)," he said, adding that he and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer "are all over them" to deliver.
[October 19, 2004, 9:15]
McNealy scoffs at .Net
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on Monday that the company's software-as-service strategy will not generate significant profits for several years -- a position that drew a hailstorm of criticism from the company's chief rival.
[July 24, 2001, 14:54]
Is Ray Ozzie the new Bill Gates?
News Gates said on Thursday that he will work side-by-side with Ozzie throughout the transition period, but that a year from now, Ozzie and Craig Mundie, now chief research and strategy officer, will report directly to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
[June 16, 2006, 9:15]
Reports on Xbox delay premature
News Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on Friday that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, speaking during a press event, said a next-generation version of the Xbox video game console would arrive in 2006, later than many industry figures had expected.
[June 23, 2003, 8:14]
An Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online
White Papers An Introduction by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer View Microsoft's Webcast to see how you can use Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, and learn about the importance of CRM from Martha Rogers, globally recognized leader in customer strategy and relationship...
[May 8, 2009, 3:26]
Ballmer wants $100 PCs to combat piracy
News What's one of Steve Ballmer's biggest headaches? Ballmer said that some governments have decided against using Linux after studying the costs involved. The biggest problem we have right now is that people who should be paying for software aren't...
[October 21, 2004, 12:05]
Migrating to desktop Linux? Take a look at Norway
News In a speech at the Gartner Symposium in October, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer seized on these setbacks as clear evidence that Linux is no competition on the desktop. However, what is certain is that if more organisations follow Bergen's lead, Steve...
[December 30, 2004, 12:55]
Gates looks to life beyond Microsoft
News Following the big news, Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer spoke to ZDNet UK sister site News.com about the past and future plans for both Gates and the company he founded. Ballmer: Bill's capacity to absorb, to connect concepts and to contribute is...
[June 16, 2006, 8:50]
The Day Ahead: 'Wintel' alive and kicking
News But Gates is handing the reins to Steve Ballmer so analysts are happy. Intel won back Wall Street confidence with an upside surprise and Microsoft's Bill Gates handed the reins to Steve Ballmer. Ballmer wasn't just a number two guy, he was more...
[January 14, 2000, 15:28]
