What Could Nadella's Big Announcement As Microsoft's New CEO Be?

With the very first conference hosted by Nadella, the third CEO in the extensive 38 year history of this legendary company heralded for March 27th, the speculations regarding the important announcements to be made there go on and on. It is worth mentioning that various communiqués issued by Satya Nadella suggest a radically different position from his predecessor, as he places a lot of emphasis on the mobile and cloud platform.

Satya Nadella’s leadership

At the same time Nadella’s initial memo underlines the importance of eliminating all obstacles standing between the staff and innovation as well as utilizing those “innovations” as stepping stones in advancing the company. You should also know that Nadella doesn’t plan to lead the multibillion dollar corporation on his own; he has appointed Bill Gates in the position of technical advisor which, although it appears to be mostly an honorary title, actually means that the views of Microsoft’s founding father will always be taken into account.

Microsoft Office for iPad?

One of the most prevalent rumors regarding the major announcement of the press conference in March is that the new CEO plans to reveal a finalized version of the Microsoft Office for the iPad’s iOS platform. The claim is not only based on confirmations from inside sources cited by The Verge, but also on a couple of hints from Microsoft’s recent moves. To be more exact, the company has recently released an Office version for the iPhones and, at the same time, an updated OneNote for the MAC operating system has been made available.

The sources suggest that there will be many similarities between the iPhone and the iPad variants of the platform. In addition, the iPad Office will comprise of a fully integrated document editing/creation set of tools, but the former options will necessitate Office 365 subscriptions.