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Microsoft executive Julie Larson-Green at a Microsoft developers conference in 2013. Photo by Bloomberg.
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Microsoft’s Larson-Green Takes a Step Back

By Eugene Kim · May 1, 2017 6:23pm PDT
Julie Larson-Green, a senior executive within Microsoft’s Office team who was once seen as a possible successor to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, is leaving the team, citing health reasons, according to an internal email sent earlier last month. She will take on a broader position at the company, serving as the chief experience... Julie Larson-Green, a senior executive within Microsoft’s Office team who was once seen as...
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GoDaddy’s Quest to Master the Upsell

By Steve Nellis · Jul 8, 2015 7:00am PDT
Integrating Microsoft Office 365 email with a new domain name used to require clicking through 22 screens. But sign up through GoDaddy, and it’s just one; the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based firm takes care of the rest of the work automatically, says CEO Blake Irving. It’s all part of the Web domain seller’s strategy to draw more revenue from small... Integrating Microsoft Office 365 email with a new domain name used to require clicking through 22...
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Evernote Declares War on Microsoft Office, Lends Hand to News

By Amir Efrati · Sep 30, 2014 3:29pm PDT
Evernote CEO Phil Libin says his seven-year-old startup is coming out of “stealth mode” Thursday at the company’s fourth annual conference for partners and software developers. The service, which lets people save notes and other digital media to retrieve later, often gets lumped in with file-storage startups Dropbox and Box. Mr. Libin wants to... Evernote CEO Phil Libin says his seven-year-old startup is coming out of “stealth mode” Thursday...
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OpenAI Quietly Designed a Rival to Google Workspace, Microsoft Office

By Amir Efrati and Natasha Mascarenhas · Jun 24, 2025 8:41am PDT
OpenAI has been gearing up to take on Google and Microsoft with features that let people collaborate on documents and communicate via chat in ChatGPT, according to two people who have seen the designs. Launching these features would pit OpenAI more directly against Microsoft, its biggest shareholder and business partner, as well as open a... OpenAI has been gearing up to take on Google and Microsoft with features that let people...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Photo by Bloomberg.

For Microsoft Office, it’s Uphill All the Way to the Cloud

By Steve Nellis · May 11, 2015 10:00am PDT
Microsoft is hoping to do something that, to date, Oracle, SAP and IBM have each failed to do: transition its customer base to cloud-based subscription services without sacrificing profits. Just how tough that challenge is for the software giant is increasingly clear. The company has set itself the goal of boosting its “commercial cloud” annual... Microsoft is hoping to do something that, to date, Oracle, SAP and IBM have each failed to do:...
Qi Lu, executive vice president of Microsoft's applications and services group. Photo by Bloomberg.

Inside Microsoft Office’s Plans to Compete with Google Apps

By Steve Nellis · Nov 17, 2014 7:01am PST
Microsoft is waging a charm offensive to convince developers to integrate their products with Office 365, its cloud-based productivity apps, a sign that it is stepping up competition with Google Apps. A compelling signal of how much is at stake: Microsoft has been striking alliances with companies it considers competitors. Since October,... Microsoft is waging a charm offensive to convince developers to integrate their products with...