Steve Ballmer

Why chief executive succession is so difficult to get right

Boards are being forced to think about finding future leaders much earlier than in the past as shareholders demand greater insight

Fri May 24 2024 - 12:08

Biggest questions about Brooklyn Nets’ big three remain unanswered

Durant, Harden and Irving shared the floor for only 43 seconds in the Bucks series

Mon Jun 21 2021 - 12:24

First to market is overrated, now the experience is key, says Hubspot founder

As its Irish operation expands Brian Halligan on why tech staff retention is about more than snacks and nap rooms

Fri Jun 21 2019 - 05:42

Microsoft president says defending democracy is a big cybersecurity challenge

‘What we’re seeing is technology tools that some people . . . are turning into weapons’

Sat Nov 24 2018 - 05:59

IT giants too creative in application of word ‘innovation’

Karlin Lillington: Firms must plough ideas into products not defend domination moves

Thu Jan 04 2018 - 06:00

Microsoft global job cuts to have minimal impact in Ireland

Tech firm grew its Irish workforce from 1,200 to 1,800 this year

Fri Jul 07 2017 - 10:53

Cream pies, eggs and Macronomics

Planet Business: The grammar checker that raised $110m and the billionaires who play bridge

Fri May 12 2017 - 06:25

Chris Johns: Lies on economics show beliefs impervious to facts

Brexit narrative in UK shows how resistant beliefs can be to factual reality

Mon Apr 24 2017 - 05:29

Microsoft’s Brad Smith talks privacy, Snowden and international law

‘People have important privacy rights in their personal information,’ says Smith

Tue Oct 04 2016 - 18:29

Microsoft chief Satya Nadella: ‘You have to be able to renew yourself’

Head of tech giant in Dublin to announce key company developments on cloud computing

Tue Oct 04 2016 - 05:00

Top 100 tech billionaires see their fortunes grow

Bill Gates tops the list of richest tech billionaires, which includes just five women

Wed Aug 10 2016 - 17:59

Cloud business lifts Microsoft’s quarterly revenue

Growing cloud is one of chief executive Satya Nadella’s priorities for tech giant

Wed Jul 20 2016 - 07:08

Missing the boat in tech is a question of life or death

Apple could be in a similar position to BlackBerry’s almost a decade ago

Mon May 30 2016 - 07:30

Accidental engineer morphs into a top executive at Microsoft

Peggy Johnson is a big fan of actual ‘face time’ and met several Irish start-ups at the Dublin Web Summit

Fri Nov 06 2015 - 07:30

Can Jack Dorsey lead two tech companies?

Dorsey, chief executive of Square, is also in the running for the Twitter top job

Tue Sept 29 2015 - 13:58

Nokia deal flop drags Microsoft to largest loss to date

A $7.5bn writedown means handset unit has lost almost all it s value in just over a year

Tue Jul 21 2015 - 22:08

Microsoft plans to cut 7,800 jobs worldwide

Move not to impact on Irish operations as company reorganises phone business as Nokia deal fails to deliver

Wed Jul 08 2015 - 19:13

Shake-up at Microsoft as four executives set to leave

Departure of phone boss signals a shift of emphasis away from hardware and back to Microsoft’s core business

Thu Jun 18 2015 - 12:31

Harvard gets $400m from old boy John Paulson

Ivy League university is building a new engineering school in the Allston area of Boston

Thu Jun 04 2015 - 01:00

Microsoft woos developers as focus shifts to mobile and cloud

At its Build conference, the software giant made clear developers were central to its plans

Thu May 14 2015 - 01:45

Yahoo, Microsoft add termination clause in search deal

Filing shows companies can end partnership after October 1st, 2015

Tue Apr 21 2015 - 12:00

Google ‘on the wrong side of history’ with Commission

Web giant may have massively lost out by not doing a deal on time

Sat Apr 18 2015 - 07:30

Donald Clarke: Apple Watch launch marks a tipping point

Tim Cook’s presentation of Apple watch invited the assumption it might cure leprosy

Sat Mar 14 2015 - 01:00

Like Mark Zuckerberg, some tech titans are more generous than others

Charitable donation structure in Ireland needs an overhaul

Thu Oct 23 2014 - 01:00

Microsoft to acquire company behind Minecraft for $2.5bn

Microsoft to acquire Mojang in a bid to boost its Xbox and mobile businesses

Mon Sept 15 2014 - 14:58

Planet business

This week: Satire on the internet, ‘dawn and dusk shoppers’ and the latest on lipstick

Fri Aug 22 2014 - 01:00

Ballmer resigns from Microsoft board

Eight months after his departure as CEO, software giant’s largest individual shareholder steps down from board

Wed Aug 20 2014 - 10:58

Microsoft to cut 18,000 jobs worldwide

Impact on Irish operation, which employs 1,200, is thought to be minimal

Thu Jul 17 2014 - 14:21

Google appoints ex-Ford CEO to its board

Alan Mulally will bring auto expertise to the tech firm at a time when its developing self-driving cars

Wed Jul 16 2014 - 18:06

Alibaba snaps up 50% stake in China’s top football club

E-commerce giant agrees to pay $192m for stake in Asian championship side Guangzhou Evergrande

Thu Jun 05 2014 - 09:08

Ex-Microsoft boss Ballmer buys LA Clippers for record $2bn

Basketball franchise came up for sale after owner Donald Sterling was banned for racist remarks

Fri May 30 2014 - 11:41

Ballmer becomes Microsoft’s biggest individual shareholder

Software giant’s former chief executive owns 3.1 million shares more than Bill Gates

Mon May 05 2014 - 01:00

Xbox to take on Netflix with original shows

Microsoft ’s new Xbox television studio has already committed to six original TV shows

Mon Apr 07 2014 - 10:57

Microsoft’s CEO may launch Office for iPad

Investors have urged Microsoft to adapt Office for mobile devices from Apple and Google

Tue Mar 18 2014 - 13:48