Microsoft may soon be one of the first U.S. cloud-computing companies to let Europeans store their online data closer to home, a response to fears that U.S. data centers are more vulnerable to snooping by the U.S. government.
Satya Nadella will be meeting with congressional republicans this week to talk about major issues such as immigration, privacy and patent reform – all of which are of great importance to Microsoft and Nadella himself.
Microsoft’s quarterly profit and revenue sailed past expectations Thursday, as CEO Satya Nadella’s push to embrace cloud computing and diversify into mobile devices helpedlift sales by 25 percent.