The spread of the new crown epidemic globally has brought huge impacts to areas such as technology, consumer electronics, and IT.
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According to the latest news from foreign media, Microsoft CEO Setia Nadella said on Tuesday that as the Asian crown virus epidemic eases, the hardware supply chain is returning to normal, but he said that the biggest problems are the United States and Europe Whether the demand will continue.
According to foreign media reports, when asked if Microsoft could deliver certain products it promised before the new crown virus outbreak later this year, Nadella told the media: “On the supply side, we are returning Come on track. “
Since Steve Ballmer, who replaced Steve in 2014, Microsoft’s third chief executive, Nadella, has reinvented the company as a cloud computing service and infrastructure provider and no longer focuses Personal computer software such as Windows and office software.
However, the company is still financially hit by the outbreak: Last month, the company said that its business unit that includes Windows systems will not be able to meet its revenue outlook for the quarter. Several other companies followed suit, canceling their first quarter outlook.
Nadella said, however, that the company has survived in general.
“Our balance sheet is very good. We are a very diversified company. We have a combination of annual fee services (more stable) and non-annual fee businesses. This is even more than when we were in a financial crisis last time. Strong, “he said. “Frankly, I believe we will survive it.”
He said that the company’s cloud computing infrastructure and services have been supported by growing demand.
Nadella said, “If we still have the previous generation data center architecture or software architecture, I don’t think we can deal with this crisis as effectively as before.”
On March 13, Bill Gates, the former CEO and co-founder of Microsoft, resigned from the board of directors, focusing more on charitable activities. In an email sent to employees on Saturday, Nadella told employees that as the new crown virus affected Microsoft’s hometown of Washington State and itsElsewhere, the situation in the past few weeks has been very critical.
Nadella said on Tuesday that he shares an office with his daughters at home and they have been helping him set up his desk. Before, he said, “I used to work in bed.”
Microsoft instructed its employees to work from home as much as possible earlier than Washington and other states. Nadella says Microsoft employees around the world will follow public health guidelines in each country in which they operate when they return to work.
He said he supports any form of fiscal stimulus by the US government.
“I think the government is doing the right thing, that is, they are focusing on the most affected employees, the most affected industries, and small businesses,” Nadella said. “Because those industries are affected by the house order, practitioners stay at home.”