Microsoft Delve

Satya Nadella’s latest vision to convert Microsoft into a “Productivity and platform company” revolves around his new idea of Delve. He has been working on this novel search tool for years now. This means that Microsoft will focus more on the software and OS development rather than hardware.

He wants to build a system where your phone, tablet, PC or TV knows you and your preferences. They will cater to the consumer’s needs before a command is even issued. Nadella announced a few Microsoft technologies that will assist Nadella to bring this vision to reality.

As a result of this reality, people will communicate and collaborate more effectively. Ideas will be expressed in new ways and they will enjoy ambient intelligence with Cortana and Delve. “Cortana” is the Microsoft’s version of Siri, which is available in the latest Windows phones.

Delve, which was previously code-named Oslo, is Microsoft’s own search engine. Microsoft has been working on it for years now. It is a different type of search engine that will search results through your Office 365, social networks, emails and corporate documents. It uses Machine learning and artificial intelligence to track down documents, people and messages. According to Microsoft, it will basically highlight the information you are interested in, based on what people around you have been doing and what you have been working on. If this search engine becomes a hit with organizing people’s work lives, it would validate and ensure Nadella’s vision.