By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world.

The Ebola epidemic can serve as an early warning wake-up call to get ready. If we start now, we can be ready for the next epidemic.

It's pretty incredible to look back 30 years to when Microsoft was starting and realize how work has been transformed. We're finally getting close to what I call the digital workstyle.

The leader needs to create an environment in which people can analyze the situation and develop a good response.

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.

Personally, I'd like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.

The common thread for everything I do is this idea of a Web-services architecture. What does that mean? It means taking components of software and systems and having them be self-describing, so that you can aim them, ask them what their capabilities are, and communicate with them using a standard protocol.