Being a Microsoft employee will only help his cause . Nokia had a tough few years before Elop slowly started to turn it around , says Stuart Miles . The company is now worth about $22 billion and has been growing at an annual rate of more than 10 percent for the last five years. Not much will change in the short term , but Surface tablet `` likely to be rebranded or ditched '' Microsoft 's ambition to become hardware company is well and truly realized , Miles says .
Nokia had a tough few years before Elop slowly started to turn it around , says Stuart Miles . The company is now worth about $22 billion and has been growing at an annual rate of more than 10 percent for the last five years. Not much will change in the short term , but Surface tablet `` likely to be rebranded or ditched '' Microsoft 's ambition to become hardware company is well and truly realized , Miles says .