ClaimsSatya Nadella

“Great to be at Dell Tech World with @MichaelDell and @PGelsinger, building on our commitment to being open and flexible to meet customers’ needs, ensuring they can take advantage of the Microsoft cloud using the technologies they already have.”

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, on X 29 April 2019 Post by @satyanadella on X, 2019-04-29 (X)

Factual Their own work or organisation

Satya Nadella appeared at Dell Tech World with Michael Dell and Pat Gelsinger.

Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.

Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.

What would count as true or false

Judge as of 2019-04-29. True: records show that Satya Nadella appeared in person at Dell Technologies World 2019, on stage or in a joint session together with Michael Dell and Pat Gelsinger (then CEO of VMware). Mostly true: Nadella appeared alongside both, but remotely or by video link, or a minor detail such as the exact day differs. Mixed: he appeared with only one of the two. Mostly false: he took part in a Dell or VMware announcement but did not appear at Dell Tech World. False: he did not appear at Dell Tech World 2019.

Set before the research began.

Evidence (4)

  1. E1 Dell Tech World keynote analysis: Michael Dell sets the story with VMware and hybrid cloud - SiliconANGLE SiliconANGLE · 29 April 2019

    “Today’s announcement featured a trio of high-powered industry chief executives sharing the conference stage. Dell Technologies founder and CEO Michael Dell, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger all appeared at today’s event.”
  2. E2 Dell Technologies and Microsoft expand partnership through VMware - ZDNET ZDNET · 29 April 2019

    ““We’re thrilled to see the momentum and customer interest from the VMware perspective,” VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger, who also joined Dell and Nadella on stage, added.”
  3. E3 Collaboration Key to Dell Technologies' Cloud Future - Expedient Expedient · 2 May 2019

    “A highlight announcement from the event came when Michael Dell was joined on stage by VMware CEO, Pat Gelsinger, and Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella.”
  4. E4 VMware and Microsoft Partner on Azure Hybrid Cloud Data Center Knowledge · 29 April 2019

    “The partnership “brings all of the VMware capabilities natively to Azure and Azure customers,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said from stage at Dell’s big annual conference.”

Reasoning

Several independent reports from 2019-04-29 say Satya Nadella was on stage at Dell Technologies World 2019 with Michael Dell and VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger. SiliconANGLE (E1) says all three CEOs shared the conference stage, and ZDNET (E2) says Gelsinger joined Dell and Nadella on stage. Expedient (E3) gives the same account, and Data Center Knowledge (E4) confirms Nadella spoke from the stage at the conference.

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Satya Nadella, “Satya Nadella appeared at Dell Tech World with Michael Dell and Pat Gelsinger.” (said 29 April 2019). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_71b47d6a07c3, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_71b47d6a07c3

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