Satya Nadella Praises Yorktel, RedBit For Innovative Uses Of Microsoft Technology Some of the ways that channel partners have leveraged Microsoft’s products during the global coronavirus pandemic have been ‘pretty stunning,’ according to Nadella. By Donna Goodison April 14, 2021, 05:51 PM EDT Some of the ways that channel partners have leveraged Microsoft’s technology during the global coronavirus pandemic have been “pretty stunning,” according to CEO Satya Nadella. Nadella specifically cited the work of Yorktel, an Eatontown, N.J., collaboration and managed service provider, and RedBit Development, a Canadian software consulting, design and engineering company based in Burlington, Ontario. “These are the types of partners doing hard work in communities that needed solutions in a constrained world of COVID, and it was fantastic to see that,” Nadella told CRN.