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Monday, November 05, 2018

Microsoft and Wal-Mart Partner to Take on Amazon

Quite interesting details in the complete article linked to below.   Microsoft has the cloud based technical capabilities.  Also the IOT architecture that will be important.    But is the advanced tech that Amazon has installed already well ahead?  The partnership makes sense to test that.

Microsoft and Wal-mart are creating a ‘cloud factory’ to take on Amazon   By Mike Wheatley in SiliconAngle

Microsoft Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are building on a strategic partnership announced in July that saw them commit to using the Redmond software giant’s cloud, artificial intelligence and “internet of things” tools to modernize the retailer’s business operations.

Microsoft and Walmart today said they’ve created a new “cloud factory” at the latter’s existing Innovation Hub (pictured) in Austin, Texas. Known as “4.co” due to its location on the corner of Fourth and Colorado streets, the joint engineering facility is set to open early next year and will be staffed by a team of 30 technologists from both companies.

One of the goals at the facility will be to help Walmart move thousands of its internal business applications over to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. The engineers will also work together to develop brand-new, cloud-native applications. In order to do so, the companies will make use of Microsoft’s cognitive services, chatbot and machine learning tools, Clay Johnson, executive vice president and enterprise chief information officer at Walmart, said in an interview with Microsoft Transform.  .... "

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