Amazon stories - Page 16

What Southeast Asia stands to gain from digital disruption
Tue, 5th Sep 2017
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Southeast Asia's digital leap, thanks to a surge in users, may reshape its $50bn internet economy as local firms edge out giants.

Alexa, meet Cortana: The AI superteam coming to your Windows PC
Fri, 1st Sep 2017
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smart home
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Microsoft and Amazon have announced a collaboration that will bring Alexa to Windows 10 PCs and allow Cortana to be accessed on Alexa-enabled devices.

Shots fired: Alexa strikes back in the smart speaker war
Wed, 30th Aug 2017
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smart appliances
Amazon announced an all-new Alexa feature that lets users control music across multiple Amazon Echo devices...

How colocation providers can follow Amazon’s lead & create lucrative new IT offerings
Fri, 25th Aug 2017
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Colocation providers can emulate Amazon's model by leveraging their IT expertise to create profitable new offerings, transforming their industry presence.

Enterprise is set to adopt smart home technologies by 2019
Fri, 25th Aug 2017
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Consumer and business spending on virtual personal assistant speakers is forecast to reach $3.52bn by 2021, according to Gartner.

Exclusive: Frost & Sullivan talks AI, robo-advisors and frictionless shopping
Tue, 22nd Aug 2017
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AI is here, right now. Frost & Sullivan ANZ head of research for DX Audrey William sits down to chat with us about how AI is changing business.

Small town in Norway to host world’s largest data centre – for now
Wed, 16th Aug 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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cleantech
In terms of sheer size, the plans reveal the centre to be a behemoth at four storeys and 600 square metres, drawing on 1,000MW of power.

SwiftStack's 4 steps to moving enterprise data to the cloud
Wed, 16th Aug 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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data analytics
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public cloud
The benefits of cloud storage are obvious, but large data volumes can present significant challenges - SwiftStack have provided some simple steps.

Telstra subsidiary snaps up Microsoft technical evangelist
Tue, 15th Aug 2017
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Prior to joining Ooyala, Cath worked for both Microsoft and Amazon as a senior technical evangelist and solutions architect, respectively.

Singapore data center company gets latest executive from Amazon
Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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Slaven joins AirTrunk from Amazon, where he held the position of senior construction manager since early 2014.

Goodbye Staples, hello Winc - and a more solution driven focus
Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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Staples Australia and New Zealand will rebrand to Winc next month with the company also planning more solution-driven offerings.

Tablet market continues downward spiral in second quarter of 2017
Sat, 5th Aug 2017
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Despite the turmoil within the market, 3 of the top 5 vendors actually managed to increase their shares of the market and grow on an annual basis.

Amazon launches new service in Singapore to transform retail
Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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Amazon's first retail service in Singapore is set to transform the retail industry with products ordered from phones and delivered within two hours.

Aims - new offering supports AWS Direct Connect in Malaysia
Mon, 17th Jul 2017
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Malaysia-based data center company, Aims Group, is offering a private network connect to support AWS Direct Connect.

Interview: How CIOs can boost innovation & creativity
Mon, 10th Jul 2017
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facebook
CIOs must break the status quo to deliver innovation, says Scott Middleton of Terem Technologies at the Australian CIO Summit 2017.

Older consumers - not convinced by the idea of smart tech, report says
Wed, 21st Jun 2017
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report
To appeal to a wider audience including older consumers, brands need to ensure that they highlight the applicability of products in day-to-day life.

LinkedIn’s 2017 Global Top Companies list - did you make the cut?
Mon, 19th Jun 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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healthtech
Schneider Electric, a global organisation that specialises in energy management and automation, is one of the companies that made the list.

Collaboration, not competition - key to success for Aussie FinTech sector
Wed, 14th Jun 2017
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The report finds that technology giants such as Apple and Amazon threaten the emerging FinTech industry and Australia’s traditional banking sector.

Exclusive interview: Shopgate's CEO on entering Aussie market alongside Amazon
Thu, 1st Jun 2017
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With Amazon’s rollout, there will be pressure on retailers, who will need to focus heavily on retaining customers to avoid losing them to the giant.

Amazon's approach to OZ is imminent but price wars aren't necessary
Tue, 16th May 2017
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resellers
Before you march off into a price war, a recent survey has indicated a different approach to the eCommerce giant could be more beneficial.