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Microsoft to Team Up With Walmart to Take on Amazon

posted by mrpg on Wednesday July 18 2018, @07:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the mission-obliterate dept.

Gaaark writes:

Amazon Foes Walmart and Microsoft Deepen Tech Partnership

Walmart and Microsoft Join Forces in Battle Against Amazon

At first glance, Walmart's announcement today that it has signed a five-year agreement with Microsoft seems like it's just a major step towards boosting its lagging online growth. But it's really a battle cry against a mutual foe: Amazon (AMZN).

The agreement gives Walmart (WMT) access to Microsoft's 365 and Azure cloud computing systems across all its lines of business, migrating some of its apps and websites to Azure. The retail giant plans to build out a worldwide Internet of Things platform with Microsoft (MSFT), connecting its stores and shipping systems to streamline its supply chain. But it's also likely to break down sales-data silos to better recommend products.

[...] In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the companies' shared rivalry with Amazon "is absolutely core to this." While Walmart is interested in cashierless checkout systems, it is pursuing its own solutions rather than using Microsoft's technology.

Is this really going to bring down Amazon or will they help bring down Walmart (ask Ford and Nokia, etc, how great it is to partner up with Microsoft).

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Wednesday July 18 2018, @07:04AM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 18 2018, @07:04AM (#708691) Journal

    Will it be like when Microsoft partnered with Nokia to take over Google/Android and Apple/iPhone?
    (a good time to sell WMT?)

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by MostCynical on Wednesday July 18 2018, @08:55AM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday July 18 2018, @08:55AM (#708710) Journal

    Is there a Stephen Elop equivalent here?

    Which bits of Walmart can be sold to the Chinese?

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday July 18 2018, @03:59PM

    by Freeman (732) on Wednesday July 18 2018, @03:59PM (#708836) Journal

    Nokia wasn't doing so great already when Microsoft partnered with them.

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  • (Score: 1) by oldmac31310 on Thursday July 19 2018, @02:32PM

    by oldmac31310 (4521) on Thursday July 19 2018, @02:32PM (#709417)

    That point was already made in the summary.