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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: 3, Insightful) by Freeman on Wednesday July 18 2018, @04:02PM (1 child)

    by Freeman (732) on Wednesday July 18 2018, @04:02PM (#708839) Journal

    But will he be in a position to make sure that security get's the TLC it needs. Still, it's good to know that some people involved do care.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday July 18 2018, @09:48PM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday July 18 2018, @09:48PM (#709020) Homepage Journal

    What he specifically requested of me was that I offer the service of writing firmware for TI's Smart Cities IoT gadgets. From everything he and I have discussed, those specific gadgets will be hip to security.

    He also serves on NIST's Smart Cities standards committee. Thus I expect the _standard_ will address security as well.

    Will vendors other than TI do so? Really I do not know.

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