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Briefing
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- Microsoft-Amazon Partnership – Microsoft and Amazon announced voice assistants Cortana and Alexa will be able to communicate with each other by end of 2017
- Alexa to Cortana – Alexa will have access to Cortana for scheduling meetings, accessing work calendars, and setting reminders
- Cortana to Alexa – Cortana users will be able to turn to Alexa in controlling smart devices at home or making purchases on Amazon
- Beginnings of Collaboration – Microsoft and Amazon collaboration was borne from conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at Microsoft’s CEO Summit on May 2016
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Accelerator
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Market Disruption
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Business Model and Practices
Business Model
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Sector
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Information Technology
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Organization
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Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp.
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Source
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Yurieff, K., "Alexa has a new friend: Cortana",
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Wingfield, N., "‘Cortana, Open Alexa,’ Amazon says. And Microsoft agrees.",
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English, C., "Amazon’s Alexa will soon be talking to Microsoft’s Cortana",
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AcceleratingBiz analysis
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Original Publication Date
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August 30, 2017
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