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Amazon Announces Alexa for Business, Ushering in the Area of Voice-Enabled UC (Linux-powered!)

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Sean Michael Kerner
Nov 30, 2017

Amazon has been a leader in the consumer market for voice-assistant technologies with the Alexa set of devices. On Nov. 30 at the AWS re:Invent conference Amazon formally announced its business entrant into the voice space with the Alexa for Business services

The promise of Alexa for Business is a voice-enabled interface for unified communications, collaboration and meeting tasks.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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