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10 ways disties can stay relevant in the age of Amazon

Wed, 29th May 2019
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Australian distributors have nothing to fear in the Amazon economy - they simply need to understand the value they can offer and put modern tools.
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Adobe & Amazon: Making merchants' stores a lot more powerful

Wed, 15th May 2019
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Adobe Magento Commerce offers Amazon sellers a streamlined, integrated platform for both Amazon and own stores.
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Amazon still safely ahead of chasing pack in cloud infrastructure market

Tue, 7th May 2019
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Despite Microsoft, Google, Alibaba and Tencent all substantially outpacing the overall market, Amazon is still clearly in front.
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AI helps Amazon Alexa ignore its own name

Fri, 26th Apr 2019
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Amazon and Johns Hopkins researchers harness AI to help Alexa distinguish between its wake word and everyday mentions, reducing false activations by 15%.
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Amazon puts a 'Ring' on smart home surveillance

Tue, 23rd Apr 2019
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Amazon has acquired Ring, a prominent smart home security company, aiming to make security devices more accessible and fight crime in neighbourhoods globally.
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Amazon tools empower SMBs for sales success

Mon, 15th Apr 2019
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Amazon introduced over 50 tools in 2019 to support SMBs, leading to a 20% increase in firms surpassing USD $1 million in sales, boosting global SMB growth.
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Alexa could be the voice of your car soon

Thu, 11th Apr 2019
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As luxury car brands move away from their own voice assistants to partnering with Google or Amazon, we may find Alexa riding with us all soon.
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IDC: Smart home market only getting stronger

Tue, 2nd Apr 2019
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Smart speakers have moved into people's homes and are ready to pay off as smart networks begin to spread throughout the household.
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2degrees jumps on the bundle bandwagon with Amazon Prime

Mon, 11th Mar 2019
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Following the trend set by Vodafone and Spark, 2degrees is trying to lure customers into a contract with the promise of access to streaming content.
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Amazon, Google, and Alibaba fuel booming smart speaker market

Sat, 9th Mar 2019
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While these vendors have had great success in the market, other vendors like Samsung, Huawei, and Apple have failed to capitalise.
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NZ companies ill-prepared for new digital marketing era

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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Kim Voon claims New Zealand companies need to get off their bums and get on with adopting new marketing tech or face being left behind by their global peers.
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Is Supermicro innocent? 3rd party test finds no malicious hardware

Thu, 13th Dec 2018
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One of the larger scandals within IT circles took place this year with Bloomberg firing shots at Supermicro - now Supermicro is firing back.
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The 2018 Canalys APAC Channels Forum keynote

Thu, 6th Dec 2018
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There was a lot to unpack at the Canalys APAC Channels Forum keynote. This long-form piece tries to cover all the most relevant points for ANZ.
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How Amazon aims to reinvent blockchain

Mon, 3rd Dec 2018
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Amazon QLDB is a new class of database that provides a transparent, immutable, and cryptographically verifiable ledger.
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Hyperscalers hurling colossal capital at data centres

Thu, 22nd Nov 2018
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The old proverb 'you have to spend money to make money' could never be truer than in the hyperscale data centre industry.
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Amazon customers irate after 'technical error'

Thu, 22nd Nov 2018
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A 'technical error' at Amazon has exposed customer names and email addresses, leaving many irate and questioning if it was a data breach.
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Exclusive: How the separation of Amazon and AWS could affect the cloud market

Fri, 16th Nov 2018
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Amazon's potential separation from AWS may not have a significant impact on the cloud market, says Unitas Global's Grant Kirkwood.
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Big 5 cloud providers tighten stranglehold on market

Fri, 26th Oct 2018
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While the market is seeing strong growth, it's coming at the expense of small-to-medium sized cloud operators.
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Oracle's Ellison calls out Amazon with next-gen cloud

Tue, 23rd Oct 2018
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Larry Ellison claims the rest of the cloud market is based on decade old technology with poor security, comparing Oracle's new offering with Amazon.
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Supermicro to test for spy chips, Apple & AWS call for retraction

Tue, 23rd Oct 2018
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Supermicro vows to test its motherboards for alleged spy chips amid strong denials from Apple and AWS, who demand Bloomberg retract its claims.