Amazon is putting Alexa in the office
Summary
And while many companies are building voice interfaces — Apple with Siri, Google with Assistant, and Microsoft with Cortana — none are quite as dominant as Amazon has been with Alexa.As AWS CTO Werner Vogels noted during his keynote, voice support is a major focus for the company, which aims to “unlock digital systems for everyone.” To enable this, Vogels believes that we have to go beyond apps and smartphones — and that doesn’t really come as a surprise, given Amazon’s non-existent smartphone ecosystem and its success in the smart speaker world.You could imagine voice access to an employee directory, Salesforce data on various clients and accounts, or company calendar information.Plus, Alexa for Business has all the same capabilities as a regular old Echo, letting users get information about news, weather, set timers and alarms, and ask questions.The WSJ reports that Alexa for Business will also give enterprise users the opportunity to build apps and skills for calendar management, meeting room scheduling and ordering supplies.