Slack joins forces with Amazon in bid to challenge Microsoft Teams

Slack wants to appeal more to enterprises with Amazon's Chime infrastructure for calls, Amazon AppFlow and AWS chatbot integration, and much more.

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Slack announced it is partnering with Amazon in a bid to appeal more to enterprise customers.
The partnership will see Amazon's Chime infrastructure used for Slack calls, while Slack will also get AWS chatbot and Amazon AppFlow integration.
The move is Slack's latest in challenging Microsoft Teams as the two companies fight for shares of the enterprise communication market.


Slack and Amazon announced a new partnership today that is meant to appeal more to enterprise customers. Through the partnership, Slack will take advantage of Amazon's Chime infrastructure for Slack calls, giving it a "high-quality" backbone for audio, video, and screen-sharing capabilities through Slack's integrated calling experience.

"The future of enterprise software will be driven by the combination of cloud services and workstream colla...