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Monday, March 05, 2018

Cortana Needs to be Business Competent

Computerworld compares and criticizes  Cortana in a Speaker.    Will it go the way of the Zune? Which has been my criticism, Cortana does not integrate well with the very business power that Microsoft excels in.   Why not?  It smacks of a lack of enthusiasm for the very idea.  They are there because they have to be.  I would like them to excel, if only to simplify my systems architecture.   Its precisely for business I would like to have a competent assistant,  like my CEO has. 

" ... There are other problems as well. Back in November, Amazon released Alexa for Business, which integrates with Office 365, G Suite, Salesforce, SAP and many other important business computing platforms. With it, you can schedule meetings, join conference calls, manage to-do lists and reminders, dim lights and open and close blinds in conference rooms, provide inventory levels, order supplies — the list goes on. This should be Cortana’s strong suit, given Microsoft’s inroads in the enterprise. But Alexa got there first. And Cortana can hardly do any of this. .... " 

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