WAY IN: Launching an e-mail and scheduling service is likely the first step toward a broader suite of Amazon tools to gain corporate clients, analysts said.
SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon.com Inc accelerated its efforts to win over corporate clients by announcing an e-mail and scheduling service that will compete with Microsoft Corp and Google Inc.
The service, dubbed WorkMail, will launch in the second quarter and has been developed by the company's cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS). It highlights Amazon's efforts to convince deep-pocketed companies, called enterprises in tech parlance, to shift more of their work to AWS.
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