The switch to Amazon Chime will also enable users to enjoy the benefits derivable from AWS resources like security through end-to-end encryption, guest access via meeting link, screen sharing, and conference dial-ins. Slack Calls was one weakness of Slack when compared with Microsoft Teams’ call features because users can only hold a meeting with a maximum of 15 participants at a time.

The move to Amazon Chime for Slack voice and video calls is also a significant part of the deal. Slack users have always used the Slack Calls for their video conferencing needs. It also includes future collaboration features, such as virtual reality, and augmented reality (VR and AR), that are essential to enhancing team collaboration experience.Īs a result, this deal puts tremendous pressure on Cisco to stay as a relevant player in the continually changing future of the enterprise workplace. While Slack has long used AWS to power parts of its chat app, it’s now committing to using Amazon’s cloud services as its preferred partner for storage, compute, database, security, analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Slack is partnering with Amazon in a multiyear agreement that means all Amazon employees will be able to start using Slack. As part of the deal, Slack will migrate its voice and video calling features over to Amazon’s Chime platform alongside a broader adoption of Amazon Web Services (AWS).Īmazon will roll out Slack to all of its 840,000 employees is a big part of the deal. Up until the announcement, Slack’s most prominent customer has been IBM, which is rolled out Slack to its 350,000 employees. This partnership is about who will drive “the future of enterprise workplace.” An Overview of the AWS-Slack partnership However, Amazon and Slack have joined forces to beat Microsoft Teams. Therefore, despite the spike in their user’s rate, collaboration platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Slack continue to compete fiercely. With the launch of the Amazon Chime Meeting App, teams can hold voice and video meetings on Chime from their Slack workspace.Īs the pandemic has geared us towards remote work, the number of virtual meetings and use of collaboration platforms has surged.

As Microsoft Teams has become a stronger competitor, Slack has been laying down a foundation for this multiyear agreement with Amazon. Since late 2019, Slack has integrated Amazon Chime into its apps. The Partnership between Amazon and Slack and the Future of Enterprise WorkplacesĬompetition in the realm of collaboration platforms has driven a new partnership between Slack and Amazon.

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