Meet your new colleague, Alexa

Amazon has introduced its intelligent voice-activated personal assistant Alexa to workplaces. 'Alexa for Business' will help with office-y tasks such as establishing teleconference connections, and with adding data to enterprise-focused sales programmes. Companies will be given the tools to manage a fleet of Alexa-enabled devices and admins will be able to enroll users, enable and disable skills, and connect Alexa to their conferencing equipment. Amazon suggests apps for the new platform could include functions like helping with directions around the office, reporting problems with equipment, and ordering new supplies. While at home, employees with their own Alexa devices could see if there are meetings scheduled along with other tasks.