AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Engineers from Walmart and Microsoft will work together in Texas to help the Arkansas-based retail giant provide more convenient ways for customers to shop.
Walmart on Monday announced plans to expand its technology center in Austin in a move to help associates make better use of digital data and improve operations.
A statement from Washington-based Microsoft says about 30 technologists will work together in the cloud factory that’s expected to open in early 2019. Both companies say it’s an extension of a strategic partnership announced in July.
Team members will focus on migrating Walmart’s thousands of internal business applications to Microsoft Azure. The cloud factory will be an expansion of Walmart’s so-called innovation hub, which opened earlier this year in Austin.
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