Amazon reportedly discussed forming ‘Rebel Alliance’ to take on Microsoft

Amazon is reportedly trying to form a “Rebel Alliance” with other tech companies in an effort to take on Microsoft’s suite of work productivity apps.

Amazon has held discussions with Dropbox, Slack, Smartsheet and others about creating a bundle of business apps that corporate customers could purchase at a single price, Insider reported, citing sources with knowledge of the talks. The bundle would also offer other features such as single sign-on and unified billing through the Amazon Web Services cloud platform, the outlet said.