Amazon Web Services, Bosch collaborate on logistics marketplace

Amazon Web Services and German tech company Bosch will roll out a new marketplace for digital freight services.

Mirroring the rise of e-commerce, the emergence of online marketplaces has enabled widespread access to products and services for customers around the world. 

Superpower Amazon Web Services (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been at the forefront of the e-commerce boom, using its massive logistics capabilities to quickly fulfill orders from its marketplace around the country and world. But now, AWS will use that marketplace to offer logistics capabilities.

You read that right — AWS and Gerlingen, Germany-based...

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Ready or not, COVID-19 forced organizations deeper into digital logistics

BiTA Blockchain in Trucking Alliance design on white background

The state of the blockchain ecosystem, like everything else in logistics, has been impacted by the disruptions of COVID-19, necessitating companies to increase collaboration, question standard implementations and optimize digital logistics. 

During the BiTA @HOME Symposium, Alisa DiCaprio, head of trade and supply chain at R3, provided an overview of Corda, R3’s blockchain platform. Corda was built for the financial sector, but has been diversified to the automotive sector, working with...

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