Friday, December 28, 2012

Google means business

<p>Chrunch time ... a Google technician working in the company's Dalles, Oregon data centre.</p><p>SAN FRANCISCO: It has taken years, but Google seems to be cutting into Microsoft's stronghold businesses.</p><p>Google's software for businesses, Google Apps, consists of applications for document writing, collaboration, and text and video communications all cloud-based, so that none of the software is on an office worker's computer. Google has been promoting the idea for more than six years, and it seemed that it was going to appeal mostly to small businesses and tech start-ups.</p><p>However, the notion is catching on with larger enterprises. In the past year Google has scored an impressive string of wins, including at Swiss drugmaker Hoffmann-La Roche, where more than 80,000 employees use the package, and at the US Interior Department, where 90,000 use it.</p><p><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/business-it/microsoft-finds-google-means-business-20121227-2bwy7.html">Keep reading...</a></p>

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