February 3, 2007 at 3:18 p.m.Google Apps is getting ready to enter the market
BusinessWeek wrote about the imminent release of the full version of Office online rival the Microsoft - the Google Apps, the Domain for Your .
Work on a set of services that can replace familiar local applications for corporate clients began last year. Company Google brick by brick collecting services for GApps: something has been developed independently, something that was purchased and modified.
At the moment, it is expected that the following web applications will be included in the “full package”:
- GMail - email service
- Google Talk - instant messenger with voice communication
- Google Calendar - calendar organizer
- Google Docs - editor of text documents and spreadsheets
- Page Creator - a service for creating web pages
- an application for collaboration on projects developed on the basis of JotSpot .
Unlike Microsoft products , Google Apps uses fully online data storage. To work with this “office suite”, the power of the computer or the operating system do not really matter. This may be one of the main reasons for this proposal in the market of office applications for corporate clients.
In addition, Google representatives say the final version of Google Apps will not be inferior to Microsoft Office in terms of stability, while its cost and maintenance costs will be less. Education can access Google Apps for free.
At the same time, online data storage, most likely, will not attract large corporations that care about the safety of data. Such companies prefer to store data “on their territory”, where there is less risk of hacking or accidental loss of information.
Thus, web applications are of more interest to small and medium-sized businesses. Already before the official presentation, the Google Apps package is “tested” by thousands of companies.
Microsoft has prepared its answer - in the form of Office Live. The principles of its work are approximately the same: online access to document and spreadsheet editors, an online organizer, etc. According to statistics, 250,000 small companies use Office Live, and the full feature set costs $ 39.95 per month. According to Chris Capossela (Chris Capossela), Microsoft has solid experience in working with corporate applications, which is not available to competitors.
One of the most intensive tests of Google Apps for strength began in October 2006: then the development company itself “switched” all its employees to new applications. Google employees turned out to be one of the most demanding users: they are used to working with Microsoft Outlook and Oracle Calendar. Having “lost” some of the amenities of the previous system, they inundated the Google Apps development department with requests for new features (approximately 1000 requests for the first 2 weeks of use).
Work on a set of services that can replace familiar local applications for corporate clients began last year. Company Google brick by brick collecting services for GApps: something has been developed independently, something that was purchased and modified.
At the moment, it is expected that the following web applications will be included in the “full package”:
- GMail - email service
- Google Talk - instant messenger with voice communication
- Google Calendar - calendar organizer
- Google Docs - editor of text documents and spreadsheets
- Page Creator - a service for creating web pages
- an application for collaboration on projects developed on the basis of JotSpot .
Unlike Microsoft products , Google Apps uses fully online data storage. To work with this “office suite”, the power of the computer or the operating system do not really matter. This may be one of the main reasons for this proposal in the market of office applications for corporate clients.
In addition, Google representatives say the final version of Google Apps will not be inferior to Microsoft Office in terms of stability, while its cost and maintenance costs will be less. Education can access Google Apps for free.
At the same time, online data storage, most likely, will not attract large corporations that care about the safety of data. Such companies prefer to store data “on their territory”, where there is less risk of hacking or accidental loss of information.
Thus, web applications are of more interest to small and medium-sized businesses. Already before the official presentation, the Google Apps package is “tested” by thousands of companies.
Microsoft has prepared its answer - in the form of Office Live. The principles of its work are approximately the same: online access to document and spreadsheet editors, an online organizer, etc. According to statistics, 250,000 small companies use Office Live, and the full feature set costs $ 39.95 per month. According to Chris Capossela (Chris Capossela), Microsoft has solid experience in working with corporate applications, which is not available to competitors.
One of the most intensive tests of Google Apps for strength began in October 2006: then the development company itself “switched” all its employees to new applications. Google employees turned out to be one of the most demanding users: they are used to working with Microsoft Outlook and Oracle Calendar. Having “lost” some of the amenities of the previous system, they inundated the Google Apps development department with requests for new features (approximately 1000 requests for the first 2 weeks of use).