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Google and Capgemini just doesn't add up

I suspect a lot of the buzz generated by Google's initiative to deliver online applications to the enterprise stems from a gut feel that software, along with all the IT infrastructure and professional services that surround it, simply costs too much. So when Capgemini comes along and...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Capgemini, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2007-09-12

Is Google Apps now a real Microsoft Office competitor?

An alliance forged between Google and systems integrator CapGemini was the talk of the blogosphere on September 10. Many commentators are looking at the new partnership as proof that Google finally is ready to make business inroads with Google Apps Premier Edition GAPE -- mostly at Microsoft's expense. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Capgemini, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-09-11

A hasty move to Google Apps a 'career-limiting move'

The Burton Group has released a new research report, entitled "Google Apps in the Enterprise: A Promotion-Enhancing or Career-Limiting Move for Enterprise Architects?"(Warning: Spoiler ahead. And it's especially "spoiling" for those who are counting on Google to finally give Microsoft Office, with its 90-plus percent market share, some serious competition.)Burton's...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Burton Group, Microsoft Office, Career, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-08-23

Podcast: Google Apps Premier, Vista security, salesforce.com mystery customer and more...

Podcast: Google Apps Premier, Vista security, salesforce.com mystery customer and more...Pocasts not showing up in iTunesThe last one in iTunes is the 9 Feb episode, #69.Can you fix this?

Tags: Podcasts, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales force management, Digital music, mystery customer, Google Apps Premier, Vista security, Google Apps, Salesforce.com Inc., podcast, Microsoft Windows Vista, Google Inc., security

Discussion threads 2007-02-23

How Google's new business model hurts GOOG

Before the new year, Fast Company magazine asked for my take on Google’s prospective financial performance in 2007. In “Google due for a fall?” I present my analysis of GOOG 2007:In 2007, GOOG will be negatively impacted by a continued decline in the growth rate of Googles earnings per...

Tags: Business Models, Search, Google, Microsoft, Enterprise, Google Software Applications, ROI

Blog posts 2007-02-22

Podcast: Google Apps Premier, Vista security, salesforce.com mystery customer and more...

This week on the Dan & David Show, we discuss the well documented introduction of Google Apps Premier Edition, the $50 per user per year set of apps that includes phone support, additional storage, and a new set of administration and business integration capabilities. We also dive into Vista and...

Tags: General, Security, Web Technology, Dan &, David Show, Office 2.0, Google, Microsoft, SaaS, Salesforce.com, ERP

Blog posts 2007-02-22

Google Apps for Enterprise: Next Salesforce.com?

Will Google Apps Premier be the next Salesforce.com? Salesforce.com, pioneer in delivering enterprise applications via a simple Web site, is on Google Apps Premier board, according to the New York Times. Marc Benioff, CEO Salesforce.com: We are in the process of phasing out Microsoft Office and Exchange...

Tags: Enterprise, Google, Google Software Applications, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-02-22

Signing up for Google's Microsoft Office Killer

Google Apps Premier has launched and it plans to take on small business customers. Should Microsoft be worried?

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps Premier, Microsoft Corp., small business, Microsoft Office

Image galleries 2007-02-22

Google Gmail SLA guarantee?

Google knows Service Level Agreements are critical to enterprise acceptance of its hosted business productivity applications.Dave Girouard, vice president and general manager, Google Enterprise on todays launch of Google Apps Premier: Businesses are looking for applications that are simple and intuitive for employees, but also offer the security, reliability...

Tags: Google, Google Software Applications

Blog posts 2007-02-22

Google Apps Premier Edition - let the games begin!

The white noise level surrounding Googles announcement last night about their new premium offering – Google Apps Premier Edition – is bound to reach epic levels and last quite a while as everyone wraps their head around what has always seemed to me to be an inevitability on a par...

Tags: Mobility, Microsoft Office, Software, Web Apps, Mac, Productivity

Blog posts 2007-02-22

Google undercuts Microsoft Office

Google Apps Premier Edition, otherwise known as Google Office, has arrived, big time."So whether youre a small business or a Fortune 500 company, Google can power up your organization with the right services and support, for the right price," Google proudly declares.In “Google: Who needs advertising?” last November, I put...

Tags: Google, Microsoft, Enterprise, Google Software Applications

Blog posts 2007-02-22

Additional Resources

Google defines its focus in Apps in 2010

Chrostopher: the need for detailed formatting as we know it is going away.Actually, the detailed formatting is moving to making it look like you want on computer screens, NOT on paper, which is quite different.All of those baroque features for printing on 8.5x11 paper are looking more stupid every day.Interesting...

Tags: OpenOffice, Document management, Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Live Webcast: Microsoft Exchange or Google Apps? One Government Agency Goes Google

James Ferreira, CIO for the New Mexico State Attorney General's office, had a choice to make to support his growing organization: upgrade to a more costly enterprise license for Microsoft Exchange or find a business grade alternative at a better price. Ferreira investigated his options, searching for something with ample...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Webcast, Agency, Microsoft Exchange Server, Government, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Webcasts 2009-10-20

IBM targets Google Apps for business, undercuts pricing and touts reliability

Good newsWhile I'm not a big fan of IBM due to the usual cost associated with their offerings, I like their products overall and the fact that IBM is one of if not the largest proponent of open source software. I've used Lotus Notes and found it not as...

Tags: cloud computing, E-mail servers, pricing strategy, Premier Edition, Louts Notes, Google Inc., Google Apps, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

IBM targets Google Apps for business, undercuts pricing and touts reliability

IBM is going after Google Apps Premier hard and has the pricing to show it's serious. Big Blue is announcing the general availability of LotusLive iNotes, a cloud email, calendar and contact management service, for $36 a year per user. Google Apps Premier runs $50 per user a year. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Pricing Strategy, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Cloud Computing, Pricing, Manufacturing, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-02

What happens if Google's Edu Apps aren't free anymore?

A local technology director tweeted a link tonight to an article on free Web 2.0 tools that eventually go commercial and stop being free. Us educational folks tend to embrace free tools because, well, they're free. The Web is crawling with great tools, many of which are free,...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Tool, Productivity, Cloud Computing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Back to school: Will you be buying productivity software for that new laptop?

It wasn't all that long ago that a key question when you bought a new computer was, Office or WordPerfect? I mean not long ago in human years. In Internet years, it was an eternity. Does WordPerfect even exist anymore? Does anyone care? Now,...

Tags: Laptop Computer, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-03

I love my Prē, but it feels defective

I love my Prē, but it feels defectiveJust throw it in the trashGet an Android device. The Pre will never have the following, will never have a competitive app marketplace, and will be run out of the market by Android anyways.And by your own post, it's a piece of...

Tags: Blogging, Telecom & Utilities, Pre, phone

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

Gmail loses beta label; Google "removes doubt" that Apps are enterprise ready

It's one little word - but its presence can make all the difference in the world. In the tech world, that single word - Beta - suggests that a product is still undergoing tests and not quite ready for prime time. In most cases, beta periods can...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Google Gmail, Beta, Cloud Computing, E-mail, E-mail Providers, Online Communications, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Could you switch over to being 100% open source?

Could you switch over to being 100% open source?Average user isn't going to boot two operating systems.[i]I only use Windows for updating my TomTom navigation device, with TomTom Home. I have to, since TomTom doesn't provide a Linux application for that....[/i]Unless they have a specific need to use more than...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, TomTom, Linux, open source

Discussion threads 2009-06-17