Google Playing Microsoft Catch-Up? -- Redmond Channel Partner

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Google Playing Microsoft Catch-Up?

In recent years Microsoft has bought companies and built new technologies to catch up with Google. Now Google is playing catch-up, buying DocVerse so it can have cloud apps that are more compatible with Office.

Google Apps are like mini versions of their Office counterparts. With DocVerse, you can apparently use Word, Excel, et. al and share work over the Web through the Google Apps infrastructure. Hmm...I guess the cloud isn't replacing Office after all.

What do you think of Google Apps? Share your experiences at [email protected].

Posted by Doug Barney on March 08, 2010

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