Introduction: Computing in the Cloud
Microsoft Office is the undisputed 800-pound gorilla in the office suite jungle, with millions of users and billions of dollars in sales. However, as we saw in King Kong, even the mightiest gorilla can be hurt by enough buzzing planes. If one of those planes is actually a mighty jet named Google, then good ol’ Kong may be facing more trouble than he’s anticipated.
Over the last few years, Google has been polishing Google Apps, its online suite of software that includes most of the features found in mainstream office suites and then some:
• Word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations
• Email and contacts, including message security and recovery
• Calendar
• Wikis and websites
• Instant messaging ...
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