Google manager: Google Apps replaced Microsoft Office at 100,000 businesses

by Stan Beer

Friday, 23 February 2007

Page 2 of 3 "Prior tools for productivity were really designed for a different way of doing business where it was type of a serial kind of collaboration," says Gough. "The Internet, people working from home, telecommuting and going on vacation changed how people needed to interact with their applications. Also the ability to share content rapidly with teams that form and disband as rapidly is the key in a killer productivity tool." "Really what we did was pick that the email inbox is the hub of a productivity tool and with Google Apps that’s what we’ve focussed on optimising. "Things that you can do from the inbox are different - things like in-browser instant messaging to quickly contact a colleague without having to pick up the phone or wait for an email. "Another thing is tight integration with our calendaring solution. If I were to send you an email asking if you wanted meet up for a coffee tomorrow at 4PM, the technology is smart enough to realize that is a meeting request and would prompt me to add it to my Google Calendar and share it with you. "The ability to have that kind of central hub for all your information with search in the center is the key. Search really is the key because when project teams form and disband you don’t want to lose the knowledge and intellectual property they’ve created. The best way to access that is the search interface because everyone knows how to search." According to Gough, users don't necessarily have to replace to their existing office systems. However, he says that many workers are being under serviced because of the cost of desktop solutions. << First page <   1 2 3 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

 

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