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Flight Centre goes Google
Renai LeMay
Monday, 15 November 2010 12:15
Google has nabbed another major corporate customer of its Apps suite in the form of airfare booking specialist Flight Centre, as debate continues to rage within Australia's technology sector about whether the search giant's Gmail suite measures up to Microsoft's dominant Outlook/Exchange offering.
An anonymous tipster last week dropped word of the decision, which Delimiter has since been able to confirm '” although no further details are yet available. In addition, the AustralianIT this afternoon reported the Google Apps rollout, noting Flight Centre was known for being a heavy user of Microsoft's products.
Flight Centre's latest annual results briefing pack shows it has around 13,000 staff in the group, littered around the globe, with some operating on a franchise model. It remains unclear what proportion will switch to Google Apps.
Google spokespeople didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the rollout, but is expected to announce the Flight Centre deployment at a Sydney press conference later this week, as one of a pair of new Australian wins. A Flight Centre spokesperson did not return calls today.
The news comes as the debate continues to progress within Australia's technology sector about the merits of Gmail versus Exchange.
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