Enterprises Reach for the Cloud via LinuxInsider by Michael Liedtke on 12/28/08
Todd Pierce recently put his job on the line. To meet the computing needs of 16,300 employees and contractors at Genentech, Pierce took a chance and decided not to rely entirely on business software from Microsoft, IBM or another long-established supplier that would have let Genentech own the technology. Instead, Pierce decided to rent these indispensable products from Google. The Internet search and advertising leader will run Genentech’s e-mail, as well as some word processing, spreadsheet and calendar applications, and it will do it over an online connection.
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Some of us wonder why Google Apps for business isn’t available as an appliance like their search appliance.
The built in integration of services would be nice for organizations that can’t necessarily outsource the hosting of proprietary data.