Comments on: Threats Loom Large for Microsoft’s Email and Collaboration Platforms http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/11/threats-loom-large-for-microsofts-email-and-collaboration-platforms/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:24:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Simon Mackie http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/11/threats-loom-large-for-microsofts-email-and-collaboration-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Simon Mackie Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:51:47 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=17417#comment-572 Indeed, it's very significant, especially given that many commentators believed that governmental bodies wouldn't be able to have cloud-based email/file storage solutions. Indeed, it’s very significant, especially given that many commentators believed that governmental bodies wouldn’t be able to have cloud-based email/file storage solutions.

]]> By: Michael Wolf http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/11/threats-loom-large-for-microsofts-email-and-collaboration-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Michael Wolf Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:47:55 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=17417#comment-570 The biggest win by far for Gmail is the City of Los Angeles, not in contract size (30k users) but in the symbolic nature of a stodgy government bureaucracy leaving the entrenched Outlook for a web-based email system. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/city-council-votes-to-adopt-google-email-system-for-30000-city-employees.html Microsoft is chasing smaller companies with Bizspark, but I would imagine the large majority of tech firms at least are using gmail/google apps. Startups and small companies like GigaOM are natural - but its these big enterprises and govt contracts that are by far the most worrisome for Microsoft. The biggest win by far for Gmail is the City of Los Angeles, not in contract size (30k users) but in the symbolic nature of a stodgy government bureaucracy leaving the entrenched Outlook for a web-based email system.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/city-council-votes-to-adopt-google-email-system-for-30000-city-employees.html

Microsoft is chasing smaller companies with Bizspark, but I would imagine the large majority of tech firms at least are using gmail/google apps. Startups and small companies like GigaOM are natural – but its these big enterprises and govt contracts that are by far the most worrisome for Microsoft.

]]> By: Simon Mackie http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/11/threats-loom-large-for-microsofts-email-and-collaboration-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Simon Mackie Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:39:02 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=17417#comment-566 "Of course, enterprises don’t just shift their messaging and collaboration platforms on a whim" I think that's the key point -- Exchange is very deeply entrenched in many organizations. Moving to another solution would not be easy or cheap. Also, as I pointed out in a WWD post yesterday (http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/11/11/google-apps-moving-into-enterprise-and-government/) many conservative corporate IT departments would be deeply uncomfortable with shifting data onto Google's servers rather than their own. that said, Google is making inroads with some big name wins recently for Google Apps -- Jaguar Landrover (15,000 users), Rentokil Initial (35,000 users), Motorola’s handset division (20,000 users) and Konica Minolta (7,000 users) “Of course, enterprises don’t just shift their messaging and collaboration platforms on a whim”

I think that’s the key point — Exchange is very deeply entrenched in many organizations. Moving to another solution would not be easy or cheap. Also, as I pointed out in a WWD post yesterday (http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/11/11/google-apps-moving-into-enterprise-and-government/) many conservative corporate IT departments would be deeply uncomfortable with shifting data onto Google’s servers rather than their own.

that said, Google is making inroads with some big name wins recently for Google Apps — Jaguar Landrover (15,000 users), Rentokil Initial (35,000 users), Motorola’s handset division (20,000 users) and Konica Minolta (7,000 users)

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