Google produced this case-study marketing video to tout its recent win over Microsoft in Los Angeles, where the city government chose to replace its aging communications software with Google Apps.
In a major milestone for the tech industry, the Los Angeles City Council on (Oct. 27) voted to adopt Web-based Google Apps as the replacement for the city government's aging e-mail and Internet services.
The tentative approval also marks a victory for Google over Microsoft, the leader in productivity software with Outlook, Exchange, Word and other applications. Each company spent tens of thousands of dollars in lobbying, though the Redmond-based software giant handily outspent its Silicon Valley rival.
Google's services will replace those currently provided by open-source leader Novell, said Gail Thomas-Flynn, Microsoft's vice president of U.S. state and local government.
The move highlights a significant shift in computing. Google Apps, including Gmail and Google Docs, is based entirely on the Web. Most of L.A.'s e-mail data will be stored at Google data centers instead of local computers and servers.
Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest metropolis, will be the first major U.S. city to fully entrust its e-mail system to the world of cloud computing.
Source:/blog.seattlepi.com/
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