On Nov. 22, Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office was released; it will help users build Office documents, save them to Google Docs and share them with other users. – Google finally integrated its DocVerse acquisition and on Nov. 22 released
it as Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office, a free software plug-in that
people can use to create Office documents and save them to Google Docs.
Google Docs is the search engine’s document, presentation and
spreadshe…
Google’s purchase of DocVerse validates the market for applications that bridge the gap between the Google Apps cloud computing suite and Microsoft’s Office on-premises applications. Google will stitch DocVerse’s technology into Google Apps, appealing to customers who want to use Google Apps as their main collaboration suite but work offline in Office with the documents they created, without losing any of the data. The move comes as OffiSync is building its own suite of software that creates ties between Office and Google Apps.
– Google’s acquisition of collaboration software startup DocVerse for a reported $25 million March 5 validates the market for
applications that bridge the gap between the Google Apps cloud computing suite
and the on-premises Microsoft Office suite.
DocVerse makes a plug-in that lets users group-ed…
The latest Google acquisition, DocVerse, makes a product allowing real-time online sharing and simultaneous group editing of PowerPoint, Excel and Word documents. This purchase is an additional aggressive move by Google into the cloud-based productivity arena, where it already has a substantial presence thanks to Google Apps. Meanwhile, Microsoft has ramped up its own cloud initiatives, including offering a stripped-down version of Microsoft Office 2010 for free to Windows Live subscribers. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has indicated that the company will increasingly focus on cloud-based initiatives.
– Google announced its acquisition of DocVerse, which allows groups to
collaborate online on Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, on March
5. The purchase gives Google another competitive angle as it seeks to expand
Google Docs, its online productivity suite, in both the consumer and bus…
