{"id":549969,"date":"2006-08-28T16:58:28","date_gmt":"2006-08-28T16:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/549969-google-enters-microsoft-s-turf.html"},"modified":"2006-08-28T16:58:28","modified_gmt":"2006-08-28T16:58:28","slug":"google-enters-microsoft-s-turf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/549969-google-enters-microsoft-s-turf.html","title":{"rendered":"Google enters Microsoft’s turf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google said it would offer businesses tailor-made versions of its free e-mail service Gmail, instant messaging, voice calling, shared calendars and basic design, publishing and hosting of websites. <\/font><\/p>\n

The company is marketing its "Google Apps for Your Domain" service to smaller companies, non-profit groups and universities that want the full range of web-based corporate services without the cost. <\/font><\/p>\n

"The service scales easily to accommodate growing user bases and storage needs while drastically reducing maintenance costs," Google said in a statement. <\/font><\/p>\n

The service expands on basic online software already offered by Google such as word processing and spreadsheets that analysts say are part of a strategy by the search titan to take on industry leader Microsoft at its own game. <\/font><\/p>\n

Dave Girouard, vice president of Google’s enterprise group, said the new package "eliminates many of the expenses and hassles of maintaining a communications infrastructure, which is welcome relief for many small business owners and IT staffers". <\/font><\/p>\n

"Organisations can let Google be the experts in delivering high quality e-mail, messaging, and other web-based services while they focus on the needs of their users and their day-to-day business," he said. <\/font><\/p>\n

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