Boston drops microsoft for gmail




















It's another win for Google -- Boston city employees make the switch to some of the search giant's business services. As Google gears up for its big week in the spotlight , it's making another notch in its business software belt. The city of Boston has decided to switch the e-mail provider of its 20, employees from Microsoft to Google, The Boston Globe reported Friday.

In addition to using Gmail instead of Microsoft Exchange, Boston will also swap in Google Docs for word processing and Google's cloud service for storing documents. Google told the Globe that about 5 million businesses use its cloud applications, including the U. Department of the Interior, the state of Colorado, and Princeton University. It's another big win for Google as the company and rival Microsoft continue to battle over the enterprise solutions space.

Microsoft has been known to throw quite a few barbs Google's way in the form of aggressive ad campaigns criticizing Google's products, including search and Gmail. One ad that debuted Friday characterized Google Docs as a gamble on security. He renamed a a component South Boston the Innovation District, and has personally wooed technology companies to go there, adopted a wide variety of computer tools and mobile apps to enhance public services, and his law enforcement officers are even tweeting felony updates.

Boston officials said they vetted Google as they are satisfied with the security protections that accompany Google Apps for e-mail and additionally document storage.

Boston is not really alone in making a change. Google said that some 5 million businesses around the world are now using her cloud applications. After all, many of these families have spent entire careers concentrating on Microsoft software. But the neighborhood said the digital transition requires about a year. That benefits Menino, too. Whether this individual checks it or never, anyone can still e-mail the dog at mayor cityofboston.

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