Andrew Gradwell is the director of cloudhypermarket.com a one stop shop specializing in cloud-based IT services. They provide an in-depth comparison and advice on the costs and features of a wide variety of services from all the major vendors.
Kevin Tea has more than 30 years senior journalistic and marketing communications experience, working with some of the leading newspaper groups and blue chip companies in the UK. Working with the European Commision; contributing to Webweaving, where Bill Gates also contributed; or managing various tech e-journals are some of the feathers on his cap. Currently, his time is distributed between offering a wide range of consultancy, PR and marketing communications services as an independent consultant and covering the web2.0 collaboration market at web2andmore.net.
It is increasingly important for companies to enable travelling employees with corporate information on their mobile devices. This indeed is the age of the "mobile worker". It is no wonder then that providers of communication, collaboration and productivity solutions include mobility features, where users have the option of accessing information on their mobile devices. This also accounts for the popularity of mobile messaging solutions.
Google Apps is no different, in that it allows users to access and sync Gmail with the native applications of their mobiles, and also keep Google contacts and calendars in sync with their mobile devices.
Google and Microsoft have started to create extensive documentation comparing their productivity, messaging and collaboration solutions with the other. This includes white papers (Microsoft), videos (Microsoft), blog entries, online calculators (Google), and even dedicated sites (Microsoft, Google) both Google and Microsoft have put up to prove their superiority to the other.
The Google Bee himself brings you a collection of Google Apps and Microsoft comparisons, as well as resources you can study.
On June 28, 2010, In Opinions, By The Google Bee
To digress slightly from my usual blogging subjects, I came across a very interesting model today, which attempts a grand conceptualization excercise. Rather grandly titled "The Grand Collaboration Convergence", it attempts to make sense of the chaotic mix of saas solutions marketed as "online collaboration" software.
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1. Introduction 2. Mail Client 3. Mobile Support 4. Access Options . 5. Calendars, Contacts, Tasks 6. Folders vs. Labels 7. Collaboration Features . 8. Exchange Alternatives 9. Conclusion
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