Google Docs offline access – not enough
Google Docs newest functionality – offline access, is a great step towards integrating their “Office” suite into the day to day life of users. Google Docs is a great idea, online collaboration, sharing, communication and if used properly, you might even be able to achieve some levels of collective intelligence (read – web 2.0)
However, to make this application main stream and widely used, Google needs to bring this into the office. I would say that a large percentage of “Office” type software is being used at the workplace and thats where the money is.
Having said this, I do not think many organisations are keen to take up Google Apps due to privacy, security and psychological issues of having the data stored in someone else’s backyard. Google needs to release a GSA (Google Search Appliance) type box and allow companies to be able to host it within their own firewalls and network. I believe this will increase the adoption rate of not only Google Docs but the whole Google Apps suite.
Mike said,
The idea of document collaboration is great.
It will not come as a surprise that Microsoft has probably done work to mirror the collaborative features of documents, and then have integration of that with sharepoint. They have the most mature userbase, and seriously, a Office Suite is not an Office Suite without a fully functional Spreadsheet program !!!! (Google Spreadsheet is no way near Excel)
Bill Gates may have been right when he says Google doesn’t understand the Enterprise.
Check out the new Sharepoint product features, I think it has lots and lots of potential !!!!!!
Sean said,
Yeah I must say Google is lagging in this space..
I bet both parties have plans within the near future.. lets see how it unfolds
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