Beyond search- how far can Google go?
Google has come a long way in just a few years. Its market cap is now over two-thirds that of Microsoft, greater than IBM or Intel, and the same as Apple. Google dominates search but can it conquer other computing worlds? It certainly seems to be trying, with new software and services appearing regularly. InfoWorld takes a look at where Google is going:
For several years, Google seemed to be focused on Web-based collaboration tools, with its Blogger.com service and acqusition of JotSpot (now called Google Wave) as prime examples. But more recently, Google has moved into the cloud business, producing one product after another in a pattern that shows clearly a desire to replace the desktop paradigm — which has Microsoft’s Windows and Microsoft Office at its core. Google has designs to replace the desktop with the cloud, and Microsoft with itself.
The post goes on to list a group of articles that it has assembled that explore Google’s attempt to become the center of computing. These include:
- Can Google really hack it in business?
- A tour of Google’s business apps
- Office suites in the cloud: Microsoft Office Web Apps versus Google Docs and Zoho
- Android 2.0: The iPhone killer at last?
A number of articles about the Chrome operating system are also listed, some of which I have mentioned before.
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