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Microsoft beats Google in cloud bid to L.A. Community College

Microsoft Live@edu will be available to more than 250,000 students and faculty, enabling them to use cloud-based versions of Outlook, Word, Excel...

Google's scheme to win over the enterprise

If you are tempted by the simplicity, user-friendliness and relatively low prices of Google's ( NASDAQ: GOOG ) business offerings, you are right where the company wants you. Despite its relatively

Microsoft Office 365 wins over large enterprises

Office 365--Microsoft's ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) cloud-based adaptation of popular productivity tools such as Exchange, SharePoint and Lync--has won over a lot of small businesses since it launched last

Google on the defensive as Microsoft launches Office 365

Google ( NASDAQ: GOOG ) is in the unlikely position of being on the defensive as Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) moves to launch Office 365 today. Google Apps is undeniably the driving force behind

Box.net unveils integration with Google Docs

Cloud storage provider Box.net has announced "major integration" between the company and Google ( NASDAQ: GOOG ) Docs. This move combines the cloud-based, cross platform storage capabilities of Box.net

Third-party tools give visibility into Google Apps

Bay Cove Human Services, a non-profit support group for people in Massachusetts, wanted to save money by moving some of its applications to the cloud--specifically Google Apps for Business. However,

Gmail outage highlights cloud risks

For organizations harboring doubts about moving critical applications to the cloud, an outage of Google Apps and Gmail early this week may confirm their fears. Accounts for a small percentage of

Florida city uses security app for records in the cloud

Google ( NASDAQ: GOOG ) Apps and Docs offer considerable appeal for organizations looking to reduce costs and maintenance workloads, but these cloud-based services also create challenges when it comes

Google's GSA win raises Microsoft's ire

Google's ( NASDAQ: GOOG ) victory over Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) and IBM ( NYSE: IBM ) in a bid for an email and collaboration apps contract with the U.S. General Services Administration spawned a bit of

Virgin America switches to Gmail

Virgin America made a major production out of switching its email system to Gmail from Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) Exchange this week, hiring a skywriter to print "Virgin America has gone Google" (