With the growth of the Internet, and the popularity of Software as a Service, many applications that have traditionally been used offline have moved into the cloud. Companies providing on-demand service through the Internet have reinvigorated one of the most iconic pieces of computer software, the productivity suite. Two such providers are Microsoft and Google. Through their Office 365 and Google Apps services, respectively, businesses can leverage the benefits of cloud without having to worry about the large upfront cost that productivity software used to incur. Microsoft, an industry leader with their Office suite of software products for over two decades, now offers much of the same functionality through the Internet with Office 365. Whereas their products would previously cost over a hundred dollars per user up front, Microsoft offers Office 365 for as little as $5 per user per month. Some of the features that it includes are business-class email, web conferencing, a public website, file sharing, shared calendars, and web versions of the most popular components of Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote) ("Compare Office," n.d.). The company also offers, for a small amount more, the ability to get access to its desktop-based applications as well. This makes it an attractive option for those companies that may still be transitioning to the cloud, or for those who still rely on a particular part of the Office suite (Access, Publisher, etc.). In contrast, Google is
There are a multitude of benefits in the utilization of cloud computing. A primary function of cloud computing is the availability of universal access to files throughout any given level of an organization. As documents and other database driven information are stored off-site, there is often a reduction of costs, due to the minimization of on site hosting software and hardware alike. The many reasons to utilize cloud computing are evident, however, as all other technological advantages, there are also a large variety of companies that offer these services with different benefits, costs and application choices. Some of the most recognized corporations offer cloud computing such as icloud, Google Apps, Amazon Cloud Drive, and many others. All organizations offer
I would like to begin by saying that I am usually not jealous or envious of many people but I have to say I am actually jealous of all the googlers. That being said I know now if I was to ever own my business I will make sure to first read Laszlo Bock’s book “WORK RULES! INSIGHTS FROM INSIDE GOOGLE THAT WILL TRANSFORM HOW YOU LIVE AND LEAD” I believe this book can help transform the way we conduct our businesses and how we treat our employees. It’s the new way of looking at the workforce, the old view was to invest in your business and not employees but new view is when you invest in your employees the rest will follow. Google’s HR along
One reason Office 365 is both scalable and low cost is that it is a multi-tenant service (that is, data from different customers shares the same hardware resources). Office 365 is designed to host multiple tenants in a highly secure way through data isolation. Data storage and processing for each tenant is segregated through Active Directory® structure and capabilities specifically developed to help build, manage, and secure
When you're a small business, you have to work smarter than your competitors. Often you're competitors might be bigger with a larger budget for various expenses like advertising or training. That means you'll have to find ways to enhance your business creatively with products that will help streamline productivity so you can get the most out of the existing budget. Microsoft Office 365 is a product that can help streamline your worker's productivity as well as make it easier for you to run your business on the go.
Google Drive is a groundbreaking advancement for technological collaboration due to its simplistic qualities and lack of financial cost to users. In April 2012, Google released Google Drive, consisting of Google Docs, Google Slides, and Google Sheets, also known as “Google applications”. All three applications are innovative in their storage, integration, and sharing capabilities, which address users’ needs by allowing multiple people to contribute to a document, presentation, or spreadsheet simultaneously, streamlining the editing and group work process significantly. In fact, according to Devaney (2018), “collaboration is the name of the game with Google Drive” (para. 1). This technology falls under the umbrella term “cloud computing,” a
Google Drive is a widely used cloud service, which is operated by Google Inc. It is used for information management, knowledge management and knowledge bases, databases, and an information-sharing tool. Its simple interface and easy access globally makes it a possible tool for users wanting a free cloud service.
For cost-saving and efficiency, more and more businesses today are running on a work from home or mobile model. This way of working is largely enabled by cloud technology – externally-hosted software, communications apps and data sharing programs.
Cloud computing is a “newsworthy” term in the IT industry in recent times and it is here to stay! Cloud computing is not a technology, or even a set of technologies – it’s an idea. Cloud computing is not a standard defined by any standards organization. Basic understanding for Cloud: “Cloud” represents the Internet; Instead of using applications installed on your computer or saving data to your hard drive, you’re working and storing stuff on the Web. Data is kept on servers and used by the service you’re using; tasks are performed in your browser using an interface/ console provided by the service. A credit card and internet access is all you need to make an investment in
“Cloud” computing is the fanciest buzzword in the computer industry, currently surpassing the last big term “web 2.0”. Every big player in the computer industry launched a cloud service last year. Notable examples are iCloud by Apple, (Apple 2012) or Microsoft Cloud Services (Microsoft 2011), copying various innovators like Google or Dropbox, who offer similar services since much longer. The latter is the most successful
Recent technological advancements have resulted in an increased number of Internet-enabled devices, such as tablets and smartphones that can connect to corporate systems.These systems may also be running anywhere, including a public software-as-a-service (SaaS) cloud, a
This presentation addresses the current state of cloud computing, obstacles to business adoption, and expectations for the future. This is the first in a series of papers written by Grail Research on the topic of cloud computing and the investigation of how businesses are adapting to and taking advantage of Internet-based, on-demand computing
Whether it’s called Cloud Computing or On-demand Computing, Software as a Service, or the Internet as Platform, the common element is a shift in the geography of computation. When you create a spreadsheet with the Google Docs service, major components of the software reside on unseen computers, whereabouts unknown, possibly scattered across continents. This affects all levels of the computational ecosystem, from casual user to software developer, IT manager, even hardware manufacturer. Recently, a lot of vendors have started talking about “cloud computing” in their marketing materials. Citing a research published by Merrill Lynch entitled “The Cloud Wars: $100+ billion at stake,” Merrill Lynch has estimated a $160- billion addressable market opportunity, including $95- billion in business and productivity applications, and another $65-billion in online advertising for Cloud Computing. But the main question is whether the users are ready to give up using services on their local machines and shift to the Cloud since shifting to cloud computing has both advantages and disadvantages for all possible users; nevertheless, they may have different level of importance for different users
Microsoft Corporation is one of the most well-known technological companies in the world. This massive company offers many services and products available to different kinds of customers around the world. One of the most popular products Microsoft offers is Microsoft Office Suite. The main applications of Microsoft Office are Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. Microsoft Word allows users to compose and edit documents. Excel allows users to organize data in spreadsheets. Access gives users the ability create and manage simple and sophisticated databases.
Microsoft companies offer many new products to their customers that attach them to their products and to let them more comfortable with those products. Microsoft constructs the platforms ahead which other companies manufacture digital platforms. Microsoft is a company that leads many things in the world and many people in all countries in the world use Microsoft. Some of Microsoft products are the top in the market. For example, more than 70 million people use Microsoft office (word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) in the world every month and Windows 10 is one of most used Microsoft products in the world more than 197 billion hours of usage and more than 400 million activated devices use windows 10. Dynamics 365 is another well-regarded product that allows
Google, as an internet-based company founded in 1996, which has done a tremendous progress in the past 13 years, is particularly successful and innovative. In 2007, Google surpassed Microsoft as the most visited site on the Web (Kopytoff V, 2007). The company 's influence on the Web is undeniable. Many would ask: How did Google manage to grow up from a nobody to a giant of internet-based companies in such a short time? The answer has much to do with one of the most important elements of Google 's organizational culture - Innovation. This paper will begin by discussing the innovation ecosystem built by Google, it will then show how Google works under this innovation ecosystem and why Google deploy this type of management, finally, it will