Corporate Office: Is the combination of Windows + office able to withstand the impact of Google apps in the future?

From a personal point of view, I don't really like Microsoft's products, even its ubiquitous windows. After a few months of Windows 8, it was impossible to tolerate some of the design of the SB, or to change back to Win7. In addition, since the use of the MacBook, only to find that the original operating system can be so useful! It's really me. The necessary development tool for the home of the Farmers: Linux compatible kernel + friendly and efficient desktop, in addition to the inability to use Visual Studio, almost everywhere is the victory windows!

With the rise of the Internet, the importance of operating systems has been greatly reduced, but in the Enterprise Office, Microsoft Office Solutions (Active Directory +exchange and other server +office series software) is still the best choice, at least at present is in absolute monopoly position, Without any heavyweight competitor's case. One of the biggest reasons Apple's products are in a niche position in market share and Windows computers is that Apple's iwork is still hard to rival MS Office. Microsoft's Office solutions are still the preferred and even the only choice for most enterprise Office solutions.

But with the popularity of cloud computing, the situation is changing, the future of cloud-based office systems will gradually become mainstream, will gradually replace the local Office solutions, although the process will be relatively long, but the basic can be identified as an irreversible trend, which is the reason Microsoft is pushing Office365. But there is another giant in cloud office, google! Google has launched an enterprise-class Office solution in previous years: Google Apps, a lightweight Office solution and collaboration platform for enterprise users. Unlike most Google services, Google Apps is not free and costs about $50/years for each employee. Currently, 5 million companies around the world are starting to adopt Google Apps ' online office systems. This figure is still difficult to threaten the dominance of MS, but it is hard to say in the future.

For most companies, the Cloud Office solution with Google Apps is enough to solve almost every problem in the office, and Google Apps is functionally close to Ms's Office solution, and Google uses a soft and hard combination Recommend Chromebook to users who use Google Apps (on Amazon, Chromebook has consistently topped notebook products), providing a complete solution for cloud-to-end hardware and software. Of course, the biggest advantage of Google apps is the price: $50/employees/year. We can do a simple comparison here with a medium-sized company of about 100 people:

With Microsoft Office Solutions:

1. A small data center, equipped with uninterruptible power supply, lightning protection and other basic security measures.

2. Multiple servers, such as domain controllers, Exchange, Sharepoint, WEB, database servers, and related data security and firewall services. These servers, whether hardware or software, are very expensive.

3. Purchase MS Office Office software for each employee.

4. A dedicated IT team to manage and maintain the company's entire office network.

The whole investment of this scheme needs millions of yuan, many small and medium-sized companies are actually very difficult to bear. (even if many of the office is pirated software, in fact, many server-side software is still not daring to use pirated.) ）

With Google Apps solutions:

1. Each employee $50/employee/year annually.

The 100-person company is about 30,000 yuan. It's much cheaper than the MS Office scenario.

The future of Office Solutions Cloud competition who is the last king? Personally, Google has a big chance of winning.

This article references:

http://www.cubebackup.com/blog/windows-office-vs-google-apps/

Http://www.infoworld.com/article/2609136/cloud-computing/review--microsoft-office-365-vs--google-apps.html

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Corporate Office: Is the combination of Windows + office able to withstand the impact of Google apps in the future?