Google's purchase of DocVerse March 5 validates the market for applications that bridge the gap between the Google Apps cloud computing suite and Microsoft's Office on-premise applications.
Google will stitch this technology into Google Apps, appealing to customers who want to use Google Apps as their main collaboration suite, but still use the documents they created offline in Office without losing any of the data. The move comes as OffiSync is building its own suite of software that creates ties between Microsoft Office and Google Apps.
Google's acquisition of collaboration software startupDocVerse for a reported $25 million March 5 validates the market for applications that bridge the gap between the Google Apps cloud computing suite and the on-premise Microsoft's Office programs.
DocVerse makes a plug-in that lets users group-edit Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word documents, which are created offline and stored locally on users' desktops, and render those changes online in the cloud. ReadWriteWeb explained the process best:
"The plug-in opens a widget in the document sidebar that includes a unique link. Any time a user makes an update to a Microsoft document, the plug-in syncs the Web page that is associated with the document. Every modification gets synced. When multiple people work on a document, the updates are made through the plug-in and versions are stored online."
Google will stitch this technology into Google Apps, appealing to customers who want to use Google Apps as their core collaboration suite, but still use the documents they created offline in Office without losing any of the data.
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Source: Clint Boulton, eWeek
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