Apps news at Google I/O were small but significant

May 18, 2013

Apps, Google's flagship product for enterprise IT, had a minor presence at this week's I/O developer conference, but some announcements at the show and in prior weeks deserve attention from customers of the cloud email and collaboration suite. Specifically, a string of news about Gmail, Google Plus, and Hangouts this month points to an ongoing effort at the company to boost these applications for consumers and, in many cases, also for organizations that use Apps. "While I/O did not provide any one key announcement [about] Google's enterprise collaboration platform, they have been making several small enhancements over the last few weeks, including remote desktop control for Hangouts, integrated storage between Drive and Gmail, and most notably a revamped look for their social networking platform, Google Plus," Constellation Research analyst Alan Lepofsky said via email. "It is clear that Google is putting considerable effort into integrating their various tools to provide a far more unified and consistent experience than they previously offered," he added. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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