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Two reasons Microsoft should fear Google Apps |
March 09, 2013
As Microsoft continues to push Office 365, its subscription software-as-a-service offering, a new survey underscores Redmond's diminishing hold on enterprise users. And the problem will only get worse as younger users enter the workplace, if a recent study at Princeton University is any indication.
BetterCloud sells cloud management tools for Google Apps. In early February, BetterCloud surveyed its customer base—18,361 Google administrators—and received responses from 2719.
There are a lot of interesting data points in the survey results, but here are the ones relevant to Microsoft and its growing struggle in the enterprise:
60 percent of respondents say their organizations are minimizing further investment in Microsoft Office
64 percent who have been using Google Apps for at least two years are minimizing further investment in Office
OK, you might say. Many, maybe even most, of the respondents likely come from smaller businesses. Large organizations with a lot invested in licenses for Office software and a workforce hooked on Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and other Redmond apps understandably would be more willing to stay the course.
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