It's true that Google Apps is a huge success among the general web users across the globe. But, when it comes to enterprise users, it's undeniable that Microsoft is the worldwide leader in managing emails, calendar, contacts and tasks with it's Exchange server. Many corporate users would love to use Gmail, but they didn't because they cannot easily stop themselves from using Outlook. But Outlook can no longer be a barrier for business users who wish to use Gmail. Google has recently announced "Google Apps Synch", a plugin for Microsoft Outlook. After installing the plugin, users can connect to Google Apps and synchronize their emails, contacts, calendar, tasks, etc using Outlook. Transferring existing data from Exchange Server is also pretty simple.
Available right now, can Google Apps Synch be a real Exchange killer? With all the same features and a low cost, can Google really beat Microsoft in the corporate application space? Not so soon! Though Google's effort is really promising and poses a real threat to Microsoft's offering, it woluld take a long time for companies to migrate from Exchange server to Google Apps and it's obvious that Microsoft would come up with an equivalant or even a better solution before that might happen. Google surely has set a spark, now we have to wait and watch how the Industry and Microsoft responds. Hit on the read link for the official news.
Read - Use Microsoft Outlook with Google Apps for email, contacts, and calendar
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