The milepost of SaaS: Google challenges Microsoft Office for
According to the report of official gain guest of Google, the name that Google rolls out formally today is the package of Google Apps Premium Edition, provided the function such as email, instant communication, calendar, word processing and electronic form, the challenge was launched formally to Microsoft Office in domain of software of desktop office tool.
This challenge is the milepost of sex of a mark, also be bold attempt, its weigh great sense to depend on, google uses SaaS (Software-as-a-Service, software serves namely) challenge traditional software industry, software deploy is mandatory service, access through the network, be opposite this definitely, no matter victory and defeat is had to the development of software industry,cross times meaning importantly.
To SaaS, its “ had missayed before me ” , I am in " SaaS is hype or Immanuel " one Wen Zhongceng classics has two to be oppugned greatly to SaaS, these doubt also are same argument to the Google Apps Premium Edition of Google.
The first, it is the credence of mandatory service spends software, whether does the user trust software is mandatory service.
Of course, most individual user to Google be accredit, on the server that can put sensitive data of the individual in Google, so to the enterprise be same also? Whether is an enterprise met the core secret that will matter to an enterprise to sell a branch is put on the server of tripartite, google searchs engine company as, whether to mix to network safety online and mandatory have sufficient experience.
The advantage of SaaS is low cost, price of Google Apps Premium Edition is every employee annual 50 dollars, and the Office price of Microsoft is 500 - 600 dollars. On cost it is thus clear that Google takes an advantage, but safeguard in hardware and network on, google wants to assure the stability of online service, also need to throw a large number of capital to buy the safety such as firewall, should be the safe cost that business him client purchases originally all impute to Google, if appear,data loses a case, how will be Google compensated for?
The 2nd, it is the difference problem of software function.
Without doubt, the development capacity of Google is top-ranking, google Docs is top-ranking absolutely in the software of B/S framework, but in the process that we are using, still discover its and Microsoft Office have certain difference on the function, of clearly is, the software of use tradition develops a technology to be able to develop complex user interface and function inside short time, and in the implementation on Web same function needs more development capacities, the client must want to have choice, whether does the consideration abandon those who have the operation previously is used to and be being accepted.
Current SaaS develops business to traditional software for, it is a risk and challenge, be opposite of this formal also Google and Microsoft definitely. No matter why just win, cross the meaning of the times this to be being had to software industry definitely.