Comments on: Google Apps: A tough sell for a medium-sized office http://thenewbig.com/2007/02/26/google-office-a-tough-sell-for-a-medium-sized-office/ Small pieces of the new big world Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:39:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Scott http://thenewbig.com/2007/02/26/google-office-a-tough-sell-for-a-medium-sized-office/#comment-43 Scott Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:00:26 +0000 http://thenewbig.com/2007/02/26/google-office-a-tough-sell-for-a-medium-sized-office/#comment-43 As you probably know, Google offers a search appliance that can be hosted on your site and searches your intranet. (We've got one of those.) If they're as smart as I think they are, their next step is to offer a similar appliance with Google Apps running on it. This has essentially all the advantages of the current Google Apps, with none of the downsides you're (justifiably) worried about: your data is all on site, and your ISP is no longer a mission-critical resource. Your *intranet* becomes a mission-critical resource -- without it, you can't get to the Google Apps server. But at many-verging-on-most places, your intranet is mission-critical anyway. As you probably know, Google offers a search appliance that can be hosted on your site and searches your intranet. (We’ve got one of those.) If they’re as smart as I think they are, their next step is to offer a similar appliance with Google Apps running on it. This has essentially all the advantages of the current Google Apps, with none of the downsides you’re (justifiably) worried about: your data is all on site, and your ISP is no longer a mission-critical resource.

Your intranet becomes a mission-critical resource—without it, you can’t get to the Google Apps server. But at many-verging-on-most places, your intranet is mission-critical anyway.

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