Telegraph Media Group Drop Microsoft Office for Google Apps!

The Telegraph Media Group made an interesting move on Thursday 17th July 2008 by announcing that Google Apps will replace the excising Microsoft Office as the productivity suit for their 1400 employees. In my opinion this land mark move shows that Microsoft might have a battle on their hands in the future if they do not keep a serious eye on Google. Ok fine, it’s not like Microsoft are going to miss the 1400 business users but I do think this is the start of large business taking a chance and breaking away from the safe option.

When you look at it in the context of what it represents, The Telegraph Media Group completely rely on the software it uses to deliver their documents safely and efficiently and will not have taken this decision lightly.

Paul Cheesbrough, TMG chief information officer reported “We had the same reservations as many technologists about moving our software into the cloud. But increasingly so much of our business is on the Internet, in terms of the content we produce for our customers and the news feeds we use from the likes of Reuters. The deal is also a key part of our plan to move TMG towards a ‘cloud computing’ model.”

Companies that rely on the web to run their business will eventually reach the same conclusion as The Telegraph Media Group. When it comes to software Microsoft have by far the largest installed customer base but now the internet is becoming more and more important for business to deliver their messages across to the masses it makes total sense for Google to want a piece of the Microsoft Pie. Its gone beyond the office politics question and moved straight in category of good business sense.

I say go for it Google!