Google Apps, Linux, and other free or inexpensive systems are winning more fans in the corporate world. I am very worried about the misconception of free software (does not exist) and true enterprise solutions. When comparing Microsoft and SAP to Google in enterprise computing, is is really an unfair comparison because Google lacks completely true enterprise solutions that has a critical role. Sure, Google has an online spreadsheet program that lacks everything that one would expect from a real application. Also, Google does not provide a platform for an independent software vendor to build true enterprise solutions. I have spoken with many very seasoned CIO's of large companies and they have yet to see open source or Google apps to have an impact on enterprise scale solutions. I am not taking into consideration Linux which is a differnet story.
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Microsoft's Windows Azure Active Directory plans takes shape
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This year should be a big one for Microsoft’s Windows Azure Active
Directory cloud service, yet another piece of its hybrid public/private
cloud puzzle.
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