How is Google Tackling the Enterprise?

Posted on May 23, 2008 by dsarna

Google is going after the Enterprise, with a host of tools, including:
• Analytics
• APIs and Developer Tools
• Over 1 million lines of Google Code
• Google search Appliance (hosted internally)
• Geospatial Solutions (Google Earth Enterprise)
• 3D Software Modeling Solutions (Sketchup-Pro)
• Security and Compliance Services (Postini)
• Google Patent Search
• Custom Search
Google is going after the enterprise because, as Willie Sutton said, “that’s where the money is.”

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Google Takes on the Enterprise, Seeks to Avoid IBM’s and Microsoft’s Pitfalls

Posted on May 23, 2008 by dsarna

Years ago, Microsoft had to fight its way into the corporate and enterprise world. Today, as Google seeks to take on the enterprise, it seeks to learn from what Microsoft did right, and to avoid the pitfalls. One major insight it had was to make everything free to the end-user. It’s hard to hate someone when they are giving you things for free.

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Imagining Google in the Year 2014

Posted on May 21, 2008 by dsarna

EPIC 2014 is a short flash film where Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson imagine a world where Google and Amazon have merged, Microsoft has gotten smaller, and the New York Times has become reduced to a newsletter, with most news being written by computers. The film has new relevance in the light of recent media combinations, both actual and under discussion.

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If You Pay Them, They Will Come – Microsoft Pays for Searching on Microsoft Live

Posted on May 21, 2008 by dsarna

Microsoft has announced a rebate program for users who search on Microsoft live and then complete a purchase through participating merchants. While some think that this will have a disruptive effect on Search, the GoogleGazer is skeptical.

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Half a Loaf is Better – Microsoft Wants Yahoo Search, and They Can Keep the Rest

Posted on May 21, 2008 by dsarna

Steve Ballmer said Microsoft is not offering to buy all of Yahoo, but is interested in a partial deal. The GoogleGazer discounts rumors that Microsoft will buy all of Facebook, as he thinks the high price Microsoft itself put on Facebook when it made a minority investment would hurt Microsoft’s earnings.

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Microsoft Highlights its Advertising Capabilities and New Brand Identity

Posted on May 20, 2008 by dsarna

Microsoft has unified its advertising programs under a unified Microsoft Advertising banner, and is making progress digesting and integrating its collection of acquisitions into a unified whole that can hope to challange Google for leadership in the digital advertising arena.

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Google Opens Kimono – Discusses Advances in Search, Recognition, and its Health Initiative

Posted on May 20, 2008 by dsarna

Google gave a peak at an initial implementation of Google health and showed off advances in rich media search like images and video, and also advances in giving users what they mean rather than what they ask for. Still, while tantalizing, less was revealing than one might hope for.

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How Google’s Ad Auction Works

Posted on May 19, 2008 by dsarna

David Gordon explain the ad auction process in a post on Seeking Alpha

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Facebook, Which Blocked Friend Connect Seeks Talks With Google to Resolve its Concerns

Posted on May 19, 2008 by dsarna

Facebook is seeking to reconcile its differences with Google so it can stop blocking Google’s Friend Connect

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Microsoft Proposes a Partial Deal with Yahoo; Icahn Angry; Yahoo – Google Talks Continuing

Posted on May 19, 2008 by dsarna

Microsoft announced that it had proposed to Yahoo an deal that would not include a merger. Carl Icahn, who announced his intention to wage a proxy fight for control of Yahoo is expected to oppose such a deal. Meanwhile, the proposed partnership between Google and Yahoo is reported to be close to done.

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