Google's Big New Cloud Play: Should Microsoft Be Afraid? - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

Google's Big New Cloud Play: Should Microsoft Be Afraid? - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

Late last week, Google (GOOG) made another aggressive move to stay ahead of Microsoft (MSFT) in the online productivity tools space by acquiring DocVerse, a startup founded by two former Microsoft employees, known for tools that let users collaborate on Microsoft Office files on the Web.
Google nabbed the three-year-old, San Francisco-based DocVerse for $25 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. What Google gets in return is the technology to make Microsoft Office operate more like Google Docs.

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