Google Message Continuity: Awesome idea, boring name

  The Long View (Computerworld)

Google Message Continuity is the latest Google service to tempt Microsoft Exchange shops into looking at Google Apps. Basically, it helps protect Exchange shops from downtime. Why would Google do that? Surely it wants people to experience Exchange pain? Let's look into it, in The Long View...

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What's the point of Google Chrome OS?

  The Long View (Computerworld)

Google Chrome OS. So you understand what Chrome is: it's Google's Web browser, but why have an eponymous operating system? Isn't that a bit obfuscatory? Let's clear up the confusion and illuminate Google's strategy.
After all the noise over Google's Chrome OS announcement yesterday, I find people scratching their heads. They can't see the point of what Google's doing. They especially can't see the point for enterprise IT. Let's try and remedy that, in The Long View...

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