The U.S. government’s drive to adopt cloud technology has generated a huge opportunity for vendors — and has sparked fierce competition for the business. In the latest go round, Unisys, in partnership with Google, emerged victorious with a contract to provide a cloud-based email system for the General Services Administration. However, it didn’t take long for competitor Microsoft to downplay Google’s GSA offering while promoting what it contends are the superior features of the Microsoft entry.
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Federal Cloud Conversions Heat Up Google-Microsoft Competition
Posted by: John K. Higgins December 7, 2010 10:02 AMThe U.S. government’s drive to adopt cloud technology has generated a huge opportunity for vendors — and has sparked fierce competition for the business. In the latest go round, Unisys, in partnership with Google, emerged victorious with a contract to provide a cloud-based email system for the General Services Administration. However, it didn’t take long for competitor Microsoft to downplay Google’s GSA offering while promoting what it contends are the superior features of the Microsoft entry.