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Is useful for business?

Is useful for business?. Jan Riske BCM WS 2010/2011 21.01.2011. Agenda. Google Docs as subset of Google Apps Components of Google Docs Business Requirements Features and functions Costs Benefits Drawbacks Conclusion. 1. Google Docs as subset of Google Apps.

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Is useful for business?

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  1. Is useful for business? Jan Riske BCM WS 2010/2011 21.01.2011

  2. Agenda • Google Docsassubsetof Google Apps • Components of Google Docs • Business Requirements • Features andfunctions • Costs • Benefits • Drawbacks • Conclusion

  3. 1. Google Docs as subset of Google Apps

  4. 1. Google Apps - editions http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/index.html

  5. 2. Components of Google Docs

  6. 3. Business requirements • Availability • Flexibility • Reliability • Security • Customer Support

  7. 4. Features and functions • Pivot • Macros • Create, change, deletedocuments • Easilysharedocuments • Realtime collaboration • Usability • Storage • Copy & pastebetween different documents

  8. 5. Costs • Hardware • Software / Update • Maintenance • Labor cost

  9. 6. Benefits • High reliability • Decreasingriskofdataloss • High sophisticatedreplication • Increasedproductivity • Fasterprocesses • Fast collaboration • Fast andreliableinfrastructure

  10. Short movie: real-time collaboration

  11. 7. Drawbacks • Weakstandards in thecloud • Secrecy • Endpoints are not necessarilysecure • Location ofdata • Compliance requirements • Availability • Breachdisclosureconcern • Vendor lock-in (dependency on thevendor) • Intentional datadisclosure • Audits

  12. 8. Conclusion • Advantages – disadvantages • Costsaving – risk • Functionality - requirements  Norecommendationpossible!  Yes, Google canbeusefulforbusiness!

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