Google won the battle with Microsoft for the project to move Los Angeles’ 30,000 municipal employees to its proprietary e-mail system, over Novell’s GroupWise platform for the $7.25 million contract. The Los Angeles city plans to totally implements Google’s system by June and will begin with a pilot period during which a limited number of employees will test the system. However, the contract comes with a condition. Google must have to compensate the city if its e-mail service is breached and data is stolen. The Los Angeles Council voted to add the penalty provision 9-3. Consumer advocates applauded this motion.
The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 Oct. 27 in favor of using Gmail over Microsoft’s Emailing software Microsoft Office Outlook (Express). The city plans to complete implementation of the Google system by June and will begin with a pilot period during which a limited number of employees will test the system, according to The Los Angeles Times, which reported the news first.
Google hosts its killer product for Email communication Gmail, used by more than 40 million people, on its servers and serves to users over the Internet, or the cloud. It is also the heart of the Google Apps collaboration platform.
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