Google Apps were a game-changer when they first came out,
and they've owned the market for productivity software as a service ever since
— largely because Microsoft's cloud-based versions of familiar Office
applications lagged so far behind their on-premise peers in terms of features
and functionality. Now that Office 365 has stepped up its game, Google
Apps' market dominance is slipping, at least according to a new study.
The survey by cloud access security broker Bitglass shows
that Office 365 tripled its adoption rate from 7.7
percent in 2014 to 25.2 percent in 2015. By comparison, Google Apps' adoption
rate only climbed from 16.3 percent to 22.8 percent. Regardless of platform,
though, the survey shows that worldwide, businesses of all sizes are giving up
on-premise productivity suites in favor of cloud-based alternatives. Adoption
rates have doubled in the last year and more than half of global businesses
have now made the switch.
If you're considering moving your
office productivity tools to the cloud, Xantrion can help you decide which
tools to use and how to make sure they deliver the functionality and security
your users expect and need.
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