2012年科技大势预测

谷歌微软一决雌雄

    越来越多的企业为了削减成本正寻求依托于云计算的解决方案。因此，企业甚至开始外包我们处理工作任务时采用的基本效能工具，诸如电子邮件、文字处理和演示工具，这一点显然也符合逻辑。谷歌（Google）应用软件和微软Office 365之类的产品组件由此应运而生。这两种产品都具有网络信息传送和合作方面的独特优势，同时免去了附加硬件、软件安装方面的困扰，此外，企业不需要专门配备内部的IT员工，而且价格只是传统方式的一个零头。(实际上，谷歌表示这种解决方案的成本要比传统解决方案低三分之一。) 谷歌针对企业用户的应用软件于2007年问市，而微软公司（Microsoft）在当年进入市场的时间更早。企业用户目前正纠结哪个解决方案更有利，可以预见这两家巨头之间将会展开正面交锋。

Google Apps and Office 365 will duke it out

    With businesses increasingly looking to cloud-based solutions to cut costs, it only seems logical that even our basic productivity tools for tasks like email, word processing and presentations get outsourced. That's where product suites like Google Apps and Microsoft's Office 365 come in. Both offer the distinct advantage of web-based messaging and collaboration without the hassle of additional hardware, software installation, or the need for in-house IT staff, for a fraction of the price. (In fact, Google says theirs costs a third less than traditional solutions.) Though Google Apps for businesses has been around since 2007, Microsoft just got into the game earlier this year. Expect these two titans to clash as companies wrestle over which solution is better for them.