Virtual desktop: Google now delivers free office software over the Internet
In recent years, Google has built upon its international network of data centers to supplement its search offerings with a wide range of online (rather than desktop) software applications. Most significantly for lawyers and law firms, Google in 2006 introduced a package of free online enterprise software application -- meant to compete with Microsoft Office -- called Google Apps. In this January 2008 article, commissioned by the Canadian Bar Association, Janet Ellen Raasch discussed this new platform.
Virtual desktop: Google now delivers free office software over the Internet
