SharePoint: Microsoft's 'Secret Weapon Against Google Apps?'

The company has been testing a free, ad-supported version of SharePoint -- similar to what Google offers with its basic version of Google Apps.

by Deborah Gage

February 26, 2010

Microsoft and Google are revving up their battle for the budgets of Chief Information Officers, with new versions of Microsoft Office and SharePoint coming in June.

One analyst, Rob Helm of Directions on Microsoft, describes SharePoint 2010, which can be hosted either inside or outside a company's walls so employees can collaborate on documents with whatever level of privacy they choose, as Microsoft's "secret weapon against Google Apps" -- Google's hosted Office suite.

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