Cloud Office Wars Go Mobile: Google Buys Quickoffice
Summary
In a move sure to be seen as the next chapter in the cloud office wars, the battlefield has moved to mobile with Google buying mobile Microsoft Office-compatible app maker Quickoffice. Quickoffice has an established track record of enabling seamless interoperability with popular file formats, and we’ll be working on bringing their powerful technology to our Apps product suite. The post announcing the news was short — but sweet, leaving little doubt about how important mobile will be to Google’s cloud office suite. It is actively pushing universities, government and agencies, and businesses to make the switch from Microsoft Office. A recent Gartner report said: “Google Apps is taking more business away from Microsoft than we expected, raising its stature as an enterprise provider.