Google Will Make More Moves
John Furrier’s video in his earlier post raises some great questions. Yes, it seems Google is slipping into this Unified Communications market. And I agree with John on his point that Microsoft is just too strong a presence in the enterprise for Google to be a real force on its own.
I think Google knows this, so look for continued alliances and strategic moves by Google as their plan evolves. The question is when Google makes those moves, which ones would they make? Is there any one strategic alliance that will give them that foothold they would need to creep into the enterprise? There is much to be seen and this will be interesting to say the least to observe as it unfolds. They are certainly a dark horse at this point, but it’s early in the game..
John,
I think that the Salesforce is a key paradigm shift in possible presence. The notion of looking at the provisioning side around new presence models might be a lever for Google. Think about how a mashup of Salesforce data and the possibility of using their data as core information into edge based presence…
boggles my mind to even think about it…
Comment by John Furrier — June 25, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
Salesforce is definitely dominant and a “force” to be reckoned with. Microsoft’s alliance with Aspect reveals a similar strategy and perhaps the wave of alliances will continue.
Comment by John Casaretto — June 25, 2008 @ 1:19 pm