Microsoft's Office 365 For Government Heralds New Google Fight

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday May 30, 2012 @08:46AM from the whether-the-bear-wins-or-the-fox-wins-the-rabbit-loses dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes "In a bid to expand the reach of its cloud services, Microsoft has introduced Office 365 for Government, which features the same cloud-based productivity tools as Office 365 but stores data in a segregated community cloud. Google and Microsoft have been locked in vicious battle over the past few years to score cloud contracts for government agencies. Microsoft hopes its support of standards such as ISO 27001, SAS70 Type II, HIPAA, FERPA, and FISMA will help to give it an edge in winning those contracts."

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I'm hoping for microsoft by noh8rz3 · 2012-05-30 08:48 · Score: 0, Troll

As a consultant who works with govt often, I really really hope that microsoft wins this battle. Right now all our document production is office based, and if we need to account for an entirely new office suite (google docs) then it's another magnitude of (nonbillable) complexity.