Google’s Postini revamp
p2pnet news | Product News:- A charge levelled at Google yesterday by Guardian Unlimited:writer Jack Schofield was the company may be stifling innovation, “because its huge market power makes it hard to compete, even if you have a better product”.
And because Google is hugely rich, “it can buy up innovation by taking over other companies such as YouTube, Blogger, Keyhole, Picasa, DoubleClick, Feedburner, Jaiku, Jotspot, Android (to get into phones), Postini, GrandCentral and many more,” he stated, adding:
“If you can out-innovate Google, it can, like the borg, absorb you.”
With that in mind, “Google is adding more e-mail security and storage products for businesses, sharpening its aim on a Microsoft stronghold while the competition between the two rivals also heats up in Internet search and advertising,” says the Seattle Times.
The tools, slated for launch today, are based on technology, “Google acquired last year when it bought e-mail specialist Postini for $625 million,” says the story.
“The package of products is designed to weed out junk mail and potential viruses as well as protect against leaks of confidential information sent through e-mail.”
Google’s, “push into business software, launched in 2006, looms as a threat to Microsoft, which derives much of its profit from the sale of its more expensive Office suite,” adds the story.
Also See:
stifling innovation – Google lashes out at Microsoft Yahoo bid, February 4, 2008
Seattle Times – More e-mail security added, February 5, 2008
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February 5th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
On one hand, I want Google to pwn Microsoft but their privacy policy makes me cringe.