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Google 'needs' Microsoft for enterprise success
News Girouard believes next year will be a breakthrough year for Google apps such as its spreadsheets and word processing service, formerly known as Writely. Google is ramping up its enterprise offering with the planned... [21 Nov 2006]
Google adds wikis to its arsenal
News In a blog post announcing the deal JotSpot co-founder and CEO Joe Kraus wrote: "We watched [Google] acquire Writely and launch Google Groups, Google Spreadsheets and Google Apps for Your Domain. Google's empire building... [01 Nov 2006]
Microsoft polishes Office Live offering
News Rival Google acquired online word-processing company Writely in March and introduced spreadsheet software in June. Office Live, which is a set of small business services such as email, web hosting and contact-management... [01 Nov 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Software as a service
Cheat Sheet Applications such as Writely.com - which was bought by Google - and offers an application that looks and feels a little like Microsoft Word. As a service? I don't understand. You're not the only one. What we're talking... [31 Oct 2006]
Google to offer Office-style web app bundle
News Google acquired the online word processing application Writely in March and launched Google Spreadsheets in June. Google is diving further into the web-based productivity application market by offering a new product that... [11 Oct 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.07.06
Round-Up Or should that be Writely so, with a nod and a wink to the acquisition of just such an offering in March? The best kinds feature a pair of technology heavyweights squabbling over a matter close to their respective hearts... [21 Jul 2006]
Google rallies to OpenDocument cause
News Google, whose Writely online word processing program supports ODF, joined the roster of 240 ODF Alliance members this week, Marino Marcich, managing director of the ODF, said on Tuesday. Google has joined a group that is... [13 Jul 2006]
Google Spreadsheets takes aim at Excel
News Google, which acquired the Writely web-based word processor in March, is unleashing web-based services of programs that propelled Microsoft to dominance on the desktop. Google is today set to launch a web-based... [06 Jun 2006]
Will's Web Watch: At the heart of web 2.0
Comment Most notable among its start-up purchases is Writely, the on-demand word processor. He says he wouldn't have considered using Microsoft Word for the same purpose and believes Writely is an example of a... [12 May 2006]
Software as a service hits sweet spot
News Benioff says all the signs - many of which are covered by the current phrase du jour of Web 2.0 - point towards software as a service, citing Google's purchase of Writely as an emerging threat to the very core of... [12 Apr 2006]
A decade of Webby Awards
News Among the nominees in the best-practices category are Bloglines, Google Maps, Technorati, Writely.com and Flickr (which is also nominated in the best navigation, best visual design and social-networking categories). [12 Apr 2006]
Analysis: Making web 2.0 pay
Comment The web search giant last Thursday confirmed it had bought Upstartle, which produces the hosted word-processing service Writely. The company has not explicitly said what it intends to do with the Writely... [14 Mar 2006]
Does Google buy spell Office challenge?
News Google has acquired the online word processing company Writely in a move that could bring the search giant into even closer competition with Microsoft. Google's acquisition was announced on both Google's and... [10 Mar 2006]
Kill off costly legacy systems in 2006, says Gartner
News Although none of the analyst's tips would come as rocket science for most CIOs - Gartner, for example, recommends building stronger relationships with CFOs and CEOs - it also said they should look at some of the new technologies... [09 Dec 2005]
