I haven抰 seen any evidence that tech execs have Google on their lists of top-tier enterprise application providers. Am I missing something? 数据挖掘研究院
I recently interviewed Sun Microsystem抯 CIO Bob Worrall. He told me that he抎 been in Moscow recently and spoken with a group of 50 young entrepreneurs. When he asked how many, as part of their business plans, had incorporated plans for traditional IT data 
The point seems to be this: young people are enamored of the potential of online services, like those from Amazon.com, Salesforce.com, or Google, which recently introduced its Google Apps Premier Edition, a set of software-as-a-service offerings that includes e-mail, calendar, word processing, and spreadsheet capabilities, among others. 数据挖掘研究院
Google describes GAPE this way: 揥ith Google
The Burton Group, an IT research firm that specializes in enterprise architecture issues, recently published a report entitled "Google Apps in the Enterprise: A Promotion-Enhancing or Career-Limiting Move for Enterprise Architects?" 数据挖掘研究院
The report recommends organizations must be comfortable with three key areas if considering Google抯 applications: First; the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model in general; then, the capabilities of Google抯 applications; and then, Google as a company.
"Don't be seduced by Google's low price point," said Guy Creese, a Burton analyst, in a statement about the report. "The product's rudimentary feature set combined with Google's unique company culture could spell disaster if unwisely deployed." 数据挖掘研究院
Nice use of the word 搖nique,?by the way. And forget for a moment that just about any technology, if unwisely deployed, could spell disaster for an organization. The point is that Google is too new to the game, that it抯 software is too unsophisticated and basically untested, and that Google has yet to earn its bones as an enterprise player. 数据挖掘研究院
"Google has helped the industry question long-held beliefs and is contributing largely to the adoption of SaaS solutions," said Creese. "Unfortunately, Google can't capitalize on these market changes because GAPE currently has weaknesses that large enterprises cannot ignore." 数据挖掘研究院
Sounds reasonable. But implicit in the title of the Burton Group抯 report is that enterprise architects -- and ultimately, of course, that means the CIOs they report to -- ascribe a certain amount of seriousness to Google抯 apps as alternatives to standard enterprise applications from Microsoft, Oracle, or SAP. That抯 the notion I have yet to see any evidence of.
Granted, any forward-looking CIO worth his or her salt is exploring the potential efficiencies and cost savings implicit in the software-as-a-service model. But it抯 too early in the curve for Google to be taken seriously for anything other than the most rudimentary jobs.
Or am I missing something?
If you抮e considering Google as an enterprise app provider, please let me know. Otherwise, which vendors are your best bets for software-as-a-service and other online services models?
