Google vs. Microsoft: Whose Clouds Are Better?
Google Apps and Microsoft Office 365 are business-oriented cloud platforms. But here ends the similarity, especially in the field of demographic characteristics of users. As shown by BetterCloud analyst, who polled 1,500 IT professionals in 53 countries, the Google Apps audience is younger and the companies in which they work are younger and smaller. Office 365 users, on the other hand, are more often early-established companies with a more mature IT infrastructure.
Analysis of the research results shows that, despite the differences, both groups are moving at high speed to make decisions about the full adaptation of cloud services.
The data published in the new BetterCloud study allows us to examine in detail the differences between the audience of cloud platforms:
As we can see, Google’s approach to cloud services is revolutionary, and Microsoft’s evolutionary, due to its focus on different target audiences, which differ in the degree of IT maturity. For a long time, Google was the only cloud platform for the office, but the emergence of Microsoft Office 365 was a turning point for a global shift to the cloud. Microsoft gave a loud and clear signal of the reality of the full adaptation of the new technology, which is confirmed by the research data.
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Organizations that have relied on older Microsoft and Lotus Notes products for decades have begun a slow transition to Office 365 on a global scale, joining early cloud adherents who have long since switched to Google Apps. Of course, the Office 365 audience will be slower to transfer their infrastructure to the cloud on a full-scale basis. However, this does not mean that they will resist change, although they will face many obstacles along the way. It is also important to keep in mind that Office 365 is about 5 years younger than Google Apps.
As the Russian reality and practical experience shows, the trends in the development of technological innovations in Russia fully correspond to the world ones, although all changes occur with a certain lag. The main feature of the domestic IT should be a greater number of independently developed solutions that meet the requirements of the legislation and minimize technological dependence. The trends in the penetration of cloud services into business operations are already undeniable. Companies can long decide which of the approaches to development will be optimal. But in the end, most organizations are aware of the benefits of fully or almost completely deploying cloud technologies.
Analysis of the research results shows that, despite the differences, both groups are moving at high speed to make decisions about the full adaptation of cloud services.
The data published in the new BetterCloud study allows us to examine in detail the differences between the audience of cloud platforms:
- On average, cost reduction from using Google Apps is 41%, while Office 365 saves 27%
- Organizations using Office 365 are about 4 times older, and users are 5 years older than the Google Apps audience.
- Office 365 IT team 5 times bigger
- 68% of Google Apps user organizations use only this platform, while 62% of Office 365 audiences use hybrid deployment.
- Today, none of the large organizations (more than 5,000 employees) using Google Apps or Office 365 have completely transferred their IT to the cloud. It is expected that by 2026 the number of such organizations will increase to 74% and 57%, respectively.
- 84% of large businesses using Google Apps, indicate an increase in cooperation and interaction. According to Office 365, this figure is 72%.
As we can see, Google’s approach to cloud services is revolutionary, and Microsoft’s evolutionary, due to its focus on different target audiences, which differ in the degree of IT maturity. For a long time, Google was the only cloud platform for the office, but the emergence of Microsoft Office 365 was a turning point for a global shift to the cloud. Microsoft gave a loud and clear signal of the reality of the full adaptation of the new technology, which is confirmed by the research data.
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Organizations that have relied on older Microsoft and Lotus Notes products for decades have begun a slow transition to Office 365 on a global scale, joining early cloud adherents who have long since switched to Google Apps. Of course, the Office 365 audience will be slower to transfer their infrastructure to the cloud on a full-scale basis. However, this does not mean that they will resist change, although they will face many obstacles along the way. It is also important to keep in mind that Office 365 is about 5 years younger than Google Apps.
As the Russian reality and practical experience shows, the trends in the development of technological innovations in Russia fully correspond to the world ones, although all changes occur with a certain lag. The main feature of the domestic IT should be a greater number of independently developed solutions that meet the requirements of the legislation and minimize technological dependence. The trends in the penetration of cloud services into business operations are already undeniable. Companies can long decide which of the approaches to development will be optimal. But in the end, most organizations are aware of the benefits of fully or almost completely deploying cloud technologies.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/263151/
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