United States : Google Beats Out Microsoft For LA City E-mail Contract.Byline: Mamta03 The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. city government will use Google's e-mail and Internet application services See ASP and Web services. under a $7.25 million contract the City Council approved Tuesday. The deal marks a significant win for Google over rival Microsoft and is widely seen as a vote of confidence for cloud computing (1) Running applications in or from network servers. Computing "in the cloud" may refer to a company's own network, but often refers to the Internet and the use of Web browser-based or rich client applications. . Under the contract, the city's approximately 30,000 employees will use Google's e-mail and on-demand office applications, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a story in The Wall Street Journal. The $7.25 million contract is with systems integrator Computer Sciences Corp., which will use the Google applications See Google Apps. to replace older applications from Novell that city workers use today. The contract is contingent on CSC agreeing to pay a penalty if a security breach occurs, according to an Associated Press story. The City Council's unanimous 12-0 vote approving the Google deal came despite concerns raised by the city's police officers' union, the LA City Attorney's Office and privacy advocates about the security of data stored online rather than in on-site servers. Google's e-mail has suffered several well-publicized service outages this year, including a prolonged outage on Sept. 1 and another back in February. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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