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Google Inc., taking Microsoft Office 2007 aim at Microsoft Corp.'s lucrative Office franchise, plans to release a free tool allowing users to transfer files from the widely used software suite to the Web so that multiple people can edit and collaborate on them. The long-anticipated move is intended to bolster one of Google's fastest-growing businesses not related to its popular search engine--selling online software to companies. The company's Google Apps offering includes Win 7 online word-processing, spreadsheet and collaboration tools used through a Web browser that are part of a service called Google Docs. They compete with Office applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.Though Google Apps comes in free and paid versions that are much less expensive than Office, some customers have resisted using them because employees are accustomed to Office.
Google plans to formally introduce the new Google tool, called Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office, later this week after releasing it to early testers in November. The company says it takes Office files, uploads them to Google's servers and gives them a unique Web address so they and can be accessed through Google Docs from any Internet-connected device. The files can also be accessed from within Office.
Once the files are on the Web--also called the "cloud," in industry Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate parlance—documents can be shared and simultaneously edited by multiple people, Google says. The tool allows people to comment on documents online and display those comments so they are visible to others, Google says. Cloud Connect is free to individual users and paying customers for Google Apps.
The Google service was first developed by a start-up, DocVerse, which Google acquired last year. DocVerse had sold the software to businesses that collectively had hundreds of thousands of employees.
"It's like a set of training wheels for the cloud," says Shan Sinha, a Google product group manager who co-founded DocVerse and was previously a Microsoft employee. He added that "Microsoft is fighting an uphill battle, with this huge weight microsoft office 2010 product key Office 2007 Ultimate behind them," referring Office's roots on computer hard drives rather than the Web. "We're able to meet people at the top of the hill," he said.
Microsoft suggested most users will stick to Office. "People trust Microsoft to provide the best productivity experience on the PC, phone and browser," said Clint Patterson, director of Microsoft Online Services, in a statement. "While we appreciate that Google is acknowledging the incredible customer demand for Office, used by over 750 million people world-wide, we believe people will find the Cloud Connect experience falls short of meeting their needs."
Ravi Simhambhatla, vice president of IT and business applications office professional plus 2010 at Tesla Motors Inc., which uses Office, said Cloud Connect could go a long way in winning over businesses that feared they wouldn't be able to collaborate on documents with business partners who were using Office. "I can see businesses jettisoning their fears" and "readily adopting the Google Apps platform in greater numbers," he said.
Last year, while at airline Virgin America, Mr. Simhambhatla oversaw the company's move to Google's email system from Microsoft's.
Google says more than three million businesses use Google Apps, though many aren't paying for it. Businesses with 50 or more employees pay a fee of $50 per year for each user.In addition to competing vigorously over the business market, Google and Microsoft are vying for contracts to provide local, state and federal government agencies with online software.
While the temperatures for the Phoenix race promise to be moderate, Crafton says that learning to deal with the heat in the race truck is one of the things he trains for. Aerobic workouts followed by long sessions in a sauna help keep him prepared for the challenge."You need to learn to breathe in the heat," Crafton said. "Being in the truck during a race in hot weather is like riding a bicycle in Office 2010 Professional a steam room for two or three hours."Although Crafton hasn't visited Victory Lane since 2008's win at Charlotte Motor Speedway, he has been near the top of the NCWTS year-end rankings with a 2009 second-place finish and a fourth last year. Consistently high finishes week in and week out have been his trademark.
David Pepper, team manager for Crafton's Thorsport Racing, acknowledges his ability to see the big picture. "Matt's very consistent - you know exactly what you're gonna get every time he straps in the truck," Pepper said. "He makes really good decisions on the race track and he races for the championship."Crafton sees the major elements that make up a strong competitor as a fierce desire to win every race and a bit of swagger."You gotta be hungry and you gotta want it," Crafton said. "Can't just expect it to be given to you. You gotta go out there and you gotta earn it."
The swagger is the confidence that makes the difference in Crafton's mind."As a race car driver you need that confidence. That little bit of extra," he said. "If you have it you can get half a tenth to a tenth better and go from a 10th-place finish to winning a race."Crafton is proud that his No. 88 Chevrolet holds the record for longest-running sponsor in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with Menards. The sponsor has been on his truck for all his visits to the Phoenix International Raceway, with this Friday's race being number 11.
Qualifying for the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway will be broadcast live at 5 Microsoft Office 2010 pm ET on SPEED, NCWTS Setup with Krista Voda at 7:30 pm ET and green flag at 8 pm ET.