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<title>Google and Capgemini just doesn't add up</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=377</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:21:43 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Phil Wainewright</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I suspect a lot of the buzz generated by Google's initiative to deliver online applications to the enterprise stems from a gut feel that software, along with all the IT infrastructure and professional services that surround it, simply costs too much.    So when Capgemini comes along and says it's going to support Google Apps Premier Edition (GAPE) as part of its desktop outsourcing play, it simply doesn't add up. Google Apps is part of a fresh, new wave that's going to blow away all those high-cost, consulting-laden IT rollouts. Isn't it?    Except that ... enterprises don't understand this web-based SaaS model. There's no established best practice for buying it, implementing it, governing and managing it. Capgemini brings respectability, packages it into a ... ]]>
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<title>Google Apps and Cap Gemini: strange bedfellows?</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=387</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:17:33 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Michael Krigsman</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=387</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Consulting firm Cap Gemini has become a major deployment partner for Google Apps. At first glance, this combination seems odd, to say the least. What's in it for both companies?    To find out, several Enterprise Irregulars (Vinnie Mirchandani, Dennis Howlett, Phil Wainewright, and myself) spoke with Steve Jones,  Cap Gemini's head of SOA, and Michael E. Donner, their Vice President and Global Head, Demand Generation.    Cap Gemini is a large system integration and consulting organization focusing on high-end, strategic IT projects. In contrast, Google Apps are lightweight, online, office-style applications that include a word processor, spreadsheet, and email. Think of Google Apps as software  even your non-technical grandmother could use.    From Google's perspective, the relationship with ... ]]>
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<title>Cap Gemini's GAPEing void play: hit or miss?</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=158</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:57:05 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dennis Howlett</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=158</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Following the announcement of the Google and Cap Gemini tie up, Mike Krigsman, Vinnie Mirchandani, Phil Wainewright and I peppered Steve Jones Cap Gemini's head of SOA,  and Michael Donner, VP, Global Head, Demand Generation     Outsourcing Services with questions about the deal. While each of us has our own agenda, we were left with more questions than answers. We are not alone. Mary Jo Foley has a stack of questions. In an effort to parse what we believe this means Mike, Vinnie, Phil and I held a follow up call.    Mike and Phil will no doubt opine in due course and I won't pre-empt their thoughts. Vinnie has given his opinion, considering this a lost opportunity for Cap Gemini ... ]]>
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<title>Microsoft offers its take on CapGemini-Google deal</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=706</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:52:59 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary Jo Foley</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=706</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has been noticeably quiet whenever we bloggers/press folk ask them for comments on Google various announcements. Today's CapGemini-Google partnership to sell Google Apps Premier Edition (GAPE)  must have struck a nerve, as Microsoft sent out a lengthy and unsolicited response on the deal.    Here's what Microsoft said via an emailed statement, attributable to a "corporate spokesperson:      We believe competition is good for customers and the industry. That said, customers tell us that our solutions deliver the ease of use, reliability and security that enterprises need.  This is validated in the strong reception we   ve seen to 2007 adoption and usage and by having achieved more than 90% enterprise agreement renewal in the fourth quarter of our last fiscal year. ... ]]>
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<title>Is Google Apps now a real Microsoft Office competitor?</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=705</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:57:38 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary Jo Foley</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[An alliance forged between Google and systems integrator CapGemini was the talk of the blogosphere on September 10. Many commentators are looking at the new partnership as proof that Google finally is ready to make business inroads with Google Apps Premier Edition (GAPE) -- mostly at Microsoft's expense.    To me, there are some pieces that still don't quite add up.    Price: How did CapGemini make its $10 billion in revenues in 2006? By charging for consulting, outsourcing and other related services. That's the business it is in. Google has been touting the $50 per user per year price point of GAPE as one of its main selling points. But once you add the fees for the services CapGemini provides -- procurement, installation, ... ]]>
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<title>Capgemini brings Google Apps to enterprises</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6186</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:36:20 -0700</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan Farber</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6186</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Google gained a major ally for its march into the enterprise. Capgemini, the $10 billion consulting and outsourcing services, is now offering its customers the $50 per user per year Google Apps Premier Edition (Docs & Spreadsheets, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk,  Page Creator, Start Page, administrative tools, APIs, 24x7 support, and a 99.9-percent uptime guarantee for Gmail).    Capgemini Global Outsourcing, which supports more than one million desktops currently, will handle procurement, migration, deployment and management for Google Apps for its large-scale enterprise customers.    Google Apps, as well as other hosted suites such Zoho, Zimbra and ThinkFree are getting on the radar of corporations, but the software is often being used covertly. Capgemini applies its methodologies and handles security, compliance and ... ]]>
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