Google Sites

5 December 2007 by Simon Mone

I guess it was only a matter of time before we saw Google announce their WCM as a service. Although it is not yet official there is talk on the web about Google Sites which will enhance the existing Google Apps suite to provide users with the facility to create web sites, intranets and extranets in an online collaberative environment.

Google recently bought JotSpot which provides wikis and other collaberative applications including calendaring, file cabinet, photo gallery, spreadsheets, a group directory, a bug tracker and a forum. The new offering is to include the ability to download documents using Google Gears and work on them offline and is expected to include OCR capabilities, video conferencing as well as chat. 

Without a doubt this is a move that will shake up the already shakey WCM and ECM markets and will spark an increase in the SaaS offerings around WCM applications. Interesting times. 

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Simon Mone @ 12/7/2007 11:18:37 PM

I have read a strong dismissal of this line of thought from one of the contributors to CMS Watch along the lines that Google Applications haven't had much impact so neither will Google Sites. I can see the point being made but I do think a trend is being 'mainstreemed' here. Google Apps and Google Sites may not have much take up among businesses today but techies like the ideas being commercialised here and at some point both Microsoft and Google will be facing a real threat from more focused cost effective solutions and SaaS is a likely model. CMS vendors should also be aware of the potential. Open Source and SaaS will gain ground and brand loyalty will count for little in the long run.

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