Capgemini backs Google software

TECH CONSULTANTS Capgemini have decided that it will recommend Google's online suite of office software to its corporate customers, instead of similar offerings from Microsoft and IBM.

According to its press release, the outfit has embraced, cuddled and otherwise kindoddled Google's software bundle, which includes e-mail, word processing, spreadsheets and calendar management.

Apparently Capgemini can influence the software choices of more than a million PC users as its major customers include drug maker Eli Lilly and accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Capgemini says it will continue to support business software made by Vole and IBM but will back Google applications and help integrate them into corporate systems. With the cheap licences involved for Google software, Capgemini's blessing will give the search engine outfit's software a lot of credibility.

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