Google to get aggressive with Apps suite

(Gawkwire.com) Google plans to aggressively add new applications and capabilities to its Web-hosted Apps software suite for businesses and will likely leave the price unchanged as it builds out the service, a company official said Tuesday.

The comments signal a move that will likely heat up the competitive fire between Google and Microsoft in the market for office productivity, communication, and collaboration software.

Google, a recent entrant to this market, has opted to provide its suite via a SaaS (software as a service) model, a newly popular approach in which vendors host the software and data, and deliver it to customers via the Internet. ... Go to source