Chrome OS holds promise, but don’t expect rapid business take-up
Andrew Gough, cloud offer development manager, Capgemini says businesses that already benefit from Google Apps could get a boost from Chrome OS.
10 July 2009
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Google’s decision to launch Chrome OS will likely take over from traditional application, both online and offline. Chrome OS, likely be the first cloud-oriented operating system will focus on netbook PCs that need a lightweight operating system.
Andrew says businesses that already benefit from Google Apps could get a boost from Chrome OS.
“These are businesses that have few heavy duty users and a small office workforce compared with the shop floor,” Andrew continues.
Retailers, where a large proportion of the workforce typically do not have access to computers or the internet, are one example. Google Apps makes economic sense for those who are not heavy-duty users, says Gough.
“If Chrome OS succeeds in being fast, simple and secure, it could provide the first business case for digitally enabling currently disenfranchised workers,” he says.
Chrome OS could make it economically and technically viable for these businesses to roll out low-cost generic computers across the workforce.
“Businesses will be able to automate processes that can be accessed on a self-service
basis to reduce the currently high levels of management input needed.” Andrew concludes
To read the rest of the article by Warwick Ashford at ComputerWeekly.com, click: Chrome OS holds promise but don’t expect rapid business take-up
Related links:
- Press release: Capgemini makes cloud computing for the enterprise a reality with Amazon Web Services
- Capgemini in the News: Google’s Valeo win could help push Apps over the edge
- Andrew speaks to Computer Weekly on how Capgemini is simplifying the Amazon cloud
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