Office 365 gains eight new state-and-local government customers

Google news, at least for some of us, recently is grim (Reader goes bye-bye). In fact, I no longer trust the search company will keep anything, while my colleague Wayne Williams dumps Google for Microsoft. Trust is essential and Google has lost it for me. Microsoft, on the other hand, is on a roll, of sorts, with its Windows Blue "leak" and now another cloud win for its Office platform.

Microsoft announces eight more government offices have adopted its Office 365 platform, further rubbing salt into the Google Docs wound. At today's CIO Summit, the company welcomes aboard: metros Kansas City and Seattle; counties Dupage and King; colleges California State University Sacramento, University of Colorado Springs and University of Miami; and San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.

"The rapidly increasing public sector adoption rates for Microsoft Office 365 are directly tied to current budget realities and the fact that our customers need to be more productive at a lower cost", Curt Kolcun, vice president of Microsoft U.S. Public Sector, says.

These latest moves join a number of other high-profile adopters that include the city of Chicago, among others. And, with Office 365 recently receiving a major overhaul with the Office 2013 release, it has become a tempting proposition for individuals and business alike. Now the ball is in Google's court awaiting a big update to Docs and Apps to counter this move.

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