Google Apps for Education: Top Choice for UC Berkeley
January 26, 2012
UC Berkeley is a powerhouse university in the world of computer science: ranked 3rd in the world, it bought UNIX to the world and is alma mater to the likes of Gordon Moore, Steve Wozniak, and Eric Schmidt. UCB recently went through an evaluation of cloud e-mail technologies, leading to the recent announcement that Google Apps would be its new campus e-mail and calendaring system.
Berkeley’s FAQ states:
As part of our budget reduction strategy and in line with an emerging trend in higher education, UC Berkeley is migrating to Google Apps for Education to provide much needed and often requested services to the campus. Google meets these needs, and also provides our faculty, students, and staff with many additional benefits.
Savings will be achieved through the elimination of non-productive, redundant services, and some decrease in infrastructure expenditures.
As part of their evaluation, Berkeley have produced a thorough matrix explaining how Google Apps compared to Microsoft Office 365 in the areas that mattered to their particular deployment. While Office 365 won out in some areas, Google Apps was the winner on the day.
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