Google Applications security defended by Google
The proposed implementation of City of Los Angeles plan, to shift to Google Applications hosted e-mail and office applications, has come under criticism from various organizations and public interest groups, including the Los Angeles Police Department and the city attorney’s office. The critics apprehend that the privacy and security implications of strong and sensitive data stored, being accessed through Internet users.
Matt Glotzbach, director of products management for Google Enterprise, has strongly refuted the apprehension as baseless and some of the concerns raised are ill-informed and motivated by competitors. He asserted categorically the security and privacy will be best maintained by the transition to Google. Glotzbach further said those raising the concerns are not conversant with the cloud computing applications and its security strength and oppose them as they are new and different.
Top Managers of Los Angeles Information Technology Agency (ITA) meanwhile said that adequate provisions have been made to address the concerns of the critics, and they will go ahead with the commitment to go in for Google Apps. According to them, the city council has given the green signal only after thorough scrutiny of the proposed project.
The plan is to replace the Novell Group Wise e-mail and applications of Microsoft with Google Apps. The project is to transition 30,000 users to Google’s office productivity products and e-mail, at the cost of $7.25 millions, by the end of December 2009.
Whether the Los Angeles Police Department will use the new software depends upon the final decision of Justice Department, and after review by the city’s technology council the project will move to the next phase.
Incidentally Google won the contract among 15 competitors, because of their control over privacy and security of Google Apps.
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