Google has already been approved as a FedRAMP launch vendor, and now has submitted its final materials to certify its government-specific cloud. Google is working to get certified by the U.S. Government to be able to take care of all email, interdocument transfer and other office tools.

This is a huge move for google. Currently they have started moving into the public sector of local government too. Among the government customers Google already has for Google Apps are the city of Los Angeles and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. However, Google remains locked in a battle for customers with other providers like Microsoft, as shown by the fact that the University of Arizona, a Google Apps customer, recently signed a deal to become a customer of Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite.

We know that as of this posting google has more than 100 government agencies that are using their tools.

Way to GO GOOGLE!!!!

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