Clash of the techy titans
Sep 24, 2009 Cloud Computing, Featured, SaaS
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It’s not surprising to find two of the IT industry’s giants, Microsoft and Google, coming to blows now and again and these two have certainly had their fair share of scraps in the past, yet the momentum of their latest clashes has been significantly noticeable and has definitely got the industry press talking. In this article we investigate what all of the hype is really about and we’ll start with a recap of what’s been happening.
- Wired: Google vs. Microsoft: What You Need to Know
- Wall Street Journal: Google Targets Microsoft’s Turf
- ITPro: Microsoft vs Google: Tale of the tape
Darren Farnden, Marketing Manager
September 2008
The latest round of clashes started with Google’s launch of Chrome, an alternative browser based on new technologies which enables faster loading times, improved security and a number of new features, including the sandboxing of tabs.
By sandboxing individual tabs if a single website hangs or crashes the rest of the tabs are unaffected, an innovative and useful feature. This product launch was seen as a direct challenge to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer service but in fact it makes perfect sense that Google would want some control over the method of delivering traffic to its core search business.
- ITPro: Google launches Chrome web browser
- Google Press Centre: Google Chrome: A New Take on the Browser
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