Google kicked off its I/O conference today with several new software and hardware announcements that are bound to get folks excited. One of those exciting announcements came in the form of Google Drive for business, where each user gets unlimited storage for $10.
As per Google, there are over 190 million users active on Drive in the last 30 days, which is quite impressive for a service that is relatively new compared to some of the cloud based services available right now. Furthermore, not only is the price better, but users can also encrypt their important data within Drive. This is important for business folks who are wary of hackers or the NSA getting a hold of their data.
Creating documents is now more seamless than ever. In the past when a user creates a document, it would then convert into a .doc file. However, now it is handled within Google Drive, natively, and a native Word document is only created when the user wants to send it to someone else over email.
Google is also working on making the experience the same on any device. The company announced that Docs, Sheets and Slides will get new makeovers that are similar to the mobile versions of the apps.
"Over the next few weeks, we'll be gradually rolling out new home screens for Docs, Sheets, and Slides on the web, similar to what you have seen on mobile, at: google.com/docs, google.com/sheets, google.com/slides," says Google.
The crowd at Google I/O also went into frenzy when the company announced that several universities and corporate entities have chosen to go with Google over the likes of Microsoft. If there is any truth to these claims, then Microsoft is in serious trouble as Google is eating into its enterprise market at a rapid pace.
On the matter of the $10 per user unlimited Google Drive for business feature, folks should keep a keen eye on the words, "per user." If a business owner has 100 employees, then they are looking at paying Google $1000 per month, which is $12,000 per year. We're not certain if many small and medium size businesses would go down this road.
Whether or not this deal with worth looking into, might have a lot to do with how large is a business and the amount of money it is making annually.
