New ways of working

The model and characteristics of the Google application suite make it particularly useful when collaboration is important - a key component of much of our work.

Key points:

• • The Google application suite tools cannot each be fully understood in isolation, as one of the main strengths is the interaction that occurs between them.

  • They cannot be regarded simply as web versions of conventional desktop applications, as they were developed using a completely different model.

  • The best results cannot be achieved by trying to make make Mail, Calendar etc work in the same way as Microsoft Office applications.

  • The Google suite challenges us to take a fresh look at our way of working and discover new approaches that exploit the strengths of the new models.