Google finally buys DocVerse, the bridge between MS Office and Google Apps

Filed under: Office, Productivity, Web services, Google

Google has been steadily adding to the variety of file types allowed in Google Apps -- you can store or share basically anything, now -- but there was still a missing link between the Microsoft Office documents you use on your desktop and the Google Docs files you edit in the cloud. A third party service called DocVerse bridged that gap, and now Google has acquired DocVerse.

We first reported on the possibility of this acquisition last December, but now it's finally a done deal. Now Google can provide the fantastic cloud-based Office collaboration abilities that DocVerse has been refining for some time. This is a well-timed move, considering that Microsoft's new business strategy is reportedly heavy on cloud-based software. Google is getting DocVerse's talent, as well as its technology. The team will join Google Docs.

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