According to a report from The Register, HMRC has decided to make the move away from using Microsoft’s products in its department. Instead they will turn to Google’s own productivity software and cloud storage services, marking it as the first government body in the UK to make such a full transition.
Google’s head of public sector sales in the UK David Fitton wrote, “The acceptance by HMRC that they can store OFFICIAL information offshore in Google data-centres represents a major change and endorsement of Google’s approach to managing sensitive information.” With the switch, it will see more than 70,000 employees make the switch from Microsoft to Google.
In fact over in the UK, Google’s services appear to be pretty well-received. As it stands there are about 2,500 Cabinet Officers who are already on Gmail, so safe to say this exodus from Microsoft to Google will no doubt make the latter company very happy.