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Best practices for Going Google: Change management

This is one area where companies have missed the mark - changing from Outlook to Gmail for example is not an easy migration. How much time did you spend on change management in your migration? Should you have spent more time and resources in this area?

we have a tablet in the house with android and a laptop with windows 8 pro, so we can compare the two....they are world apart.....say the least;;;although the objective looks the same at a glance, but in reality not...if I as a entrepreneur should to choose between the two... I would still choose Windows 8 pro........why? compatebilty problems, I still get a headache when I remember the past between OS9 and Microsoft....

It is very easy for the users to change with minimal training since they are most likely already using Google at home. Not so much for the older Windows administrators. Is it easier to change 1 or 2 administrators, or 1000 users that will have a very hard time with Windows 8? Of course the Microsoft consultants see the training $$ for maintaining the new monopoly, even if they don't know that OS X(10) has been out for 8+ years and it's not even the same as Android. Why would anyone try to compare a tablet with a full blown laptop in the first place? Anyway....
Google Gmail, Apps, and everything work on ALL platforms. The stability is there, the users are already trained, so the major deciding factor would be that it's multi-platform and device independent. Compatibility with open standards means that it'll run even on Win 8, Win 7 64bit, and Win 7 32bit, AND XP as well as everything else. So, yes, compatibility should be a concern, especially if you have ANY of the following: Android, Chrome, iOS, OS X, ANY Windows version, BSD, Linux variations in your enterprise.
But, for ANY enterprise change this big with big risks, YOU STILL NEED A PLAN!