Google Opens Apps Marketplace For Cloud Applications

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Google Opens Apps Marketplace For Cloud Applications [googleblog.blogspot.com]

Today, we're making it easier for these users and software providers to do business in the cloud with a new online store for integrated business applications. The Google Apps Marketplace allows Google Apps customers to easily discover, deploy and manage cloud applications that integrate with Google Apps. More than 50 companies are now selling applications across a range of businesses,

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I wanted to post this, but engine has beaten me (again)

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Judging by the lack of comments, it seems it is not exciting webmasters too much, and I understand why, there isn't much for websites to adopt, it is all tools.

But business wise, I think this is big, even huge.

Everyone is doing their app store now (Blackberry, other phone vendors, all electronics companies) to replicate the iStore gold rush.

Even G has a store for Android. But nothing seems to be making a big splash.

This has the potential to be huge. Basically, G is opening the infrastructure, for others to build apps that will compete with desktop apps.

And because it is apps, a lot of it will be paying, so more sources of real revenue, both for the developers and G.