Office Plugin Brings Google Apps-style Collaboration To Word

Google Cloud Connect, a new Office plugin from Google, should be attractive to small business users, says PC World's Keir Thomas, but Google makes a mistake by not reassuring them about cloud-related security concerns.

"Google has begun testing an intriguing plugin for Microsoft Office. Google Cloud Connect is a devastatingly simple concept: rather than save your files to your computer's hard disk, it allows you to save them to your online Google Docs space.

Following the upload, the user can share docs with colleagues and more importantly, collaboratively edit them from within the Microsoft Office software window. In other words, the plugin brings the shared editing power of Google Docs--its best selling point--to Microsoft Office."