Mountain View,
Calif. – Google (NASD: GOOG) has acquired
DocVerse, a provider of technology that lets users collaborate on Microsoft
Word documents online, for around $25 million, The Wall Street Journal
reported, citing a source.
Founded in 2007 by two Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) veterans, DocVerse
lets users upload Word documents to the Web and jointly edit them.
Google plans
to combine DocVerse with Google Apps, to created a bridge between the Microsoft
Office and Google Apps platforms.
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(WSJ)
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-docs-welcomes-docverse.html
