Wave in the Cloud… Max Effgen, June 1, 2009 The Google Wave preview is worth the time to check out. My take, like many others, is that Google Wave is clearly aimed at Microsoft Sharepoint and Exchange. There are many cloud versions of Sharepoint-like collaboration tools already. As companies get more comfortable with their corporate email, they will be looking for the 1-2 punch offered by Microsoft and now Google. I would expect these two giants to continue to slug it out in the cloud application space. It may be just a matter of time before Google swallows Salesforce.com. If that does in fact happen, the fireworks will fly. The best concise overview of Google Wave I have found is @ Mashable: Testing Google Wave: This Thing is Tidal Google Wave: wave.google.com Update Another great read on Google Wave and Microsoft @ TechCrunch: The Manhattan Project. Update 11/23/11 Well Google bombed on this one. Wave never gained traction despite the hype. Development stopped over a year ago and it is officially on life support. The plug will be pulled on April 30, 2012. So long, we hardly knew ya. The Official Google Blog: More spring cleaning out of season. cloud cloudcomputinggooglewave