DocVerse: Real-Time Collaboration with Microsoft Office

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JUST A WEEK AGO, I blogged about online collaboration by writers, specifically pointing to a new, free online resource TypeWith.Me. Well, now online collaboration takes a HUGE STEP forward. Google has just bought DocVerse, the company that developed a Microsoft Office plug-in that allows users in different locations to work simultaneously on Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. Now writers will be able to collaborate using familiar tools.

DocVerse was developed over the past three years by two former Microsoft employees. On 5 March 2010, the company was bought by Google, which puts real muscle behind the product. Here’s what the developers wrote on the DocVerse Blog:

“We fundamentally believe that Google is one of the best positioned companies to truly disrupt the world of productivity software. We’re looking forward to the opportunity to scale our vision at Google. Our first step will be to combine DocVerse with Google Apps to create a bridge between Microsoft Office and Google Apps. I look forward to sharing more about our plans in the near future.”

The plug-in is now unavailable to users, as the development team works at integration into the Google family. I’ll keep track of this software enhancement and pass on word once it’s again available. In the meantime, take a brief tour of this plug-in. It’s powerful. I’m eager to get hold of it myself.

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Google Beats ‘Em AND Joins ‘Em With DocVerse Acquisition [Google] (gizmodo.com)
Google buys DocVerse (infoworld.com)
Google buys DocVerse, steps closer to Office collaboration (arstechnica.com)
Google to make Google Docs users be able to collaborate with Microsoft Office users (the-web-tech.blogspot.com)

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Comment by
The What If Girl
8 Mar 2010

Looking forward to this as it progresses. I’m a writing teacher and fiction coach. I currently use Docs in class and it will be interesting to see how it correlates with Wave, Docs, and Word. Thanks for the post!
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