From WSJ:

Internet giant Google Inc. is tapping Salesforce.com Inc. for help selling Google's online software.

Google has in recent months ramped up an effort to get more companies to use Google Apps, an online alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Office software for handling tasks such as email and word-processing.

The Internet search company and Salesforce.com, a provider of online services for salespeople and marketers, plan Monday to announce that they have built technology into their products to make it easier for customers to share information between Salesforce.com and Google Apps.

As a client of both service, the AO team is happy to hear this. Many startups begin with Google Apps' free stuff, and at some point need to graduate to Salesforce. Cheers to Benioff and the Google boys for working together.

- The AO Take
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