Los Angeles moving to Gmail

After two hour debate the City Council of Los Angeles voted unanimously to move the entire postal system of municipal service Gmail. The tender for the outsourcing of mail was launched a year ago, and Google managed to win it with several competitors, including Microsoft.

Thus, 30 000 municipal workers’ email addresses (police, city council, fire service, etc.) will now depart to Google. Migration procedure will last until June 2010, including the testing period. The contract amount is $ 7.25 million

Such a long two-hour debate was due to the fact that city officials wanted to make sure that the Google hosting service will save taxpayers money, but also will be able to provide maximum security for the police documents of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles – the second largest U.S. city, many smaller cities saw this tender as an example. Therefore, Microsoft has actively lobbied for their interests and even sent to Los Angeles several top managers and lawyers. However, they failed to derail the deal. According to experts, other cities across the country may wish to join Gmail too.

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