Newspaper Chain Is Switching 8,500 Employees To Google Apps

Posted: 12/28/2011  |  By: Matt Rosoff | BusinessInsider.com

One isolated case doesn't make a trend, but Microsoft should be worried about cases like the McClatchy newspaper chain.

A loyal Microsoft shop today, McClatchy is shifting its 8,500 employees over to Google Apps.

Worse yet, McClatchy cites bad customer reviews of Microsoft's existing cloud offering -- the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) -- as a major reason why it's going to Google.