In 2009, you'll be tempted to move more of your real work online. The Internet is quickly becoming not just a place for research and Leisure but also the platform on which all business documents can be created and, more importantly, shared.
Google Docs - with its very capable and free online wind processor, spread-sheet, and presentation program - has led the way. But Think free Office and Zoho (below) represent significant competition. Even Microsoft has announced plans to move its office suite of productivity tools to an online format. All of this is part of a movement that's being widely referred to as "cloud computing", which essentially refers in software and applications being delivered to you over the Internet. With "always on" internet connections becoming increasingly common, the case for working and storing documents online is compelling. You no longer have the concern over where your documents are stored, since they're ,AL-ways available from any computer connected to the Internet. And because you're working online, you have the ability to collaborate with others, no matter where they're located, to this point, the main obstacle that online app vendors have to overcome is reluctance among users.
Wild all of the big players in the industry moving lo online applications, expect to have your reluctance challenged in 2009.
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