Los Angeles Adopts Google Apps For The 30,000 City Employees

The City Council of Los Angeles, California [as if you didn't know], approved a $7.25 million contract today to move the 30,000 city employees to Google App’s email system. This deal is of course a great thing for Google who has been in a very heated battle against archenemy Microsoft to win more enterprise customers.

The deal was passed after more than 2 hours of debate, where several members expressed security concerns. In the end, the deal was passed 12 – 0. Los Angeles will start a pilot period, in which only a small number of employees will test the system.

The City of Los Angeles becomes one of the largest cities in the United States to adopt Google Apps.

[ Los Angeles Times ]