Google was named the “2024 Global Smart Content Service Provider Leader” by IDC MarketScape in September 2024.
The IDC MarketScape Vendor Analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive adaptability of ICT vendors in a specific market.
The research methodology uses a rigorous scoring method based on qualitative and quantitative criteria to produce a single graphical description of each vendor’s position in a given market. Capability scores measure a supplier’s product, go-to-market, and business execution in the short term. The strategy score measures the alignment of supplier strategy with customer needs over a 3-5 year period. The market share of the supplier is indicated by the size of the diagram.
This certification validates the power and performance of Google Workspace and demonstrates how it can lead businesses and organizations of all sizes to foster collaboration. You can read an excerpt here: IDC Marketscape 2024: Global Smart Content Service Provider Assessment.
In addition to customer feedback, IDC MarketScape’s observation of Google also analyzes the strengths of its product portfolio, where product differentiation enables organizations to streamline file management, content services, collaboration, and workflows to accelerate productivity:
- AI/ML: Google’s research organization is driving innovative large-scale language models and AI enhancements to improve content discovery, management, and security. Early use of Google’s AI model gives it a competitive advantage, especially in the areas of data extraction, document understanding, and data analysis. Google continues to invest in critical generative AI multimodal models that can be used across domains, especially for cases that require IDP.
- Scalability: Google Workspace and Google Drive are highly scalable cloud platforms with global endpoints and extensive language support. Google Workspace and Cloud Drive operate on Google’s global infrastructure in 40 regions, 100 regions, and more than 200 countries. Google Workspace covers the infrastructure, application, and database tiers, and can store data in other cloud providers, such as AWS S3 buckets or Microsoft Azure Blob storage. Google Workspace provides users with tools to monitor and manage cloud storage, as well as access, archive, and retrieval options.
- Integration: Workspace and Drive are cloud-based integrations for a broad suite of Google products for authoring, collaboration, and analytics. The Office 365 productivity suite can also be integrated with Drive and Workspace. Google works with more than 750 third-party applications, including ECM, collaboration, workflow, and Line of Business (LOB)/industry-specific single point solutions. The Google Workspace Marketplace offers more than 5,000 applications and business tools, many of which are specific to use cases.
IDC MarketScape notes: “Organizations of any size should consider Google’s broad portfolio of content capabilities and services to process, understand, analyze, and store content for a variety of use cases.” Google Cloud Platform is the foundation of Workspace and Drive, and the investment in cutting-edge and applied technology research puts Google at the forefront of applying GenAI and LLM to content services. Google’s pace of scalability and innovation remains noteworthy, and its customers and partners expect providers to leverage a technology-first approach to scale collaboration.
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