January 11th afternoon news, Google reached an agreement with the Spanish bank BBVA agency, then Google won the largest business contract in the history.
Google is trying to fight Microsoft enterprise customers. The BBVA is Spain’s second largest bank, it’s approximately 110,000 employees in more than 26 countries. BBVA will use more Google applications, including Gmail, Calendar time management tools, Docs and Sites.
BBVA executives responsible for innovation Carmen Lopez said, the reason they selected Google was that Google’s products have advantages in the price, safety and market experience.
At present, Google traditional online advertising growth is slowing, Google is stepping up competition with Microsoft, it’s hoping to use their own commercial software to replace Microsoft’s Office software. Google’s products via the Internet access, and under the European economic weakness and high unemployment situations, BBVA is urgent to cut costs and increase productivity.