text: Would You Trust Google with Security? - Business Technology - WSJ
  http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2007/12/18/would-you-trust-google-with-security/
  Would You Trust Google with Security?
  Dec 18, 2007 9:37 am ET
  Google made its name finding information and making it accessible to the public. Now the search giant wants to help businesses keep their information secret.
  Google bought two tech-security companies in 2007: Postini, which specializes in filtering email, and GreenBorder Technologies, which protects computers against malicious computer code from hackers. Google is planning to combine the technologies those companies developed with technology that it developed itself into a new security product that it will sell to businesses, InfoWorld reports.
  We see two obvious hurdles. First, Google's security technology will be "software as a service," which means businesses would access it over the Internet instead of installing it on their own tech equipment. It's the same model that Salesforce.com has used for its customer management software, for example, and that Google uses for its email and other applications. That's not to say that the software won't work. It's just that many corporate information-technology leaders are just starting to get over their skepticism about online software. Even with more mundane software like customer management they often prefer the tactile reassurance that comes from running it themselves. Security is the area where businesses tend to be the most conservative, making us doubtful that businesses are ready to buy security software as a service.
  The second reason Google may have a hard sell is the company's image. Although Google has a growing "enterprise" division focused on selling to businesses, most IT leaders still consider it a search engine that has some cool stuff for consumers. If that's not enough, Google has said time and time again that it wants to index all of the world's information. That statement alone is probably enough to concern some IT pros.