Google has once again used its pocketbook as an extension of its research and development division and has now purchased QuickOffice, a developer of technology that enables the interoperability of popular file formats and other productivity software.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it marks the second purchase in as many days by Google, this one following its deal to buy Meebo yesterday. QuickOffice has had at least four rounds of funding according to Crunchbase, starting with a $7 million Series A and has raised a estimated total of $28.5 million since its founding.
It is the very ability to open a wide variety of apps created in an array of file formats that led to the deal, according to a blog post by Google. The company intends to integrate the technology into its existing Google Apps suite, it said.
This deal will not directly enhance Google’s Google + social environment but it should be a boon to a wide range of mobile users that receive a file that they cannot open because they do not have the proper software that was used to create the file.
In addition any office that is migrating away from an office suite such as Microsoft Office but still need to either open existing or older files or ones received from outside will benefit from the inclusion of this technology. I suspect this will help give Google Apps greater acceptance in the corporate environment both as a mobile and a desktop technology
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