Preston Gralla

Google built its new Web browser, Chrome, specifically to be a robust front end for Web applications, especially Google's own Docs and Apps products. But should enterprises that deploy Web apps be quick to switch over? Definitely not, say a number of enterprise writers.

Indeed, some observers say, Google's designs on the enterprise are not about winning market share for browsers, but about creating a wedge in the enterprise that will drive users away from Microsoft Office and toward Google Docs.