Lessons from the Death of Google Search Appliance
GSA is particularly interesting because it was arguably the first major attempt to lift-and-load consumer technology into the enterprise. Let's review some of the good and bad that transpired
Excerpt from the Google: evaluation:"In theory, Apps could replace almost any collaboration servers you're still running in-house. In practice however, it's very easy to overestimate its capabilities. ..."
(P. 201 in the Enterprise Collaboration & Social Software Report. )