AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Ahold here is adopting Google Apps, the cloud-based business application suite from Google, Mountain View, Calif., for its food retail operations in Europe and the U.S., including subsidiaries Stop & Shop, Quincy, Mass., Giant Food-Landover, Md., and Giant Food Stores-Carlisle, Pa.
About 55,000 employees will shift to Google’s single Web-based platform for communication and collaboration, which will replace Ahold’s existing email domains and systems.
Ahold chose Google Apps for its 25 GB of storage per account, integrated instant messaging (Google Talk) and a series of additional features that facilitate communication, including video-based communication tools, automatic translation and shared calendars, said Google.
Google Apps’ features include improved collaboration within and between operating companies and functions, and improved international communication with features such as automatic message translate, said Google.
