I told you so... LAPD put the kibosh on switch the Gmail Cloud from on prem Exchange/GroupWise

REPORTING CLINT BOULTON SUMMARY: Google lost 13,000 Los Angeles Police Department Google Apps seats as part of its deal with the city. Microsoft was surprisingly quiet about the blow to its cloud computing rival. Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Police Department reneged on its agreement to replace its email and collaboration software with Google Apps, effectively removing 13,000 out of 30,000 seats Google had hoped to serve as part of its municipal government contract with Los Angeles... Reporting by http://EWeek.com