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I read this article on TechRepublic today that says IT leaders trust Microsoft more than Google, 2 to 1. Google has been trying to go after Microsoft in the area of business applications and has launched its “Go Google” ad campaign. However, Google has its work cut out because IT management has to be convinced that it’s safe to transfer their internal data to Google’s data centers. After all the issues with security and privacy that Google has been blamed over the years it’s no surprise that most IT managers aren’t in favor of what they might consider as the fox guarding the hen house.

Google has received scathing reviews from security experts. Google’s chrome browser has been referred to as a “Security nightmare.” Google has also been increasingly embroiled in international political disputes over copyright and censorship. In 2007, Privacy International (PI), a human rights research and campaign organization, prepared a report following a six-month investigation into the privacy practices of key Internet-based companies, which included Amazon, Yahoo!, Microsoft, YouTube, Apple, Facebook, BBC, etc. Based on the study, PI ranked Google at the bottom of the stack.

Brian Livingston addressed the security issue of complete hijacking of your Web site traffic in an article Beware of Google Hijacking.

Google’s sponsored-link ads may have helped turn the world’s best-known search engine into a financial powerhouse but Google also came under attack for contributing to spyware practices that undermine trust on the Web.

There are lots of good things that Google has done in the past but Google has also been involved in some controversies as of late. It is no surprise that 67% of the IT Executives in a TechRepublic poll trusted Microsoft over Google.