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Team Drive in the Works

As an early adopter and long-time user of G Suite (formerly Google Apps), I am in a classic love/hate relationship with these potentially game-changing technologies. I say "potentially" because only two of the core apps have lived up to their billing in the enterprise. While Gmail and Calendar have cemented their "killer app" status with business users, their unruly siblings have continued to frustrate those of us who are trying to make a clean break from legacy productivity tools to complete our move to the Cloud. Google Sites (currently being overhauled) is probably the worst offender; but this is, for all intents and purposes, a non-core app which we can quarantine without cramping our style or creating a domino effect. Not so, Google Docs and Google Drive, which are fundamental to our productivity needs and the essential glue that holds G Suite together. Having come tantalisingly close to achieving critical mass a few years back, these ground