Google Spices Up Enterprise Development

Along with the HTML5 and Google TV announcements at Google I/O, there were also several that pertained to business, involving enterprise and applications. To clarify this news, WebProNews caught up with Matt Glotzbach, the Product Management Director of Google Enterprise.

The first announcement involves the formal release of Gmail contextual gadgets. These gadgets are extension capabilities that transform email into an integration point. Now that these capabilities are opened to developers, they can build more gadgets that integrate with other systems.

“It’s really making your inbox more useful,” says Glotzbach.

In addition to releasing Gmail contextual gadgets, Google announced updates to Google Apps Script. This software tool, launched at last year’s I/O event, can now be integrated into Google Docs, Google Maps, and third-party services through the new Java Database connectivity. According to Glotzbach, it is a similar concept to what you see in microlanguages, bu