Google has officially bought JotSpot, a leader in Web 2.0 productivity and collaboration platforms.

From JotSpot’s Website:

Why is Google acquiring JotSpot?

Google shares JotSpot’s vision for helping people collaborate, share and work together online. JotSpot’s team and technology are a strong fit with existing Google products like Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Apps for Your Domain and Google Groups.

You can find out more yourself here. The terms of the deal are undisclosed so I doubt we’ll ever find out, unless it is leaked.

What does this mean for Google? The addition of several great applications to add to their productivity platform (Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Mail, etc).

If you are unfamiliar with JotSpot, their main product is a wiki - but not the traditional wiki. Their platform allows users to “to create rich web-based spreadsheets, calendars, documents and photo galleries”. It is customizable and allows you to create some of your own applications on the fly. It is a great tool. I have used it and found it quite easy to use and it is a very nice application. If Google integrates it properly it is a major move for them into the web based office productivity suite.

Excellent acquisition for Google.

View the Jotspot demo:

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