<p>Reed.co.uk -- the largest online job site in the United Kingdom -- occupies a rare position in the market. As the web face of Reed, a 53-year-old employment agency with three thousand employees and 180 offices across the country, it has a little extra exposure and a lot of extra cachet. But as a 250-seat startup within the larger Reed corporate mechanism, Reed.co.uk can focus on agility and innovation.</p><p>It's that call for agility which first led Reed.co.uk to revamp its approach to IT and go to the cloud, says Director of Technology Mark Ridley -- and which ultimately led it to Google Apps over Microsoft Office 365. In an unusual turn, Google's Chrome devices could also displace Citrix-powered VDI solutions.</p><p>First, some context. In the UK, recruitment agencies hire for a much broader range of positions than you might see in the United States, and so more people find their way to employment with their help. To that end, Reed.co.uk was founded in 1995 to share Reed's job posting information with the masses.</p><p>The Technology Behind The New "Share Economy" Startups CITE Goes Live! Register for the CITE Conference &amp; Expo, June 2-4, in San Francisco.</p><p><a href="http://www.citeworld.com/cloud/21647/how-google-apps-beat-out-microsoft-and-citrix-uks-biggest-online-job-board">Keep reading...</a></p>