Today is a big day for both Google and the City of Los Angeles, as the city officially pulled the plug on their old email with 34,000 users.

We covered the deal back in October when it was first announced. The reason why the deal is important is primarily because it is likely to lead to many similar deals when cities around the U.S. are looking to cut costs and move to the cloud.

While it is a big day for Google, it’s a major loss for both Microsoft and Novell, as Microsoft was Google’s closest competitor in this deal, and Novell since they powered the city of LA’s old system.

To spread the ‘success story’ even before it started, Google have already produced a video demonstrating the ‘successful switch to Google Apps’. Time will tell if the switch will be a success or failure.

Video after the jump.

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