
Cloud Services

5 Reasons to Use Google Apps for Small Business
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Why I decided to get a Chromebook instead of a new Windows 8 PC
(excerpt from pocketables.com) You may read this headline, and think that I’m crazy. And quite possibly I am. But in the midst of all the current Windows 8 hype that is happening right now, I’ve decided to get Samsung’s new $249 11.6-inch Chromebook – a cheap netbook that many people think runs an impaired, half-baked OS that requires always-on cloud connectivity in order to be half-way decent. $249 for a computer that won’t run Windows apps, that only has 16GB of on board storage, and that is essentially a glorified web browser. [click to keep reading] | ![]() |
Google Apps, Vault and Cloud Platform components complete SSAE 16 audit
(excerpt from googleenterprise.blogspot.ca) Security is incredibly important to our users and we’ve invested many millions of dollars to help keep them safe online. For our Apps and Cloud Platform customers, we provide transparency and visibility to those protections through our Google Apps Security Whitepaper and our data center video tour. While our descriptions of what we do are valuable to customers, we’re also committed to conducting independent 3rd party assessments of our security and data protection practices. Building on the SSAE 16 audit we completed last year and the ISO 27001 certification for Google Apps that we received in May, we’ve successfully completed a newSSAE 16 / ISAE 3402 SOC 2 Type II audit. [click to keep reading] | ![]() |
Vast Majority Of Top US Schools Use Google Apps
(excerpt from edudemic.com) Google has just unveiled some new statistics on the uptake of its popular Google Apps In Education platform. Princeton has signed on which means 7 of the 8 Ivy League schools use Google Apps. According to Google, 72 of this year’s top 100 U.S. Universities (as determined by 2013 U.S. News and World Report’s ranking) have gone Google. [click to keep reading] | ![]() |
Google adds email log search for Apps admins
(excerpt from computerworld.com.au) Google is rolling out a tool for Apps administrators to search through Gmail logs, the company announced on Tuesday. The feature, available in the Apps control panel, has long been requested by IT administrators of the cloud collaboration and email suite, according to Priya Mathew, Google Apps senior strategist. "Gmail log search will make it easier to answer questions like: What happened to an inbound or outbound message? Was a message sent to my domain and marked as spam? Which users sent or received a specific message?" Mathew wrote in a blog post. [click to keep reading] |
Gmail finally blows past Hotmail to become the world’s largest email service
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Google Now Offers Chromebooks Through Google Apps Resellers
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Google+ Come to Google Apps
(excerpt from mashable.com) Google has announced a host of new features for Google+, including the ability to use Google+ from a Google Apps account. When Google made Google+ available to all users earlier this fall, people who use Google Apps for work or personal use were left out in the cold. This was frustrating for many users, who, like me, use Google Apps to control the email account on their own domain name. Domain administrators can manually turn on Google+ for an organization now and users who have chosen to automatically enable new services will get access in the next few days. Google detailed the change on the Google Enterprise Blog. [click to keep reading] |
Fond du Lac and area schools work to keep pace with evolving technology
(excerpt from fdlreporter.com) A lot has changed in the way teachers teach and kids learn. Educators and students are adapting to all the new high-tech means of communicating: blogs, Facebook, email accounts and educational networks like Google, Moodle and My Big Campus. "Social networking is becoming the norm," said Mayville High School Principal Lee Zarnot. In his rural school district, students in third through 12th grade are set up with Google gmail accounts and teachers are perusing students' work electronically. For example, a student could be working on an essay in a Google document at the same time a teacher is editing the work. "There's a big push to use Google apps these days. There's so much you can do through sharing homework assignments, reports and tests," Zarnott said. [click to keep reading] |
Legiant Launches Time and Attendance Software for Google Apps
(excerpt from digitaljournal.com) “Our goal with Legiant Express is to help small business owners better manage their workforce,” said Walter Ross, CEO. “By adding Legiant Express to the Google Apps Marketplace, we are providing businesses with a time and attendance system they can have up and running in a matter of hours, instead of weeks or months. Plus, features like single sign-on and the GPS employee map truly set us apart from other solutions.” A 30-day, risk-free trial of Legiant Express is currently available on the Google Apps Marketplace. Legiant Express is an excellent entry-level solution for organizations with simple requirements that are ready to automate time and attendance immediately. Legiant Express is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, which requires no servers or software to be installed on the users’ network. However, a variety of data collection devices can be integrated with Legiant Express, including biometric fingerprint readers, proximity badge readers, and smart phones. For more information about Legiant Express visit the Google Apps Marketplace at http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/. [click to keep reading] |