January 6th, 2010 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
The holidays may still be wrapping up, but retailers around the globe are already thinking about the coming year. While final numbers for the 2009 holiday season are being tallied, early estimates suggest growth in e-commerce sales, which grew 15.5% ov…
Tips and tricks on deploying Google Apps
December 18th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
The process of going Google doesn’t end with making the decision to migrate to Google Apps. That’s why our Google Apps Deployment team is here to ensure that the millions of Google Apps users – from large businesses and schools to small community org…
Google Honored as a Finalist in the 2010 SC Awards
December 17th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
Google is honored to have been selected as a finalist in the 2010 SC Awards for outstanding achievement in IT security. Google Message Security, powered by Postini, was nominated for the Reader Trust award in the Best Managed Security Service category …
December 17th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
MWV (formerly MeadWestvaco), a global packaging company based in Glen Allen, Virginia, has migrated its 12,000 technology-enabled employees to Google Apps. A 165-year-old company with a diverse set of commercial and consumer solutions, MWV products are…
Why the City of Los Angeles chose Google
December 14th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s Note: In October, the City of Los Angeles – the second largest city in the United States – decided to switch its email to Google, a decision supported in a unanimous vote by the Los Angeles City Council. We’ve invited Randi Levin, Chief …
Search Appliance gets real-time: Twitter feeds now available on the GSA
December 10th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
Real-time information is becoming an increasingly important part of searching online – both for business and consumer search users. Yesterday we announced the launch of real-time results on Google.com, and today we’re announcing that the Google Searc…
Communication and collaboration just got easier with Google Groups
December 9th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Picture this: you’re working on a new project with your team. You ask your IT admin to create a new group that includes all of your team members, keeping in mind that you must ask them to update the group every time people join or leave the group. Mayb…
Search in Google Docs gets more personalized with new relevance, stemming, and synonyms
December 8th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Finding your business information within Google Docs should be as easy as finding information on google.com. To meet that goal, over the next few days, we will be enabling new search features in Google Docs that provides better relevancy as well suppor…
Mattson Technology switches to Google Apps and saves 70%
December 8th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: Our guest blogger today is Matt Hough, Director of Global IT for Mattson Technology, a company that designs, manufactures, and markets semiconductor wafer processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits (NAND, RAM a…
Connecting Google Apps Education Edition with Blackboard
December 4th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: George Kroner is a Developer Relations Engineer for Blackboard, a company that focuses on transforming and improving the educational experience at over 5,000 institutions worldwide. Through the work of Blackboard’s community of over 1,…
Collaborating with Google Apps and Socialwok
December 2nd, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s Note: Ming Yong is co-founder of Socialwok, a a feed-based group collaboration application for enterprises that integrates with Google Apps. With Socialwok, Google Apps users can create their own private social network to share Google Docs, Ca…
November 30th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: Today’s guest blogger is John Buckholz, VP of Information Technology for LCC International, Inc., a global wireless engineering company with 1,200 employees in North America, Europe and the Middle East. Following eight years as a manag…
Google Apps Premier Edition Innovation – Year in Review
November 25th, 2009 | by Jeremy Milo, Google Apps Marketing Manager | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Google Apps is helping millions of companies save money, but more importantly, Google Apps helps businesses move beyond the slow, multi-year innovation cycle typical of legacy technologies. We’ve released over 100 significant improvements and update…
Saluting Google Power Posters
November 20th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Thousands of administrators visit the Google Apps Help Forum every day in need of advice and technical knowledge. The heart and soul of this community are known as the Google Apps Power Posters: LMckin51, Jim McNelis, jlee, ScienceMan, Benjamin, FrankM…
From Microsoft Exchange 2007 to Google Apps: the Delta Hotels and Resorts story
November 17th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: Please welcome today’s guest blogger, Michael Rodger, Director of Digital Innovation for Delta Hotels and Resorts. Mike oversees technology strategy, development and operations and is based in Toronto, Canada.Delta boasts a diversified…