August 18th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: We’re pleased to welcome guest blogger Carole Jett, Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture has taken the lead on making detailed state-by-state information about stimulus spending avai…
August 17th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to welcome guest blogger Bill Kelly, Chief Information Officer for Duralee, a fast-growing decorative fabrics company. With more than 25,000 SKUs, the company caters to interior designers throughout the world. Headquart…
August 17th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
In my work, being able to communicate and collaborate with many groups of people is crucial to productivity, and I often want to use Google Apps to share content with particular groups or teams. Typing in every user’s email address manually is painstak…
August 14th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
A few weeks back, we let you know that Google Apps Premier Edition would soon support two new business-focused features: email retention policies and email delegation. Today we’re happy to share the news that both features have been rolled out to Googl…
August 12th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
We often hear people ask, “How do I add a Google Map to my website?” Sometimes, it’s from a small business owner simply trying to show directions to their store. Other times, it’s from larger enterprises that want to create more complex mapping applica…
August 6th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: We’re pleased to welcome guest blogger Michael Cohn, CEO of Cloud Sherpas, who is sharing his perspectives on switching from Lotus Notes to Google Apps. Cloud Sherpas is a Google partner that helps mid-size and large enterprises get the …
August 5th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
When students decided to run for office in University of Notre Dame’s 2008 student government elections, all candidates firmly agreed on one platform: getting their school to switch to Google Apps. Notre Dame’s IT department heard them loud and clear.W…
August 4th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
Enterprise Architecture A to Z reports that most enterprises allocate between 2-10% of their revenues on overall IT spending. Organizations might spend millions of dollars on systems such as ECM, ERP, CRM, BI, or DBMS.Yet, despite that spending, AIIM r…
August 3rd, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
Today we’re asking people to start telling us how they’ve “gone Google,” and we’re using billboards in four US cities to share some of the the typical IT frustrations that might make people want to switch to Google Apps. We’ve learned a lot from hearin…
August 3rd, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to welcome guest blogger Allen Falcon, CEO and owner of Horizon Info Services, LLC, a Google partner that helps businesses make a fast and easy transition to Google Apps. Horizon’s goal is to provide businesses with 1 to 50…
July 28th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
We wanted to share a quick update regarding the Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which we pre-announced in May. We’ve been working hard to make this feature publicly available in Google Apps Premier Edition and Education Edition,…
July 27th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: Last Friday marked the third anniversary of the release of Virtual Alabama, an innovative information-sharing program in the state of Alabama. Built upon Google Earth Enterprise, Virtual Alabama has become a true leader in promoting coll…
July 27th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Like many of you, I use tools like Google Reader to keep up with and share interesting tidbits on the web. These services deliver the content that matters most to me in a convenient and timely format. In that spirit, we’re happy to announce that starti…
July 23rd, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Enterprise, Google Maps
Editor’s note: We’re pleased to welcome Bryan MacDonald, Chief Technology Officer at the School Systems group of Pearson – an international media company specializing in education, business information, and consumer publishing – as our guest blog…
July 23rd, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Robert H.A. Moore recognized that he couldn’t go it alone. As a student drafting proposals for the University of Southern California Undergraduate Student Government (USG), Moore realized that, even at the undergraduate level, collaboration was essenti…