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  Small businesses are the vast majority of Google Apps early adopters

  While Google is pitching Google Apps as an ideal productivity solution for enterprises, a large majority of its early adopters are small businesses.

  By Brad Reed | 30 April, 2012 23:27

  Tags: applications, cloud, cloud computing, Google, google apps, internet, Microsoft, SMB, SMB Networking, software

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  How GSA is securing its cloud apps

  As the General Services Administration (GSA) migrates to a work-anywhere, work-anytime strategy, the real estate arm of the U.S. federal government is discovering that having an iron-clad security strategy is critical to its adoption of cloud-based applications.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 19 March, 2012 21:24

  Tags: 2-factor authentication, Access control and authentication, chatter, cloud apps, cloud computing, cloud-first strategy, Fiberlink, General Services Administration, google apps, government, government cloud, GSA, GSA cloud computing, identity management, industry verticals, infrastructure management, internet, management, networking, salesforce.com, security, single sign-on

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  Web app lets enterprise set security, sharing for Google Apps users

  A new security tool lets enterprise IT groups set access and share policies for employees, including mobile users, who are working with the online Google Apps suite.

  By John Cox | 11 February, 2012 02:32

  Tags: BetterCloud, cloud computing, DomainWatch, Google, google app engine, google apps, internet, Microsoft, mobile apps, networking, Office 365, security, software, wireless

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  2011: When cloud computing shook the data center

  If I had to sum up in one word the most exciting thing that happened to cloud computing in 2011, I'd have to say it's OpenStack. This open source project, launched by Rackspace and NASA in late 2010, is assembling a private cloud "operating system" for the data center that promises vast increases in operational efficiency. The momentum behind it is phenomenal; at last count, 144 companies back the project, including Cisco, Citrix, Dell, HP, and Intel.

  By Eric Knorr | 27 December, 2011 22:09

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, dell, google apps, hardware systems, hybrid cloud, IaaS, Intel, internet, Microsoft, Microsoft Office 365, NASA, OpenStack, paas, private cloud, rackspace, SaaS, salesforce.com, Software as a service, verizon

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  Security roundup: Security concerns slam Google Apps rollout in LA; 760 companies and research institutions hacked?

  The Los Angeles City Council has voted to halt efforts to bring the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) into the Google Apps services used by 17,000 other Los Angeles employees.

  By Ellen Messmer | 17 December, 2011 06:28

  Tags: chrome, csc, Google, google apps, IE, LAPD, Microsoft, security

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  7 software makers to bring integrated, cheaper add-ons to Google Apps

  Seven ISVs have formed a consortium to integrate their Google Apps add-on products and offer discounted bundles, outside of Google's control.

  By Julie Bort | 05 November, 2011 07:25

  Tags: Google, google apps, Microsoft, software

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  Taken over by aliens? Don't worry; Google has it covered

  Imagine what would happen if all the Google engineers turned rogue and held the world’s Gmail accounts to ransom. Or if aliens attacked earth and wiped California off the map.

  By Georgina Swan | 22 August, 2011 16:41

  Tags: cloud computing, cloud security, google apps, SaaS, security

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  Data stored in the Cloud safer than desktop: Google US

  More enterprises will shift data into the Cloud as the service becomes more secure and physical data continues to be compromised, according to Google Apps US director of security, Eran Feigenbaum.

  By Hamish Barwick | 18 August, 2011 11:31

  Tags: business, cloud computing, cloud security, Eran Feigenbaum, Google, google apps, security

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  RMIT goes Google, says no to Microsoft's Cloud

  RMIT has moved its 74,000 students to Google as part of a long-term Cloud computing strategy.

  By Lisa Banks | 19 July, 2011 13:48

  Tags: cloud computing, education, gmail, Google, google apps, Microsoft, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

• Office 365: Microsoft's Google gamble in the Cloud

  In a challenge to Google Apps’ recent domination in the enterprise, Microsoft is banking on the devily-you-know attitude of many IT departments in launching its Microsoft Office 365 Cloud suite.

  By Lisa Banks | 30 June, 2011 08:29

  Tags: google apps, Microsoft Office 365

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  Google apps for business: 10 powerful add-ons

  Check out these 10 Google Apps add-ons designed to enhance the Google Apps experience and help you take care of business -- from data protection to project management and more. All add-ons can be found at Google Apps Marketplace, and most of them are free or offer a free edition.

  By Shane O'Neill | 05 May, 2011 10:22

  Tags: google apps, mobility, mobile solutions, apps

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  Optus launches SMBs into Google Apps Cloud

  Optus has signed with Google to offer Google Apps for Business part of its range of digital business solutions for small and medium business (SMB) customers — a move that moves the service provider into the software as a service market.

  By Georgina Swan | 10 March, 2011 13:05

  Tags: collaboration, google apps, optus, productivity, SMB

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  Mo’s Mobile bypasses IT with Google Apps

  Tim Levy, co-founder of mobile phone retailer Mo’s Mobiles, is using Google Apps to bypass the IT department — and he is pretty happy with the results.

  By Georgina Swan | 25 February, 2011 13:35

  Tags: cloud, google apps, Mo's Mobiles, Tim Levy

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  New Google Apps tools aim to bridge collaboration divide, sync with MS Office

  Google has released three new tools as part of its Google Apps suite, designed to increase collaboration in the enterprise.

  By Georgina Swan | 25 February, 2011 04:00

  Tags: Appsperience, cloud, Google, google apps, Office

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  Will Google CEO shift undermine enterprise efforts?

  In the nascent battle between Google and Microsoft> for enterprise software customers, there is one stark reality that customers who choose Google must accept: Google's future does not depend on the success of Google Apps.

  By Jon Brodkin | 22 January, 2011 22:45

  Tags: business issues, cloud, corporate issues, Google, google apps, Microsoft, SaaS, software