The Var Guy Features LTech CloudMove

February 2, 2010 – 7:19 pm

Since its release last week, LTech’s new CloudMove migration tool has been receiving some positive attention. LTech has been featured on thevarguy.com for its cloud enablement products, including CloudMove, a product that allows users to automate document migrations from Microsoft SharePoint to Google Apps. According to The Var Guy, this is the latest blow to SharePoint in an ongoing SaaS competition between Microsoft and Google.

For nearly two decades, The Var Guy has been tracking news and innovations in the IT world.

Read the full article here.

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Product Release: LTech CloudMove

January 28, 2010 – 12:10 pm

LTECH’S NEW CLOUDMOVE HELPS MIGRATE

SHAREPOINT® DOCUMENTS TO GOOGLE APPS

Latest LTech product helps automate moving of files from SharePoint® to Google Apps

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Jan. 27, 2010 – LTech (www.ltech.com), a leader in enterprise cloud computing products and services, today announced the availability of LTech CloudMove, a new tool that automates the migration of documents from SharePoint to Google Sites. The new software is the latest addition to LTech’s Cloud Enablement family of products that help IT departments successfully migrate, integrate and operate cloud computing programs as a means of achieving strategic business goals.

“LTech CloudMove saves IT organizations time and money by allowing for automated uploads of vast amount of files to Google Sites for organizations that are migrating from the Sharepoint platform to Google Apps.  It is also useful for organizations that are implementing mixed portal solutions on both the Google and Microsoft platforms,” said Ed Laczynski, founder and CTO of LTech. “Through our experience helping large organizations transition to cloud computing, we continue to develop tools like LTech CloudMove that help IT enable cloud computing in their organizations.”

LTech CloudMove is an application allowing organizations to migrate existing documents from Microsoft SharePoint to Google Apps. It removes the time and effort it takes to manually upload large numbers of files, enabling administrators to quickly transfer files and documents to Google Apps Sites, the content collaboration platform for Google Apps. LTech CloudMove includes a powerful and easy-to-use graphical user interface, the ability to save configures and detailed reporting and logging capabilities.

Availability

LTech CloudMove for use with SharePoint® is available immediately and pricing starts at $10 per user, per year for Premier and Education Editions of Google Apps. Free trials are available today. For more information please visit http://www.ltech.com/google-apps/products/cloudmove.

About LTech

Founded in 2001, LTech is a leading provider of products and services for enterprise cloud computing. Its cloud enablement products include LTech Google Docs Backup, LTech Power Panel for Google Apps and LTech Single Sign-On for Google Apps. LTech also helps enterprises leverage the cloud by providing implementation, configuration and support services. As an early Google Enterprise Partner™, LTech has successfully completed dozens of Google Apps deployments and helped develop best-practices for adopting and successfully scaling cloud computing programs for large-scale customers in business, government and education. LTech is a subsidiary of the The Matlen Silver Group Inc. For more information on LTech and its services please visit www.ltech.com, or call 866-583-2473

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LTech Included in the Cloud Brokers Resource Guide

January 25, 2010 – 8:43 pm

LTech has been recognized in Data Center Knowledge’s Cloud Computing Brokers Resource Guide. A Cloud Broker is a third-party company that facilitates a relationship between cloud providers and enterprise customers. By working with a Cloud Broker, users can eliminate the struggle of determining the best options and cloud services for their needs. Aside from providing a selection of competing cloud providers, a Cloud Broker will help companies choose a platform, deploy applications and perform an array of other services that allow them to take full advantage of the cloud.

The Cloud Computing Brokers Resource Guide is an aggregation of established Cloud Brokers, including LTech. The list includes a description of each company’s offerings to help enterprise cloud customers find the broker that can meet their needs.

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Webinar Tungle: Learn How to Extend the Scheduling Power of Google Calendar

January 22, 2010 – 4:54 pm

Join us for a webinar on Tungle to learn how to extend the scheduling power of Google Calendar:

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/484991450

As a Google Apps user, you can now extend the scheduling power of your Google Calendar to be more connected and productive.

Please join us for a webinar where you will see how Google Calendar can now be used to make meetings happen quickly and easily.

Join this live Webcast to learn how to:

  • Put an end to the endless back and forth of scheduling, frustrating time zone mishaps and costly double bookings.
  • Create your personal scheduling page to publish available times and invite others to schedule meetings with you.
  • Send dynamic calendar invitations that propose multiple times to one or many people.
  • Easily share your Google Calendar with non-Google Calendar users.

Sign up for this webinar: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/484991450

View LTech’s schedule of upcoming and past webinars here: LTech Webianr Schedule

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Demo Videos: LTech Power Panel for Google Apps

January 13, 2010 – 12:07 pm

Power Panel for Google Apps provides advanced IT management and end-user capabilities for Google Apps.

Learn about some of the features of Power Panel for Google Apps including role based security, delegated administration and shared contacts search.

Management & IT Features

Administrators can create templates for user management and leverage powerful tools to simplify complex tasks.

End User Features

Learn how Power Panel for Google Apps provides enhanced features for end-users and serves as an integration framework for CRM data.


Shared Contacts Search

Administrators can retrieve and edit contacts’ phone numbers, email addresses, and other information through the search bar, located within the Shared Contacts module in Power Panel.

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Single Sign-On Product Demo

January 13, 2010 – 11:32 am

LTech’s Single Sign-On product is an installable web application that allows organizations to authenticate users into Google Apps using their LDAP based directory service. Integrating Google Apps with a Single Sign-On solution from LTech will eliminate multiple sign-on screens, improve security, and enable your organization to leverage your existing LDAP investment.

Our product demo takes you through the simple process for end users to access their Google Apps accounts.

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Email Service Guide Review: Power Panel Makes Google Apps More Complete

December 16, 2009 – 3:47 pm

Email Service Guide is an online guide to email service providers, including reviews, comparisons, and a database of available providers. ESG is also the premier source of news articles relating to the email field. Recently ESG published a review of LTech’s Power Panel for Google Apps. Here is an overview of the article:

While Google Apps is a great application for most organizations, there are certain limitations that arise when performing more complex functions. Companies may avoid Google Apps because of the complications when performing bulk administrative tasks or its lack of a usable shared address book.

That’s where Power Panel comes in. Power Panel is an add-on product that increases the value of Google Apps with extended features like role-based security, shared contact search, user lifecycle management tools, and an integration framework for CRM data. New features are constantly being added and updated as LTech’s Google Apps Professional Services team continues to build out the platform.

Power Panel’s user base currently includes over 30,000 on Google Apps Premier and over 400,000 on Google Apps Partner Edition. LTech foresees even greater numbers after the latest Power Panel release, which includes new features for end-users and data integration.

Among the most useful features are shared contacts, macros, and the contact journal. The shared contacts module allows for bulk import of contacts and includes extended fields. Macros let IT workers make changes across large groups of users, such as requiring password changes or deleting all shared contacts. The contact journal displays information for end-users on upcoming appointment, shared documents, and other data.

With Power Panel, LTech has extended the capabilities of Google Apps to make it an all-around more useful product for any organization. When it comes to administrative and end-user features, Power Panel gets the job done.

View the article: Power Panel Makes Google Apps More Complete.

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LTech Announces New features in LTech Power Panel for Google Apps, an Enterprise Cloud Enablement Product

November 16, 2009 – 10:57 am

Contact Journal and user onboarding and offboarding templates among new features that provide distributed management and improved workflow within Google Apps

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Nov. 16, 2009 – LTech (www.ltech.com), a leader in enterprise cloud computing products and services, today introduced the latest version of its LTech Power Panel for Google Apps (Power Panel). Power Panel is a Google Apps add-on product that provides IT and end-users with features that extend the power of the Google Apps platform. Power Panel works with the Premier, Education and Partner editions of Google Apps for organizations of all sizes. Building on the user lifecycle management features in its Sept. 2009 release, new features of Power Panel include Contact Journal, Quick Links, new features for IT administrators, and an integration framework for CRM and enterprise data.

“As Google Apps reach further into the enterprise, IT managers and end-users need tools that enable the same type of management and workflow capabilities they experienced before moving to the cloud,” said Ed Laczynski, founder and CTO of LTech. “Our customers have driven our product roadmap for features like Contact Journal and Shared Contact Search, and we are happy to announce the availability of these new features today.”

Power Panel is deployed on Google App Engine™, and is secured within a customers’ Google Apps domain. All features and functions are hosted directly in Google’s cloud.

New features in Power Panel include:

  • New User Gadget – End-users can access the features of Power Panel directly from a Google Gadget within GMail.
  • Contact Journal – Provides users with a 360-degree view of their contacts and relationships inside and outside of the organization. Using Contact Journal, information on upcoming appointments, shared documents, group memberships, common contacts and social network profiles are available directly within the GMail web client. Contact Journal also serves as an integration point for CRM data from vendors like SalesForce™.
  • QuickLinks for Information Workers – Power Panel allows executives, managers and IT to distribute links to commonly used workflow applications, forms and documents directly to end-users within the GMail browser canvas via a centrally controlled gadget.
  • Shared Contact Search – Provides end-users direct access to add, edit and search organization-wide contacts.
  • New Templates and Macros for IT – Includes user lifecycle management tools, including onboarding and offboarding templates, and macros for group-wide password reset, IMAP and POP enablement.
  • Power Panel Integration Framework – Based on its extensive work with large enterprise customers, LTech has added new integration capabilities to promote improved workflow, information sharing and collaboration. Using Power Panel as an integration point, customers can tie data from CRM and help desk systems to extend the reach and interoperability of the Google Apps platform. Power Panel supports the Google App Engine, Java and Google Web Toolkit (GWT) SDK’s for customization.

Pricing and Availability

LTech Power Panel for Google Apps is available immediately and pricing starts at $3 per user, per year. Existing and new customers will enjoy all of the above features for the same price. For more information please visit http://www.ltech.com/google-apps/products/power-panel.

About LTech

Founded in 2001, LTech is a leading provider of products and services for enterprise cloud computing. Its cloud integration products include LTech Google Docs Backup, LTech Power Panel for Google Apps and LTech Single Sign-on for Google Apps. LTech also helps enterprises leverage the cloud by providing implementation, configuration and support services. As an early Google Enterprise Partner™, LTech has successfully completed dozens of Google Apps deployments and helped develop best-practices for adopting and successfully scaling cloud computing programs for large-scale customers in business, government and education. LTech merged with The Matlen Silver Group Inc., one of the leading IT solutions companies for the Fortune 500, in January of 2009. For more information on LTech and its services please visit www.ltech.com, or call 866-583-2473.

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LTech Introduces New LTech Single Sign-On for Google Apps, an Enterprise Cloud Security Product

November 16, 2009 – 10:53 am

New tool integrates with enterprise directories to enhance security and usability for IT and end-users

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Nov. 16, 2009 – LTech (www.ltech.com), a leader in enterprise cloud computing products and services, today introduced LTech Single Sign-On for Google Apps, its latest cloud enablement product for the Google Apps platform. LTech Single Sign-On for Google Apps enables small-, mid-size or large organizations to leverage their existing ActiveDirectory™ or LDAP-based directory investment to secure the cloud-based Google Apps collaboration platform. The product supports password changes, rules and synchronization to enable IT administrators to ensure end-user continuity and security.

“LTech Single Sign On for Google Apps met all of our requirements, including change password capabilities, at a price that really makes sense,” says Manu Jaggi, director of IT for the Wentworth Group of Companies.

LTech Single Sign-On for Google Apps can be deployed on-premise within the corporate firewall or on LTech’s hosted platform. The product allows end-users to use their existing credentials to access Google Apps from browser, mobile device or third-party mail clients like GMail™, iPhone™ and Microsoft Outlook™. This reduces the inconvenience of updating multiple passwords for end-users, and allows IT administrators to enforce password strength and change management policies. Features of LTech Single Sign-On for Google Apps include:

  • Mobile and Third-Party Client Support – Supports IMAP and POP access and synchronization with mobile devices and third-party messaging clients.
  • Enterprise Ready – Encryption, high-availability configurations and secure LDAPS and SAML support.
  • Sign In, Sign Out and Change Password pages – Customizable templates are provided for seamless integration.
  • Password Management – Passwords are updated in both Google Apps and the enterprise directory, with full support for advance password policy settings.
  • Wizard-based Installer – Easy-to-use installer available. Compatible with Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers.
  • Supports Integrated Postini and OpenID – Supports Google Apps Postini™ and OpenID features to extend security investment to multiple third-party applications.

“LTech Single Sign-On for Google Apps provides unique features for the Google Apps platform,” said Ed Laczynski, founder and CTO for LTech. “Our customers enjoy our password management features that eliminate the need to support multiple credentials between their on-premise and cloud applications. With the growth of Google Apps in the enterprise, we see a growing need for cloud enablement products like this to empower IT and end-users.”

Pricing and Availability

LTech Single Sign-On for Google Apps is available immediately and pricing starts at $5-per-user in on-premise or hosted configurations, for Premier, Education and Partner Editions of Google Apps. For more information please visit http://www.ltech.com/google-apps/products/single-sign-on.

About LTech

Founded in 2001, LTech is a leading provider of products and services for enterprise cloud computing. Its cloud enablement products include LTech Google Docs Backup, LTech Power Panel for Google Apps and LTech Single Sign-On for Google Apps. LTech also helps enterprises leverage the cloud by providing implementation, configuration and support services. As an early Google Enterprise Partner™, LTech has successfully completed dozens of Google Apps deployments and helped develop best-practices for adopting and successfully scaling cloud computing programs for large-scale customers in business, government and education. LTech merged with The Matlen Silver Group Inc., one of the leading IT solutions companies for the Fortune 500, in January of 2009. For more information on LTech and its services please visit www.ltech.com, or call 866-583-2473.

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LTech Offers $5-Per-Month Pricing for Google Apps

October 13, 2009 – 1:57 pm

New pricing for Google Apps eliminates up-front costs and helps better manage cash flow

Bridgewater, NJ – October 13, 2009 – LTech (www.ltech.com), a leading provider of products and services focused on connecting business to the cloud, today announced a new monthly pricing option for Google AppsTM. The offering allows customers to pay a monthly fee of $5-per-user to help lower upfront costs and accelerate the adoption of Google Apps. Standard pricing for Google Apps is an upfront cost of $50-per-user, per year. Complete information on the LTech monthly pricing for Google Apps is available at http://www.ltech.com/google-apps/monthly-pricing.

“The predictable monthly spend and added support provided by LTech affords our organization greater flexibility to manage our IT budget and lower the up-front costs of successfully transitioning to Google Apps,” said Jeanie Nivison, Chief Financial Officer at Vandyk Mortgage Corporation.

Monthly pricing for Google Apps is $5-per-user and includes LTech’s enhanced service level agreement and ongoing customer support. This pricing is available to customers who qualify with the option to lock in pricing based on one-, two- or three-year commitments. LTech also provides deployment and migration services to ensure customers make a smooth transition to Google Apps.

“With the current economic climate, we know it can be easier for small- and medium-sized businesses to pay using a subscription model of smaller monthly payments to make cash flow more manageable.” said Ed Laczynski, founder and CTO of LTech. “LTech is dedicated to meeting the needs of our customers and delivering Google Apps solutions that fit their needs and are within budget.”

In addition to the introduction of the monthly pricing offering for Google Apps, LTech customers also have a variety of payment options on value-added products, such as: LTech Power Panel for Google Apps, Postini archiving and discovery tools and Google Docs Backup.

For complete information on the LTech monthly pricing for Google Apps please visit http://www.ltech.com/google-apps/monthly-pricing.

About LTech
LTech is a leading provider of products and services focused on connecting business to the cloud. LTech’s cloud integration products include Google Docs Backup and LTech’s recently launched Power Panel for Google Apps.  LTech also helps enterprises leverage the cloud by providing products, implementation, configuration, and support services. As an early Google Enterprise PartnerTM founded in 2001, LTech has successfully completed dozens of Google Apps deployments spanning hundreds of thousands of users.  LTech merged with The Matlen Silver Group Inc., a business and technology solutions company for Fortune 500 companies, in January of 2009. For more information on LTech and its services please visit www.ltech.com, or call 866-583-2473.

Google and Google Apps are trademarks of Google Inc.

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