LTECH LAUNCHES POWER PANEL FOR GOOGLE APPS
New Power Panel for Google Apps provides advanced management capabilities for enhanced security, provisioning and administration of Google Apps deployments
Bridgewater, NJ – September 9, 2009 – LTech (www.ltech.com), a leading provider of products and services focused on connecting business to the cloud, today announced the release of Power Panel for Google AppsTM, a new product that provides advanced IT management and end-user capabilities for Google Apps. LTech Power Panel for Google Apps is hosted on the Google App EngineTM cloud platform and installs directly into an organization’s Google Apps domain, providing seamless integration into the Google Apps administrator dashboard without any additional server or software requirements. Licensing information for LTech Power Panel for Google Apps is available at http://www.ltech.com/google-apps/products/power-panel.
“I recommend LTech Power Panel for Google Apps. The product provides our company with key functions for our day-to-day IT operations, and has helped us ensure a successful transition to Google Apps,” says Grant Galimi, Director of Information Technology at William Pitt Sotheby’s International.
The product comes standard with two modules, Shared Contacts and Users and Groups. The Shared Contacts module provides an easy to use interface for the management of organization-wide contacts such as clients, business partners, and vendors. The Users and Groups module allows help desk and IT support personnel to manage users, passwords, and profiles using a delegated security model. Power Panel also provides helpful macros and scripts to help make performing common tasks easier, such as managing a user’s group memberships or setting a user’s vacation message.
“We are excited to see LTech extend Google Apps and bring this additional functionality to administrators,” said Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner Lead for Google Enterprise. “By delivering Power Panel on App Engine, integrated with the Google Apps control panel, customers get a familiar experience to help them manage Google Apps more effectively.”
“The design and development of Power Panel for Google Apps was driven by the needs of our Google Apps customers. Power Panel extends the Google Apps platform by providing enhanced features to IT support teams that manage Google Apps every day,” said Ed Laczynski, founder and CTO of LTech. “For example, with Power Panel, it is much easier for an administrator to configure a user’s email forward settings, requiring less effort from the end user. Our goal is to make the day-to-day administration and use of Google Apps easier.”
Features of LTech’s Power Panel for Google Apps include:
- Delegation of common administrator functions to IT support and help desk staff, such as suspending a user and resetting lost passwords
- Change user email settings such as forwarding and vacation messages
- Full Shared Contacts administration
- Extended provisioning for user and group management
- Macros and scripts providing global account features such as forcing password reset for all users
- Extensible platform for new modules and customizations by LTech and other Google Apps solution providers
- Management of user nicknames
- Full logging to the Google App Engine Dashboard
LTech’s Power Panel for Google Apps requires Google Apps Premier or Education Edition with administrator access and the Google App Engine SDK for deployment of the application. A version of Power Panel for Google Apps is available for ISPs, compatible with Google Apps Partner Edition, providing integrated customer account management and provisioning. Pricing starts at $3 per user, per year for Google Apps Premier customers. For more information please visit http://www.ltech.com/google-apps/products/power-panel.
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, Single Sign On and LTech’s 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.
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