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Google Presentation Introduces 50+ New Features

Last Tuesday, Google introduced a new version of Google Presentation that will make it easier for users to collaborate and create with colleagues and classmates. The latest version, which has over 50 new features, will allow your team to work together on the same version of the same presentation at the same time.
According to the [...]

Offline Google Apps have arrived

Google has recently approved users offline access to Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar. After testing the feature in-house, Google has met the summer deadline to make the company’s cloud-computing vision even more practical.
“Offline Gmail lets people read and write messages, respond to others’ messages, apply labels and stars, and archive messages,” said Alex Gawley, a [...]

The American Institute of Technology Case Study

Company Overview
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, AIT is a private learning institute that is dedicated to preparing students for careers in the trucking industry. Although a portion of classes are held on their five campuses, a majority of the AIT experience is hands-on training.

Challenge
As a growing technical institute with a vast array of classroom and correspondence [...]

Additional Safety for Google Apps Business

With over 4 million businesses using Google Apps, Google has decided to enhance security features by introducing 2-step verification. The program is a simple way to strengthen Google Apps protection and to significantly reduce the risk of unauthorized access by ensuring that only the account owner can sign into the account. It also offers protection in the [...]

AWS Introduces GovCloud

On August 15, Amazon Web Services (AWS) released GovCloud, a new service created to provide government agencies with the ability to transport sensitive workloads into the cloud.
Since 2006, AWS has provided agencies with a suite of secure and scalable IT infrastructure services in order to ensure cost-effective computing and storage. GovCloud however, allows users [...]

Google Apps Updates

Google has recently released several new features to ensure quick and efficient performance for Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Government and Education.

Call Phone - This Gmail feature, previously only available to users in the United States, is now available in 38 languages. Call phone currently accepts Euros, British pounds, Canadian dollars or U.S. dollars.
Spreadsheets [...]

LTech and Cloudreach Form The Global Cloud Partnership

Cloudreach Limited and LTech, both Google Enterprise partners, are pleased to announce the world’s first international partnership, dedicated to connecting businesses to the cloud.
The Global Cloud Partnership has been formed with a vision to provide customers with a strong presence internationally, and premium local support. Through the alignment of their service [...]

Track your messages with read receipts

Gone are the days of questioning if your message is floating somewhere in the cloud or if the receiver is simply slow to respond. This past Tuesday, July 19, Google introduced read receipts, their response to requests for a better way to track Gmail communications. Read receipts allow senders to monitor the status of their message [...]

Google+ for Google Apps coming soon!

Google’s president of enterprise, Dave Girouard, recently confirmed the news that Google+ will be avaliavble to Google Apps users. By creating business specific profile pages on Google+, Google could achieve a social network similar to both Facebook and LinkedIn.
Although a specifc date has not be released, Girouard assures Google Apps users that the transition will [...]

Google offers solutions for inbox overflow

On July 7, Google revealed plans to assist Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, and Government and Education users in easily managing their mail. In addition to the default style Classic, which orders messages chronologically, there will be a Priority Inbox option in which important and unread messages appear at the top, followed by starred [...]