Google Apps Gets Better Mobile Device Management

Release Date ‎Nov 15, 2011‎ in InformationWeek

 
   

Google v Microsoft: Not All Clouds Are Created Equal

Wired News - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. â€" Amit Singh defected to Google after 20 years at Oracle because he wanted to join the revolution in the cloud. In May, he took over Google's enterprise operations, overseeing the company's effort to replace ...

Microsoft takes fight to Google over cloud apps defections

Register - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
Microsoft is so riled up over Google Apps that it has a team called Google Compete offering major inducements to convince customers to stay with Office, according to defectors and the search company itself. At this week's Google Atmosphere conference, ...

The Cloud, Day 6: Working with Microsoft Office Web Apps

PCWorld - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
This is the third day of the 30 Days With the Cloud series dedicated to assessing the online productivity suite platforms and selecting one to use for the remainder of my month in the cloud. Today I am exploring Microsoft ...

Google (Docs) vs Microsoft (Office 365)

Business Today - ‎Nov 15, 2011‎
Until recently, the lines were rather firmly drawn in the sand when it came to office productivity suites. If you wanted to go the desktop way, you chose Microsoft . Online, it was a toss-up between Google Apps or Zoho Docs. ...

Google Apps Gets Better Mobile Device Management

InformationWeek - ‎Nov 15, 2011‎
Managing Google Apps for Business, Government, and Education on Android, iOS, and Windows devices just got easier. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Google is expanding its mobile device management tools for Google Apps administrators, allowing them to ...

Google beefs up mobile device management Apps tools

ZDNet UK (blog) - ‎Nov 15, 2011‎
Google has expanded the capabilities of its mobile device management tools for Google Apps for Business, Government and Education customers. On Monday, software engineer Hong Zhang wrote a blog post explaining ...

Google Apps for Business uniformly gets 24/7 phone support

Moneycontrol.com - ‎Nov 14, 2011‎
Google Apps for Business, one of Google's popular enterprise solutions for their business customers has received some important changes yesterday. In an official blog post, Google has confirmed that now, unlike earlier wherein only those businesses ...

Google Apps Chief Promises They Won't Favor Android (GOOG, AAPL)

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎Nov 14, 2011‎
Google owns the biggest mobile platform in the world, Android, and has a pretty good start on another platform, Chrome OS. But Gmail and Google Apps are going to keep supporting as many mobile platforms as possible because that's the only way Google ...

Google Beefs Up Google Apps Support

PC Magazine - ‎Nov 14, 2011‎
Google said Monday that it will now offer 24-7 phone support to customers of its Google Apps product on any issue, rather than just critical concerns. Google made the announcement in conjunction with its Atmosphere conference, ...

Did Google throw kink into RIM's device management plan?

CNET - ‎Nov 14, 2011‎
Google may have just dropped a mobile device management bomb on plans by Research In Motion--as well as about 25 other vendors--with an effort to manage multiple diverse devices in the enterprise. ...

Google just rattled RIM's mobile device management plans

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 14, 2011‎
Summary: It's possible that Google's existing Apps for Business customers will use the search giant to manage devices. A crowded field just cringed. Google may have just dropped a mobile device ...

Google Apps for Business tacks on mobile device management

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 14, 2011‎
Summary: Managing Google Apps on mobile devices for enterprise and government users will hopefully soon be easier. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. â€" New amenities for Google Apps for Business customers continue to ...

Google Apps To Biz Users: Call For Help

InformationWeek - ‎Nov 14, 2011‎
Google has expanded 24x7 phone support for business customers to cover Gmail, Calendar, Groups, Docs, Sites, and Video. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Google is extending phone support for Google Apps for Business customers to cover all issues ...

Google Apps Offers Round-the-Clock Phone Help for <i>All</i> Snafus

Wired News - ‎Nov 14, 2011‎
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA â€" Nine months ago, Google gave itself a “B” on the technical support it provided to the millions of businesses paying for Google Apps, its online suite of office applications. This off-the-cuff letter grade ...

Google now offering 24/7 phone support for all Apps customers

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 14, 2011‎
Summary: If you're a Google Apps for Business customer, you should be able to get an answer to your question at absolutely any time now. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. â€" Google Apps for Business clients no longer ...

Google adds 24x7 phone support for all Apps business customers

Computerworld - ‎Nov 14, 2011‎
IDG News Service - Addressing a major source of complaints with its Apps suite, Google has announced that it will now offer around-the-clock phone support for the core components in the Apps for Business version of the hosted ...

Google adds 24-7 phone support for Google Apps

CNET - ‎Nov 14, 2011‎
Continuing its push into the corporate software applications business, Google has added round-the-clock phone support for its Google Apps customers. Google made that level of support ...

Google adds 24/7 support for business Apps buyers

Register - ‎Nov 14, 2011‎
Google Atmosphere Google is adding round-the-clock telephone support for business subscribers of its Google Apps service, and is making a strong pitch for Microsoft's cloud customers. Speaking at the Google Atmosphere conference, Google Enterprise Vice ...

Microsoft Reports Over 22 Million Live@edu Users

Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows (blog) - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
Microsoft this week announced a major milestone for its Live@edu program, which provides free, co-branded, cloud-hosted email, calendaring, document sharing, and communications functionality to educational institutions. Currently in the middle of a ...

Google Atmosphere Confab Spotlights Cloud, Mobile, Social, Big Data

eWeek - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
Google's Enterprise executives Nov. 14 convened with more than 350 CIOs from enterprises around the world at the company's annual Google Atmosphere event, which took place in the search engine provider's Mountain View, ...

Microsoft: Live@edu tops 22M users, claims title as biggest cloud service in ...

GeekWire - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
Microsoft's Live@edu service has surpassed 22 million users, growing more than 100 percent over the past year, making it the most widely used cloud productivity service for education, the company said this morning. The free cloud-based email, ...

Is Google Apps leading the way?

Business Review Europe - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
According to a recent Gartner report, Gmail “should now be considered a mainstream cloud email supplier capable of competing head-to-head with Microsoft Exchange Online”. Whilst cloud email is still in its infancy, at 3 percent to 4 percent of the ...

Google Apps gain 24/7 telephone support

Gemini - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
Menlo Park (ip-192.com): The business and Education versions of Google Apps, a customizable collection of Web applications, is gaining 24/7 telephone support. The package contains various apps including Google Docs and Gmail and costs $50 per user, ...

Microsoft's Completely Lame Google Atmosphere Retaliation

TalkinCloud (blog) - ‎Nov 16, 2011‎
TalkinCloud already told you how the search giant used its Google Atmosphere enterprise event to launch phone support and mobile device management. But Microsoft can't let Google have anything resembling a victory, ...

Google TV 2.0: With apps and more, it's finally ready for a close-up (review)

VentureBeat - ‎Nov 15, 2011‎
Almost a year after its launch, Google TV owners are finally beginning to receive a major update that will dramatically improve the service with the addition of apps, a cleaner interface and more. But will the update make a dent in the many criticisms ...

Google is growing up

iT News - ‎Nov 15, 2011‎
Google has always been a little bit out of place in the enterprise. Its flagship enterprise product, Google Apps, started as “GMail for your domain” - an afterthought more than a strategy - and as it ...

Microsoft Slams Google As Cloud Contention Boils

CRN - ‎Nov 15, 2011‎
Microsoft threw gas on the cloud competition flames, calling out its cloud arch rival Google this week with a pair of pointed blog posts taking aim at Google's supposed lack of cloud chops and its advertising model. ...

Google Apps' Help Desk Opens the Phone Lines

E-Commerce Times - ‎Nov 15, 2011‎
Users of Google's for-pay Apps for Business product line will be able to call in for technical support. Previously, the system's help center was mostly limited to email communications. Google is aggressively moving up the stack, ...

Why Google Will Continue to Deliver Apps Across Platforms

OStatic (blog) - ‎Nov 15, 2011‎
The news about Google's deal to buy Motorola Mobility has already stirred up a lot of discussion about what the impact will be on Android, Apple's iOS, Samsung and many other players in the technology ecosystem. ...

Google Apps for Business users finally get phone support

FierceEnterpriseCommunications - ‎Nov 15, 2011‎
Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) Apps for Business has been making waves recently--it just announced a major deal with GM and its Apps for Government has become something of a darling among federal and state agencies looking to go to the cloud to reduce ...

 

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