Archive for February 2014
FlashPanel Customer Survey: Chromebooks and Hangouts Surging, Google Apps Admin Best Practices and How Google's Channel Has Accelerated Cloud Adoption
Eight years after its inception, Google Apps stands as a force to be reckoned with. More organizations are migrating away from on-premises legacy systems and trading up to the cloud, spurring Google to invest more energy into the suite every year. In the past few months alone, we’ve seen major upgrades from Google like completely…
Read More8 Google Apps Admin Communities You Should Join
Any Google Apps admin knows that Google is regularly rolling out updates and adding new features to its existing suite of products, and though this evolution is welcomed and exciting, technical changes also mean changes to the way we work. By following and contributing to the forums profiled below, engage with colleagues in the Google…
Read More6 Reasons BuzzFeed Uses BetterCloud to Manage Google Apps
To read the BuzzFeed case study, visit bettercloud.com/customers/buzzfeed. Here are six reasons BuzzFeed uses BetterCloud to manage and secure Google Apps: 1. To edit Google Group permissions in bulk – something you can’t do in the Google Admin Console. 2. To deprovision users. Saying goodbye is never easy, but a custom checklist can help. 3. To create…
Read More3 Reasons the New Chromebox for Meetings Should Be Your Next IT Investment
Last year, we predicted Google would launch a GoToMeeting competitor in 2014. The company delivered this month with Chromebox for Meetings and we couldn’t be happier! The system, which combines software and hardware to deliver one seamless web conferencing experience, takes the best of Google Hangouts and Chrome OS, and brings users all-cloud, always-on video…
Read MoreBulk Functions Added to Email Delegation Tool
BetterCloud’s email delegation tool is a widely popular one, allowing admins to delegate the inbox of one user to another so they can read and send messages on the user’s behalf. After hearing several requests from customers to add bulk delegation management tools, we did some research and were surprised to find that the average…
Read MoreIntroducing the FlashPanel Blog, Your Go-To Resource for FlashPanel News, Tips and Admin Best Practices
Today I’m very pleased to announce a new editorial outlet specifically geared towards current and prospective FlashPanel and Google Apps administrators: the FlashPanel Blog. Several months in the making, the FlashPanel blog will serve as the ultimate resource for IT administrators using FlashPanel to manage and secure their Google Apps domain. Rest assured, the BetterCloud…
Read MoreQ&A with BetterCloud Support
The Google Apps community is a very collaborative one, with regular activity among Google product forums, Google+ communities, and Google Groups. Not surprisingly, we receive great questions from admins within BetterCloud’s own community forum, as well. We’ve gone through recent support tickets and forum posts in order to share Q&A’s that we thought would be…
Read MoreTop 10 Timesavers in BetterCloud Enterprise
1. Templatize new user creation by following a guided walkthrough and imaging another user 2. Update user contact information in bulk using a templated spreadsheet 3. Prevent inappropriate Google+ posting by defining policies with content filters that search for certain words or proprietary information 4. Auto-correct document sharing across your entire domain’s Drive by setting…
Read MoreTop 10 Timesavers in FlashPanel Enterprise
1. Templatize new user creation by following a guided walkthrough and imaging another user 2. Update user contact information in bulk using a templated spreadsheet 3. Prevent inappropriate Google+ posting by defining policies with content filters that search for certain words or proprietary information 4. Auto-correct document sharing across your entire domain’s Drive by setting…
Read MoreBuilding a Customer Success Team: Helping Our Customers Thrive
BetterCloud has focused intensely on serving the needs of our customers since day one. We don’t build a feature, add an enhancement or change our roadmap for FlashPanel without first getting input from our customers – precisely the reason we just sent out our 2014 Q1 customer survey. In fact, when we first launched FlashPanel…
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