Archive for June 2014
LIVE FROM GOOGLE I/O: Unlimited Google Drive Storage, Apps Unlimited Appears in the Admin Console
Taylor Gould, BetterCloud’s VP of Marketing, is reporting live from Google I/O, Google’s annual Developer Conference. Stay up to date with the latest Google I/O news here. Today, during the Google I/O keynote, Sundar Pichai, Google’s SVP Android, Chrome and Apps, announced huge upgrades for Google Apps customers, namely unlimited Drive storage for $10 per…
Read More3 Reasons Why Google Apps is the Only SSO Solution You'll Ever Need
In his article appearing in Forbes this past Monday, Ben Kepes, a noted cloud evangelist, writes about the dangers of ever-expanding cloud application ecosystems. Kepes notes that while very specific applications can give organizations just the functionality they’re looking for, too many applications in use by one organization can lead to confusion and a lack…
Read More4 Reasons Why Cloud IT Application Management Will Produce the Next Billion Dollar Company
Collectively, Salesforce.com, Workday, Google Apps and Zendesk service tens of millions of business users around the world. These once-obscure solutions are now mainstream and together, with other mature SaaS companies, have prompted countless businesses to ditch traditional on-premises systems in favor of leaner, ever-evolving, more intuitive cloud solutions. Though businesses around the world have embraced…
Read MoreUrbanDaddy – A FlashPanel Enterprise Case Study
Employees: 150 Founded: 2005 Industry: Media & Lifestyle Website: www.urbandaddy.com “Before FlashPanel Enterprise, we were trying to use point solutions to solve various pain points. But, now FlashPanel Enterprise allows us to essentially solve all of these pain points with just one solution.” JR Lanteri Director of IT UrbanDaddy is a digital media company creating…
Read MoreComplete History of Google Enterprise
View the interactive timeline for the complete history of Google Enterprise from 2002 to today. See how Google’s Enterprise division has grown to serve millions of customers around the world.
Read MoreIntroducing the All New BetterCloud Blog, Your Go-to Resource for the Google Apps Ecosystem
Today, I’m very proud and excited to introduce the all-new BetterCloud Blog. Rebuilt from the ground up, the new BetterCloud Blog features content from our industry-leading publications – BetterCloud, FlashPanel and Google Gooru. The all new blog is now your one-stop-shop for Google Apps product and ecosystem news, feature updates, events, best practices and cloud…
Read MoreAnnouncing Admin Training Week, the Largest-ever Hangout on Air Training Event
When we launched googlegooru.com nearly three years ago, we never could have predicted its astronomical success. The Google Apps resource and news site, which started merely as a side project of BetterCloud’s, has grown into a world-class website for Google Apps administrators and end users. Google Gooru serves as the preeminent Google Apps training and…
Read MoreThe Significance of Google’s Technology Partner Program
At the second annual Global Partner Summit this past March, Google announced a new partner track for independent software vendors. Today, I’m pleased to announce that BetterCloud is among the inaugural class of Premier Technology Partners as selected by Google. As one of the very first Premier Technology Partners, BetterCloud joins an elite group of market-leading…
Read MoreUpcoming HoA: 5 Best Practices to Keep Your Google Apps Data Safe
Join us tomorrow, June 4th, at 11am EDT for a Hangout on Air, when we join forces with Spanning Backup to discuss user lifecycle management in Google Apps. Learn the 5-step process that is key to keeping your organization safe in the cloud and preventing data leakage and loss. Hear from Mat Hamlin, Director of…
Read MoreGrowth of Google Apps in 2014: Revisiting Our Predictions
Late last year, we made 5 predictions for Google Apps in 2014. Let’s examine how last year’s predictions have unfolded in 2014. 1. Drive will mature in a major way and more organizations will move away from Microsoft Office At the end of last year, we predicted that 2014 would bring on huge changes for…
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