SaaS Updates for December 20, 2016

What’s in a name? Google Keyboard on Android has a new name: Gboard. It has Glide Typing, voice typing, GIFs, emojis, and Google Search built in, plus multilingual typing to help you switch languages on the fly.

Microsoft published a new Office 365 ProPlus Deployment guide. Created for IT pros by Office 365 deployment experts, it’s available for download at fasttrack.microsoft.com and features actionable guidance and real-world scenarios.

Evernote published a letter from CEO Chris O’Neill outlining an action plan and what they’ll be doing to meet users’ expectations in the future. Salesforce announced a new data partner on the AppExchange: Bombora. As a provider of B2B intent data, Bombora delivers buying signals that can be automatically matched and added to the account records in your CRM.

Zendesk announced a new and improved version of Link-SF, which is a mobile-first web app that connects needy members of the community with services and resources such as food, shelter, and medical aid. Zendesk launched Link-SF back in 2014 as a collaboration between Zendesk and a local non-profit, the St. Anthony Foundation’s Tenderloin Technology Lab.

For more information, check out the links below.

• Google | Gboard, now available for Android
• Office 365 | New Office 365 ProPlus deployment guide for IT pros now available
• Evernote | Evernote’s Action Plan for Privacy
• Salesforce | A New Way to Get B2B Buying Research Data in Salesforce
• Zendesk | Link-SF gets a much-needed update

For yesterday’s SaaS updates (and beyond), click here for our archive.