SaaS Updates Summary: December 5–December 9
December 9, 2016
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This week was a big week! For starters, we made the most significant announcement in BetterCloud history. For two years, we’ve undergone a ground-up reconstruction to build a platform that is purpose-built for IT management in the age of the SaaS-Powered Workplace. We proudly announced our new unified SaaS management platform and integrations with our technology partners: G Suite, Slack, Dropbox, and Zendesk–with more to come in early 2017. Click here to learn more.
In G Suite news, you can now easily cite findings and insert citations as footnotes with the click of a button in Google Docs. Google Sheets also has a new setting: iterative calculation. This allows you to set the maximum number of times a calculation with a circular reference can take place.
Google rolled out an update for the Google app on Android that organizes your cards into two sections. Google and Slack announced that their partnership is rolling out exciting new features, including a Google Drive bot, instant permissions, and more. Google also announced two Chromebook integrations that make it simpler and faster for students to sign into Chromebooks.
Microsoft announced Visio Viewer for iPad and Visio Online Preview, letting users share or access diagrams from just about anywhere. Plus, there are new exciting features, apps, and integrations from Asana, Box, DocuSign, Dropbox, Freshservice, Insightly, ServiceNow, and Zendesk.
Check out the links below for more information.
- BetterCloud | The SaaS-Powered Workplace: The Present & Future of Work
- G Suite | Quickly and easily cite your sources with Explore in Google Docs
- G Suite | New iterative calculation settings and more in Google Sheets
- Google | Google and Slack deepen partnership to help teams work better together
- Google | Google app update: making it easier to keep up with the things you need to know
- Google | Expanding Chromebooks for all learners
- Office 365 | Visio is coming to the web and iOS
- Office 365 | Accessibility in Office 365—enabling greater digital inclusion
- Asana | Announcing project templates: An easier way to add new workflows to Asana
- Box | The All New Box for iPads and iPhones is Here
- DocuSign | The Biggest Release Yet, the DocuSign Winter ‘17 Release!
- Dropbox | New Dropbox mobile offline folders let you work on the go
- Dropbox Business | New ways to secure data while your team creates on Dropbox Paper
- Freshservice | Planning made easier with Office 365 Calendar in Freshservice
- Insightly | Automatically Update Opportunity Stage Probability of Winning
- ServiceNow | ServiceNow Istanbul
- Slack | Slack + Google: Partners at work
- Zendesk | Announcing Text: adding SMS support to Zendesk Talk
- Zendesk | Community Tip: How to improve feedback loops with automated peer reviews (This tip was written by our very own Mike Stone, Director of Technical Support at BetterCloud!)
For yesterday’s SaaS updates (and beyond), click here for our archive.