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White Papers
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Best Practices for Converting from Lotus Notes-Domino to Google Apps
What if there was a way to replicate the functionality that was provided by Lotus Notes/Domino, add the functions of Lotus personal productivity applications and deliver it for a fraction of the cost with secure, managed uptime? Download this white paper to find out.
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Cloud Computing: Latest Buzzword or a Glimpse of the Future?
There is a diversity of opinion on what cloud computing is, what it isn’t, and whether it’s a sea change or just another technology fad. This white paper provides a glimpse of what is happening in the arena of cloud computing and how it can affect the workplace.
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Cloud Computing: What is its Potential Value for Your Company?
In this paper, you'll read what other companies have achieved with Google Apps. This insight may help you examine whether cloud computing makes good business sense for your company.
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Geek Out on the Best Practices of a Google Apps Deployment
Download this overview of Google Apps for an informative outline of the benefits and a deployment plan to get Google Apps running for your company.
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Maximizing Website Return on Investment: The Crucial Role of High-Quality Search
Websites are among the most measurable marketing investments that a business or institution can make. To maximize website ROI, Google advocates a proven, methodical approach involving four steps. Download this white paper to learn what these steps are.
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Case Studies
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Google and the City of Orlando
Read this case study to learn how the city of Orlando, Florida switched all of its city employees to Google e-mail and how it reduced the annual e-mail costs for the city and its taxpayers.
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Google at Delta Hotels and Resorts
View this presentation on Delta Hotels and Resorts’ decision in choosing Google Apps as its email replacement after ownership change in 2007. Find out why Google was a ‘natural fit’ along with what Google Apps has provided since being integrated and the success of the process.
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Moving to the Cloud
There’s a smarter, secure, collaborative way to work. Cloudbased messaging and collaboration apps help businesses increase productivity while simplifying IT and reducing costs. CIOs are making the move to cloud computing to reduce costs, increase productivity and simplify IT. And many
of them consider e-mail platforms the place to start. Read this informative case study to learn more.
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Webcasts
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3 Tips for Every Start-Up or Entrepreneurial Venture Considering Google Apps
When you're focused on building the next of power ultra-fast, low latency cloud networks, you don't have time to worry about your email server going down. Andy Bechtolsheim, Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems, and Chairman for Arista Networks describes Arista's switch to Google Apps as a "completely obvious choice" and says, "It's been my best experience with corporate email in 25 years." Arista no longer needs to worry about the frequent outages it experienced with its previous hosted email provider. And the company gets back-ups and easy remote access managed by Google, allowing it to grow headcount by 10X without straining resources.
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5 Simple Ways to Get More Out of Google Apps
Get some insights as to what Google Apps is all about from Serena Satyasai, Product Marketing at Google, and hear from featured speaker Jeremy Lawrence, CIO of Mind Research Network (MRN), about the how they adopted Google Apps awhile ago and learn of some of the interesting ways MRN uses Google Apps in their company.
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Choosing Google Apps as Best-in-Class Cloud Solution
A global organization with 7,800 employees and 90-plus locations, Brady Corp. was one of the early adopters of cloud computing in the manufacturing industry. When executives at headquarters challenged the IT group to provide best-in-class solutions with the lowest possible cost of ownership a vendor search was begun. After months of analysis and vendor proposals the team selected Google Apps hands-down. Brady deployed Google Apps in a "Big Bang" roll-out. Today, Google Apps is delivering value worldwide and a pace of innovation that can't be matched by other cloud providers.
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Choosing Google Apps for Innovation over Microsoft Exchange
David Rumberg, Partner/CIO, of Sports Basement can tell you how he cost-effectively ran Microsoft Exchange: ration total email users, cap inboxes at 150mb and run the server long after it goes off mainstream support. But when he needed a solution to move the business forward, he chose Google Apps for this mid-sized specialty retailer. Now everyone has email, can access from anywhere and work collaboratively in real-time from different locations. Plus, David got a solution that frees up staff time to build an online community, increase website conversions with Google Analytics and share best practices. For David, the choice was easy.
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City of Orlando Cuts Costs by Over 66 Percent by Moving Email and Apps into the Cloud
When Conrad Cross, CIO for Orlando, got his budget cut and lost two experienced IT administrators, he knew he had to find another solution to replace the city’s legacy email and communications infrastructure. After considering the usual options, Cross found a compelling value proposition in a cloud-based solution offered by Google Apps. With tough constituents to please – including the Mayor’s office and public safety departments – Cross and his team converted 3,000 users to the new system over the year-end holidays. The results were compelling: no more requests for mailbox increases, no need to upgrade aging hardware, and a mayor who corners the CIO for the latest updates on Google.
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eWeek Podcasts
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Google AdWords Closes CRM Loop
Editorial Director Eric Lundquist interviews Kieden founder Kraig Swensrud, who explains how AdWords works with CRM.
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Google in the Enterprise
David Girouard speaks with Eric Lundquist about Google`s plans for enterprise search as well as the company`s plans for enterprise e-mail and productivity applications.
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Research Reports
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Measuring the Total Economic Impact of Google Apps
The following research paper is the result of an examination performed by Forrester Consulting on the total economic impact and expected return on investment (ROI) enterprises my realize by adopting Google Apps after having managed a traditional on-premise messaging and collaboration environment.
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Reviews
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New Google Tool Gets Offline Access in Gear
Google Gears smooths path to web-based applications for developers. (eWEEK Review)
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Google Base (beta)
Google Base gives everyone a single point of entry for posting information to the Internet and getting that info into the hands of people who might want it. (PC Magazine Review)
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Google Calendar
Those who use Gmail—and have lots of friends or colleagues who use it as well—will find Google Calendar a great addition, as will those who just want an online calendar that`s easy to use and share. Expect full integration with Gmail to be an ongoing process. (PC Magazine Review)
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Google Earth 3.0
Google Earth offers a powerful yet extremely easy-to-use digital globe that makes it a cinch to find a wide variety of geographical data for travel, business, or educational purposes. (PC Magazine Review)
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Google Local
The accurate and beautifully rendered mapping and imagery is addictive, but sometimes you`ll find yourself wishing for that magically accurate trove of results found with nothing more than a keyword at Google.com. (PC Magazine Review)
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Tech Analyses
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SAML Ups Ante of Google Apps
Technology simplifies log-in management.
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eWeek Slide Shows
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eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Google Mini search appliance
eWEEK Labs takes this opportunity to provide an in-depth visual walk-through on the features and appearance of the Google Mini search appliance.
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Google Apps Premier
eWEEK Labs takes this opportunity to provide an in-depth visual walk-through on the features and appearance of Google’s Apps Premier.
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