BBVA, one of the worlds largest financial institutions, today announced that it is adopting Google’s cloud-based collaboration and communication suite Google Apps for Business to drive innovation and increase productivity. Initially over 35,000 Spanish BBVA workers will use the productivity tools integrated into the Google Apps suite including: Gmail with Google Chat, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Groups, Google Sites [...]
Google’s enterprise Gmail is building momentum with commercial organisations, and it now presents a viable alternative to Microsoft Exchange Online and other cloud email services, according to Gartner, Inc. Gmail has only been in the market for five years. “The road to its enterprise enlightenment has been long and bumpy, but Gmail should now be [...]
Warwickshire County Council is to be the first major public sector organisation to provide e-mail services via the public cloud in a pilot scheme that has potential to change how local authorities use e-mail and ICT services. The county council is working with Cabinet Office to pilot the use of cloud-computing within Government to introduce [...]
GORDON SMITH gives us an exclusive first look at the slim, instant-on laptop for working on the web powered by Google’s Chrome browser. Reviewing the Chromebook, Google’s long-promised laptop built for the web, the thought occurs that this is less a product and more a lifestyle. The premise is that to need one, [...]
ITV, the largest commercial television network in the UK is moving from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps as part of its broader strategy and five year Transformation Plan to change the ways the company works. The move will improve communication, fuel collaboration and stimulate creativity throughout the organization. The media industry thrives on change and is [...]
We’re always listening to your ideas about features you’d like to see in Google Apps, and many of you have asked for a better way to track your email communications in Gmail. Consider your message to us delivered: today we’re introducing read receipts as an optional feature for Google Apps for Business and Google Apps for [...]
European enterprises are increasing their spending on cloud migration. It is estimated that in 2015 some $8.2bn will be spent on cloud professional services, up from $510m in 2010. Mette Ahorlu, research director with IDC’s European services group says “The early adopters typically started using cloud solutions in parallel with their existing IT, but in 2010 we [...]
Google and Apple share top spot in a study of the most reputable companies in the world with Google taking the top spot in Ireland. The study which was carried out by the Reputation Institute involved over 48,000 consumers in 15 countries. Worldwide Google and Apple came out as the most trusted and respected, with Disney, BMW and Lego making [...]
The software companies that have risen to power in the past 40 years are talking more about the cloud. That has to be a factor of the business market and the interest on behalf of top IT executives, the ones who have in large part commanded the budgets for large-scale solutions projects. According to a study [...]
Earlier this month Backupify interviewed Susan Cline, a Google Apps Certified Trainer and a consultant for the Google Apps Enterprise team. With more than five years experience working with Google Apps, Cline is recognized as expert in the field. She understands the need for small businesses to maintain low costs and efficiencies in order to operate successfully. This is one of the main reasons [...]
