Google Apps go Offline!

Recently Google implemented an offline capability for Google Apps allowing you to edit and work on your Google Apps while not connected to the Internet. Now whether you are on an airplane or just disconnected, you can edit your documents, spreadsheets and presentations.

When you login to Google Docs you will see a new icon and Offline Settings link.

Google Docs uses Google Gears, a browser extension (available for OS X, Linux and Windows), to add offline functionality. Google Docs are accessed offline by clicking on the desktop shortcut that is downloaded during the installation process.

Adding Google Hosted Mail to Exchange

Upon initial read of Cemaphore Systems announcement of their beta release of MailShadowG (MailShadow For Google Apps) I kept scratching my head and wondering what! After further thought and some lively discussions with my colleagues I think I actually see some real value in the MailShadowG product.

To understand where the value is, one needs to grasp what is being offered through the MailShadowG product…. Read the story »

News Or Not?

To stay current with news about Google Apps I have subscribed to Google Alerts. Google Alerts monitors the Internet for news about Google Apps (or any other subject one wants to be alerted about). I started the Google Alert subscription on March 14, 2008. I have been diligent about monitoring and reading the alerts. To date I have received a total of 109 alerts. I have read every alert email message and followed most of the alert links to the source articles. While I have been alerted to some news, mostly I have been underwhelmed with news that is not news. The real news is most people and organizations writing about Google Apps don’t really know or understand anything about Google Apps. Let me explain….

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POSTINI & Google Apps

POSTINI is the premier hosted email security and compliance solution. POSTINI was acquired by Google and has subsequently been integrated into the suite of solutions available within the Google Apps offering. What exactly does that mean to any organization that uses the Google Apps products? It means that enterprise grade email tools like spam filtering, virus filtering, trojan filtering, and sophisticated email compliance and archiving tools are available for Google Hosted Mail.

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