This week, Google launched the first set of Google+ features designed specifically for the enterprise. What launched? The features launched begin to address the top requests from our partners and customers, including more ways to control the content employees post and more ways to make Hangouts great for productive meetings from anywhere. You can preview
| August 2012 |
Making Google Apps Easy For You
| Product Updates |
Google+ for Business, Continued
You can preview the top requested business features and begin deploying Google+ in your customers’ organizations, as well as adopting them in your own, for free through the end of 2013. This launch is just the beginning. The team has more in store for the coming months to make G+ a key part of our cloud/mobile/social strategy. For more information, see our announcement on the Enterprise Blog and the product page.
| New Resources |
New Google Apps Script resource
Google Apps Script is a JavaScript cloud scripting language that can help Google Apps partners easily build custom functionality and automate repetitive business processes across Google products and third party services. Check out this new Apps Script page to learn more or start scripting today!
InformationWeek: “9 Google Apps Security Secrets For Business”
After the hack of technology journalist Mat Honan, many users of cloud-based services are running scared. However, there are many security strategies and practices you can implement for your customers and your own business to protect against security risks. Read more.
The Wall Street Journal: “How Google Secures Its Cloud”
Cloud-based software and infrastructure has emerged this year as a viable solution for CIOs tasked with helping their organizations drive innovation while simultaneously cutting costs. But the aura of cloud has been punctured lately by a series of high-profile security problems. In response, Google detailed its security practices to CIO Journal. Read more.
New easy-to-remember and promotable Google+ page URL for Enterprise
As many of you know, we have an official Google+ page for our customers, partners and other followers to learn about all things Enterprise: product launches, wins, and thought leadership. As of earlier this week, our Google+ page now has a vanity URL: google.com/+GoogleEnterprise to make it easier to remember. Share it with your prospects and customers and add it to your email signature, business cards and presentations.
| Events and Webinars |
Recap of Atmosphere on Tour
As technology and business leaders, we are experiencing a fundamental shift in the way technology enables people to work together and focus on what’s important. While we’ve wrapped up this year’s series, last year’s Atmosphere on Tour united 350 of the world’s leading business leaders, well-known authors and industry experts to explore how successful businesses are using the cloud to develop innovative solutions to today’s business challenges. You might find that many of these solutions are tools that you provide to your customers to enable them to work together more seamlessly, or you might get new ideas. View all the recordings from last year’s tour here.
Continuing the transition from Postini to Google Apps
Since we acquired Postini, we've been working toward integrating its security and compliance capabilities directly into Google Apps. In the past two years, we developed and released numerous Postini features directly in Google Apps, such as user policy management; email content filters; archiving, retention and eDiscovery with Google Apps Vault. As we look ahead to 2013, we’ll continue these feature integrations and gradually transition Postini Google Message Security (GMS) and Google Message Discovery (GMD) customers to Google Apps. This will enable them to take advantage of the Postini features built directly into Google Apps that are more flexible, powerful and user-friendly. To learn more, see the announcement. More information can be found in the Google Apps Help Center where there are also more details regarding the Postini transition.
See a complete list of feature updates from recent weeks.
