If you have visited our website since Tuesday morning, you may have noticed the new look and feel, the expanded information about our products and services, and the ability to buy online. You may also have noticed the “Live Chat” feature we have added to the site. Through this feature, we offer pre-sales assistance, customer […]
Google recently announced that Valeo, an “independent industrial group fully focused on the design, production, and sale of components, integrated systems, and modules for cars and trucks,” is deploying Google Apps to all 30,000 employees. Why does this matter? Industry watchers like Dave Rosenberg see this deal as further validation that companies of all sizes […]
Google has officially acknowledged and identified a cause for yesterday mornings “slow down” across all Google services. Did you experience slow access?? Did you experience a full outage??
Google Postini Services issued its quarterly Threat Advisory. Even with the dismantling of the McColo Botnet in 2008, the volume of spam is increasing at a daily rate of 1.2%. This compares with a daily increase rate of 1% during the same quarter last year. If you have spam protection, why does this matter? If […]
ChannelWeb, a news source for technology resellers, is reporting that Acer has passed Dell as the #2 maker of notebooks. Why does this matter? The shift is due to Acer’s sale of netbooks. This shift is a further indication that individuals and SMBs are comfortable with web-based, SaaS, and other cloud-based solutions. Netbooks are designed […]
One of the unique features of Google Apps has been the ability to turn an email into a Task, allowing you to track follow up and deadlines. Google has taken Task integration much further with the integration of Tasks into Calendar. From within Calendar, you can now create tasks with due dates, which will be […]
Join Horizon Info Services on May 22nd at 10:15 am ET for an extended mid-morning coffee break and learn why Google Apps Premier Edition may be a better email and calendaring solution for your business than your current hosted email provider or your internal email server. The brief presentation will compare features and cost, with […]
Twinstrata, the company that sells Clarity AP (assessment and planning) software, conducted a comprehensive study of the costs and risks of Google Apps versus Microsoft Exchange. In his Storage Bits blog, Robin Harris provides a good summary of the results. Robin’s summary explains the stark cost difference — 20x on capital equipment and 5x to […]
Those of you that know me, know that I have been using Firefox as my default browser. I still need to use IE for some sites that do not work properly in Firefox. As I use Firefox, there are a few features that seem to make life easier. Tab Use Order: I use tabs … […]
Google Forms now include the ability to add themes with background images and color selections. Learn more here …
