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In an interview for a recent article in the New York Times, Steve Ballmer (Microsoft’s CEO), drew a diagram of Cloud Computing. Look at the diagram for yourself and let me now if you think that Microsoft “gets it”.
As part of Google Labs, Google released a new feature that lets users “unsend” emails. The feature holds emails for 5 seconds and provides a link to “unsend” the message. This feature is available to all Google Apps Enterprise Edition users with Google Labs active.If you do not have the Labs beaker icon, or have […]
The following features have been added to Google Apps (multiple editions) over the past week or so. In Gmail: Mark as Unread Update:If you’re reading a conversation that had unread messages when you opened it, when you mark it as unread, Gmail will only mark as unread the messages in that conversation that were unread […]
Google has announced three new features in Google Sites that will make gadgets more useful for Google Apps Premier Edition customers: Start Page Template As a site owner, you can let users personalize areas of a site, such as an internal sales portal. This lets users select gadgets and other information for their start page […]
Once again, Windows systems (every supported version) is vulnerable to a significant security attack. As reported in ZDNet, Microsoft was alerted to the issue a year ago and has failed to provide a patch. Time again for IT staff to spend time and energy working around a security problem instead of on projects that help […]
Earlier this week, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) petitioned the FTC to force Google to shut down operations of Gmail, Google Docs, and other services (PCMag coverage here). Their justification was the resent security issue with Google Docs that impacted fewer than 0.05% of Google Doc users. Sounds like EPIC is very concerned about […]
So you think your budget is tight? Just image being an innovative educator in the San Diego Unified School District. In his blog, Doug’s Dirt, Doug McIntosh explains the problem and his solution (hint: it includes Google Apps). Next, look at the Google Apps in the Classroom, a Google Site he created that tells other […]
The US has a CIO for the first time. In appointing Vivek Kundra the federal government’s first CIO, President Obama acknowledges the role information services can play in effective management and service delivery.Vivek Kundra, the former CTO of Washington D.C., is best known for moving the District onto Google Apps. In addition to big savings […]
As reported in the Official Google Blog, Google is preparing to replace its GrandCentral voice service with Google Voice. Google Voice is designed to provide you with a universal number that will ring your office, home, and mobile numbers while providing a single voice mailbox and a rich set of features. For now, only existing […]
