4 Bellows Rd / 2nd Floor
Westborough, MA 01581
PO Box 1129
Westborough, MA 01581-6129
120 W Trinity Pl
Decatur, GA 30030
This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
OK View Privacy PolicyWe may request cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website.
Click on the different category headings to find out more. You can also change some of your preferences. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer.
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features.
Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site.
We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain.
We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. You can check these in your browser security settings.
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience.
If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here:
We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Changes will take effect once you reload the page.
Google Webfont Settings:
Google Map Settings:
Google reCaptcha Settings:
Vimeo and Youtube video embeds:
The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them:
Tuesday Take-Away: Expanded Support for Google Apps
/in GeneralOn Monday, Nov 14th, Google announced a significant expansion of its support services for Google Apps. Google now provides 24 x 7 phone support to small, medium, and large Google Apps for Business customers for all issues affecting the core services. Customers may also receive support from Google Apps experts via Google’s web-based support portal, online […]
Tuesday Take-Away: A Google Apps Overview
/in GeneralYou are busy. Spending an hour in a webinar to learn about cloud computing and why businesses are moving to Google Apps may work for you. This 3 and 1/2 minute video, however, is a great introduction and overview.
Life without Power at Cumulus Global
/in GeneralGood Day, Cumulus Global’s offices and many of our team members’ homes (like the majority ofhomes and businesses in our area) are without power due to the October blizzard. Living in the cloud, however, we are working from libraries, relatives’ houses, and the occasional pizza place. While are responses may be slightly delayed, we are […]
Tuesday Take Away: DLP in Google Apps
/in GeneralIn at least one prior post, we have written about the nature of data protection and the reasons for backing up information in the cloud. Backupify, one of the vendors we work with often, recently conducted a study of known data loss incidents in Google Apps with known resolutions. Here is what they learned: 0.00% […]
Friday Thought: Comfort with the Cloud Grows Rapidly Among Business Execs
/in GeneralWhat does this mean for you beyond “cloud computing is not going away”?
Cumulus Global CEO Clouds Up New England Business Expo
/in GeneralBoston, MA – October 18, 2011 – Allen Falcon, CEO of Cumulus Global (http://www.cumulusglobal.com/) will be clouding up the New England Business Expo at the DCU Center in Worcester. As a featured speaker, Falcon’s seminar — Ground to Cloud in 30 Days! — will provide small and mid-size business owners with a road map for […]
Tuesday Take-Away: New Security Standards for Cloud Computing
/in GeneralIt is common for cloud computing vendors often promote their security credentials, and doing so gives prospective customers valuable information about the vendors’ security operations and capabilities. If your vendor is still promoting their SAS 70 Type II certifications, however, they are a little bit out of date. As of June 15, 2011, the American […]
Friday Thought: Is BYOD Right for Your Business?
/in GeneralA new trend is emerging in corporate IT that may make sense for small and mid-size businesses: BYOD, or Bring-Your-Own-Device. Companies with BYOD policies allow workers to pick their own smartphones, tablets, and, in some cases, laptop computers. Most BYOD policies provide a fixed stipend for each type of device with employees free to spend […]
Tuesday Take-Away: Tools to Ease Scheduling Woes
/in GeneralHave you ever notices that the number of emails it takes to schedule a meeting seems to increase exponentially with the number of people you invite? With our electronically organized days, it seems to get harder and harder to find a common time to meet, particularly when setting up meeting with people outside your company […]
Friday Thought: Cloud Computing Changes IT Roles
/in GeneralJason Hiner recently kicked off the annual TechRepublic Live 2011 event in September by asking “What will the IT department look like in 2015”? His conclusion is that larger centralized IT departments will give way to leaner teams with more IT consultants. He also states that IT departments will focus resources on software, the cloud, […]
Google Docs and OffiSync Back on Track
/in GeneralMany of our OffiSync customers experienced authentication issues over the past several days when connecting to Google Docs. These errors were due to changes made by Google in the Google Docs API. OffiSync has released a new version that fixes the issue. The new version should install automatically the next time users open an MS […]
Cumulus Global CEO to speak at SpiceWorld 2011
/in GeneralAllen Falcon, CEO of Cumulus Global (www.cumulusglobal.com) will be speaking at the SpiceWorld 2011 on October 20, 2011 in Austin, Tx. SpiceWorld is the annual Spiceworks IT User Conference. The keynote panel discussion, “The Cloud: Should I Stay or Should I Go?”, will focus on decision points for IT professionals considering moving their organizations to […]
Tuesday Take-Away: Google Apps as a SEO Tool
/in GeneralSearch engine optimization (“SEO”) experts will tell you that to improve your “organic”, or unpaid, standing in search results, search engines need to see you web site as relevant. A major factor for nearly all search engines is how many authoritative sites link to your web site and the amount of authoritative content is available […]
Friday Thought: All Outages are Not Equal
/in GeneralLast week Google Docs experienced an outage lasting about 30 minutes. Almost immediately, the “reconsider the cloud” articles and blogs began to appear. Articles like this one on Ars Technica, immediately lump the Google Docs outage with other cloud outages, including Amazon’s outage earlier this year and the on-going problems with Microsoft’s BPOS and […]
Friday Thought: Maybe the Backup Should Be The Primary
/in GeneralWhen Hurricane Irene seemed like a bigger threat to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, I started receiving emails with emergency contact information. From non-profits I work with, organizations to which I belong, businesses I use, and event customers of Cumulus Global. While some noted likely or planned closing, most were providing alternate means of communication “just […]
Tuesday Take-Away: 6 Reasons to Upgrade to Google Apps for Business
/in GeneralWe work with small businesses, including small office/home office businesses with 20, 10, 5, or fewer employees. So, it is not uncommon for us to get questions about why they should pay for Google Apps for Business, when with 10 or fewer users, the free version is, well, free. In no particular order, here is […]
Friday Thought: Is Microsoft Afraid of a Fair Fight?
/in GeneralI do not condemn Microsoft for promoting its cloud services. Nor do I think they are wrong to compare their services to others, including those from Google. Watching their marketing efforts, I do wonder if Microsoft is afraid of a fair fight. Here is why … In an effort to create viral support for Office365, Microsoft […]
CRN Names Cumulus Global to Inaugural Next-Gen 250 List
/in GeneralBoston, MA, August 25, 2011 – Cumulus Global, formerly Horizon Info Services, today announced Everything Channel has named the company to the first ever 2011 CRN Next-Gen 250 list. The CRN Next-Gen 250 is an annual listing of innovative and nimble business and technology integrators, solution providers, and resellers in North America offering solutions and […]
Cumulus Global and Google Offer Webinar Series
/in GeneralWESTBOROUGH, MA – August 24, 2011 – Cumulus Global (www.cumulusglobal.com) is pleased to announce ”The Google Apps Difference”, a series of webinars discussing how better communication and collaboration capabilities can improve profitability for small and mid-size businesses. Hosted by Google and Cumulus Global, the webinars will present the perceptions and realities of moving to cloud computing […]