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10 Reasons I love GMail

1. Less spam. I used to use Yahoo Mail and I got 40-50 spam emails each day. I get much less with GMail, sometimes only 3-4 per day.
2. The search feature is awesome. I have to use Lotus Notes at work and it is absolutely cumbersome. I have to search folders over and over. I had the same issues when I used to use Microsoft Outlook.
3. I love the conversation view in GMail. Getting just a bit on in age, I don’t remember like I used to (OK, I was never very good). Anyway, the whole conversation is right there when I open an email.
4. I use Google Talk all the time. I can chat real-time with my contacts. I can also archive the chats and make them searchable too. Who would have thought that Google would be good at search? Tip 4a - You can also send a Voicemail with Google Talk! Tip 4b - You can send files too!
5. I have figured out how to use labels, filters and stars for my emails. These features have become my favorites. When I had to stop putting things in folders, I thought I’d be lost. Ha…did I have an awakening.
6. The amount of storage space that you get with a GMail account means you really never have to delete anything…ever! Just archive and go.
7. GMail on the go. You can use GMail with your mobile phone quite easily. Just go to google.com/m
8. Privacy. I can sign in using HTTPS. I appreciate that feature.
9. I can store all my contacts in GMail. Back to that memory thing being not so good…wait a minute, what was I talking about?
10. FREE. GMail accounts are FREE. Did I mention that it doesn’t cost anything?

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Google’s tough sell to Corporate America

This is an informative article by Yi-Wyn Yen. Discussed are the pro’s and con’s of using Google Apps for large enterprises.

Enterprises have reservations (cons) for a variety of reasons including:

• Security
• Confidentiality
• Downtime
• Converting software is time consuming
• Cost
• Advanced features

Reasons they may consider switching to Google Apps (pros)

• Education edition is free for .edu’s
• Ability to work in team’s
• Collaboration and sharing
• Working across company boundaries
• Redundancy (info is shared on many servers)
• Lower cost
• No backups
• No IT person needed

I’d be interested in hearing from any companies that are using Google Apps. If you’re not using Google Apps, what are your companies concerns about switching?

Locate addresses on Google Maps right from Firefox

Another great Firefox add-on called Locator. Simply highlight the address, right click with mouse, select ‘Locate on Google Map’ in popup menu and your address will be shown on a Google map. Pretty awesome. I used to open a new tab, type in Google Maps, then cut and paste the address. This is way faster.

Access all Google applications from your Firefox Toolbar

This Firefox Add-on (GUtil! 2.3.2) lets you access all Google applications from your toolbar. I tried it, and I really like it. There are just so many applications, that sometimes it’s hard to remember what you need. No problems with that anymore. Let me know what you think.

Google Apps + Salesforce.com

Here is a link to a great review of Google Apps used with Salesforce CRM software by Hugh Durkin.

Salesforce for Google Apps

Running a business successfully is hard! Having the right tools makes it much easier. That’s why the combined power of Salesforce and Google Apps is transforming businesses by helping you run your business with software as a service. Salesforce for Google Apps is a simple, yet powerful combination of business applications that work together and make it incredibly easy for users to communicate, collaborate, and share business information. Now you can run your favorite desktop applications and your CRM applications side by side by accessing Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, and Google Docs all from within Salesforce.

Google Launches Cloud Computing Road Trip: “App to School”

Google Launches Cloud Computing Road Trip: “App to School”
— Google intends in September to launch a cross-country bus tour called “App to School” so that the company can speak with college students about how cloud computing can benefit education. “We’re looking forward to meeting students to talk about Google Apps and hear how they’re using our productivity tools on and off campus,” said Jeff Keltner, Business Development Manager, Google Apps via the official Google Enterprise blog.

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Advantages of online office applications

One of the most obvious advantages to using online office applications is the cost. Compared to buying software and paying licensing fees, server and storage fees, and a myriad of other nickel and diming, online office applications are a real bargain. What I’d like to talk about are some of the other advantages that you may not realize.

Welcome to Embrace The Cloud!

Cloud computing is a paradigm in which tasks are assigned to a combination of connections, software and services accessed over a network. This network of servers and connections is collectively known as “the cloud.” Computing at the scale of the cloud allows users to access supercomputer-level power.

Sounds simple, huh? Not always. This blog will be used to share information, and hopefully some insight, into using Google cloud computing applications.

We welcome any and all input and comments. If you are interested we’d be happy to have you as a guest poster.