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Tuesday Take-Away: Smart Distribution Lists

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Allen Falcon

One of the challenges many of our customers face is managing contacts and distribution lists.  Organizations want to share contact information to avoid duplicate and incorrect information, but need to control who manages the data.  Similarly, many organizations want to … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged contacts, Distribution Lists, DMS, Domain Management Studio, Floreysoft, Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Google Apps for Education, Google Apps for Government, Groups | Leave a comment

 

Friday Thought: Chromebooks are NOT Netbooks

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Allen Falcon

It is pretty clear from the industry press that a consensus is building that the time for netbooks may have passed.  And when Dell, one of the big 3 PC makers, decides to end all netbook products, the industry takes … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Uncategorized | Tagged Chromebooks, Cloud Computing, Google Apps, netbooks | 7 Comments

 

Tuesday Take-Away: Advanced Searching in Gmail

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Allen Falcon

As more people migrate to Google Apps and begin using the Gmail interface, they are often impressed with the scope and speed of the Gmail search bar.    Not surprising, since Google is sort of known for search. But, did … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Uncategorized | Tagged Efficiency, Gmail, Google Apps, Search | Leave a comment

 

Happy New Year: Looking Back and Forward

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Allen Falcon

At this time of year, we are often bombarded with “year in review” and “our prediction” articles, news stories, and specials.   As a change a pace, I thought I would take a look at how some past predictions have … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged predictions, technology | 2 Comments

 

Tuesday Take Away: Google Apps Caveats and Solutions

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Allen Falcon

One of the critiques we often hear when speaking with businesses and non-profits hesitant about a move to Google Apps is that Google Apps does not provide a complete computing environment.  And it appears that there are a couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Backupify, Caveats, Cloud Computing, Cloud Ecosystem, Dito Directory, Ecosystem, Floreysoft, Gladinet, Google Apps, Google Apps for Business | Leave a comment

 

Tuesday Take-Away: Expanded Support for Google Apps

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Allen Falcon

On 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. … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Google Apps, Google Apps for Business, Services, Support | Leave a comment

 

Tuesday Take-Away: A Google Apps Overview

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Allen Falcon

You 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.  

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Tuesday Take Away: 8 Ways that Clouds Beat Blizzards

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Allen Falcon

Once again, the team and I at Cumulus Global found ourselves working from our homes, pizza shops, libraries, and coffee shops.  An unusual and record-breaking October Nor’easter dumped about a foot of very heavy and wet snow on us, snapping … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Uncategorized | Tagged business continuity, Cloud Computing, Cloud File Services, cloud storage, contingency, Gmail, Google Apps, iPBX, Message Continuity, VoIP | Leave a comment

 

Life without Power at Cumulus Global

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Allen Falcon

Good 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, … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Take Away: DLP in Google Apps

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Allen Falcon

In 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Uncategorized | Tagged backup, Data Loss Prevention, DLP, Google Apps, Single Sign On, SSO | Leave a comment

 

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