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Quickoffice: More Than Office for Mobile Users

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Allen Falcon

    With this week’s release of Quickoffice for iPhone and Android platforms, Google Apps for Business mobile users can now access and edit MS Office files on any iOS or current Android device.  Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files are … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Android, Google Apps, Google Drive, IOS, MS Office, Quickoffice | Leave a comment

 

Helpful Hint: Modern Preview in Google Drive

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Allen Falcon

  In the beginning, seeing a preview of documents in Google Drive meant clicking an link and waiting for a new browser window or browser tab to open up.  Your preview would appear, if the file type was compatible, surrounded … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Google Apps, Google Docs, Google Drive, Images, PDF, Preview, Video | Leave a comment

 

The Video Service in Google Apps

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Allen Falcon

OK, it is not really new.  But, major changes are in the works.   By the end of this year, Google Video for Business will be shut down with companies’ videos and the service capabilities moving to Google Drive. Google … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Google Apps, Google Drive, Video | Leave a comment

 

Inbox Size versus Email Relevance

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Allen Falcon

Now that many email services are matching Google Apps’ 25GB inbox, the IT folks are wondering if users really need that much space and if mailbox limits are still a good practice.  For most companies, the answer lies in how … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Email, Gmail, Google Apps, Google Apps Vault, Google Docs, Google Drive, Inbox Size, Information Value | Leave a comment

 

Google Drive or Overdrive?

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Allen Falcon

As more organizations expand their use of Google Apps beyond email into file services, the question of how to best use Google Drive becomes important.  In a previous post, we compared centralized versus distributed use of additional storage. For many … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Additional Storage, Cloud Computing, file services, Gladinet, Google Apps, Google Docs, Google Drive | Leave a comment

 

Tuesday Take-Away: Version Control with Google Drive

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Allen Falcon

Google Drive, an integrated component of Google Apps, helps you use Google Apps as a secure file service.  With this capability, you benefit from the revision control built into Google Docs. Revision Control when Uploading via the Web Interface When … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Google Apps, Google Docs, Google Drive, Retention, Revision Management, Version Control | Leave a comment

 

Tuesday Take-Away: 6 Ways to Protect IP within Google Apps

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Allen Falcon

While some remain suspect of security and privacy with cloud computing, Google Apps actually offers ways to help protect and preserve a company’s Intellectual Property (“IP”) that are not readily available in traditional, in-house systems.  Why worry about IP? Because … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Uncategorized | Tagged Backupify, CloudLock, Google Apps, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Message Discovery, Google Vault, Intellectual Property, IP | Leave a comment

 

Friday Thought: Google Drive – Yield Before Your Leap

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Allen Falcon

Google (finally) announced and began releasing Google Drive.  For those not in the know, Google Drive is cloud storage available as a stand-alone service or as a component of Google Apps.  The stand-alone version included 5GB of storage for free … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Uncategorized | Tagged Cloud Computing, Cloud Solutions, CloudLock, Google Apps, Google Docs, Google Drive | Leave a comment