The Non-Profit Tech Guru » Google Apps http://www.albeekara.com The Bleeding Edge of IT from the Non-Profit Trenches Sun, 16 May 2010 17:24:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Google Apps no longer in Beta… http://www.albeekara.com/2009/07/08/google-apps-no-longer-in-beta/ http://www.albeekara.com/2009/07/08/google-apps-no-longer-in-beta/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:10:42 +0000 Albee http://www.albeekara.com/?p=231 Well it was bound to happen – Google’s gMail, Calendar, Docs and Talk that started out in Beta five years ago are no longer… They’re ready for the enterprise!

Actually, I have been using them with clients for years, so I think they were ready before now. I guess Google finally got the message that selling a suite of services that are officially in Beta is bad for business.

Oddly, even though the Beta designation has been removed from the logo, you can add it back in if you wish. Why?

Read more at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-apps-is-out-of-beta-yes-really.html

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See more at Albee’s Geek Out Page

]]> http://www.albeekara.com/2009/06/10/non-profit-it-resources-great-for-businesses-too/feed/ 0 The Beginning of the end for Microsoft Exchange? http://www.albeekara.com/2009/06/09/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-microsoft-exchange/ http://www.albeekara.com/2009/06/09/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-microsoft-exchange/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:39:11 +0000 Albee http://www.albeekara.com/?p=198 Google today announced a handy little sync app that allows you to connect Outlook to your Google Apps account and have them sync seamlessly in the background. It offers 95% of the functionality of Exchange without all of the cost and complexity AND you get to keep using Outlook (admit it, you’re addicted).

This little program removed one huge barrier that Google Apps has faced with businesses – that people couldn’t stand to give up Outlook. That’s no longer a deal-breaker.

Read more at http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/06/use-microsoft-outlook-with-google-apps.html

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