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• Web app lets enterprise set security, sharing for Google Apps users

  By John Cox | 11 February, 2012 02:32

  A new security tool lets enterprise IT groups set access and share policies for employees, including mobile users, who are working with the online Google Apps suite.

• Security roundup: Security concerns slam Google Apps rollout in LA; 760 companies and research institutions hacked?

  By Ellen Messmer | 17 December, 2011 06:28

  The Los Angeles City Council has voted to halt efforts to bring the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) into the Google Apps services used by 17,000 other Los Angeles employees.

• Mobile devices, social media in 2012 means more work “around the clock”: Gartner

  By Lisa Banks | 01 December, 2011 15:28

  2012 will be the year when Google Apps will chip away at the Microsoft Office market, as the rise of mobile devices and social media could make managing a work-life balance impossible, Gartner has claimed.

• 7 software makers to bring integrated, cheaper add-ons to Google Apps

  By Julie Bort | 05 November, 2011 07:25

  Seven ISVs have formed a consortium to integrate their Google Apps add-on products and offer discounted bundles, outside of Google's control.

• Taken over by aliens? Don't worry; Google has it covered

  By Georgina Swan | 22 August, 2011 16:41

  Imagine what would happen if all the Google engineers turned rogue and held the world’s Gmail accounts to ransom. Or if aliens attacked earth and wiped California off the map.

• Data stored in the Cloud safer than desktop: Google US

  By Hamish Barwick | 18 August, 2011 11:31

  More enterprises will shift data into the Cloud as the service becomes more secure and physical data continues to be compromised, according to Google Apps US director of security, Eran Feigenbaum.

• RMIT goes Google, says no to Microsoft's Cloud

  By Lisa Banks | 19 July, 2011 13:48

  RMIT has moved its 74,000 students to Google as part of a long-term Cloud computing strategy.

• Office 365: Microsoft's Google gamble in the Cloud

  By Lisa Banks | 30 June, 2011 08:29

  In a challenge to Google Apps’ recent domination in the enterprise, Microsoft is banking on the devily-you-know attitude of many IT departments in launching its Microsoft Office 365 Cloud suite.

• Australian developers take advantage of Google's Cloud

  By Lisa Banks | 24 June, 2011 11:19

  The Cloud has offered businesses of all types a chance to streamline IT and find new efficiencies, and now it has created a new channel for Australian developers to distribute their products. One Australian developer who has found this to be the case is Perth-based Anthony Smith, who has used Google's Apps Marketplace to distribute his hosted CRM solution, Insightly.

• Optus launches Cloud-hosted apps offering for SMBs

  By Lisa Banks | 10 June, 2011 14:43

  Optus launched a new Cloud based offering dubbed 'Optus OfficeApps', targetting small to medium businesses (SMBs).

• Why we chose Exchange Online, not Google Apps

  By Shane O'Neill | 21 May, 2011 01:14

  The City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has never owned an Exchange server, but starting on Memorial Day it will roll out Exchange and Outlook e-mail for 2,700 of its workers.

• Google apps for business: 10 powerful add-ons

  By Shane O'Neill | 05 May, 2011 10:22

  Check out these 10 Google Apps add-ons designed to enhance the Google Apps experience and help you take care of business -- from data protection to project management and more. All add-ons can be found at Google Apps Marketplace, and most of them are free or offer a free edition.

• Optus launches SMBs into Google Apps Cloud

  By Georgina Swan | 10 March, 2011 13:05

  Optus has signed with Google to offer Google Apps for Business part of its range of digital business solutions for small and medium business (SMB) customers — a move that moves the service provider into the software as a service market.

• Specsavers goes Google, adopts Android

  By Rodney Gedda | 04 March, 2011 11:12

  In a win-win for Google, national retail optometrist Specsavers has ditched an in-house e-mail and groupware server and moved to Google Apps with BlackBerry handsets now being replaced by Android-based smartphones.

• Mo’s Mobile bypasses IT with Google Apps

  By Georgina Swan | 25 February, 2011 13:35

  Tim Levy, co-founder of mobile phone retailer Mo’s Mobiles, is using Google Apps to bypass the IT department — and he is pretty happy with the results.