Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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[G] Google Message Security recognized for excellence

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 02:31 AM PDT

Official Google Enterprise Blog: Google Message Security recognized for excellence

Google Message Security, powered by Postini, is a leader in cloud-based email security and we are honored that it has recently been recognized with several significant awards:



Google Message Security (GMS) was was selected as the Gold award-winner of the "Messaging Security Products" category by the readers of Information Security magazine and is featured in the September issue.



GMS also recently won the Top Provider award in the "Security as a Service" category of the recent 2010 Nemertes Pilot House Awards. GMS scored the highest of all vendors in every category including "Technology, Customer Service and Value."
In addition, GMS was the top-rated product across all 12 categories that were evaluated, earning GMS the 2010 PilotHouse Admiral Award.

At Google, we focus intensely on the user experience, so we are especially proud to receive these awards that are voted on by security and technology experts who are Google Message Security users.

Thanks go to Information Security magazine, Nemertes Research and especially to the many users who voted for Google Message Security. We'd also like to congratulate our fellow nominees and award-winners and acknowledge their contributions to the field of online security.

For more information on Google Message Security and the Postini suite of security and archiving products, please visit, www.google.com/postini

Posted by Adam Swidler, Google Postini team
URL: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/09/google-message-security-recognized-for.html

[G] Geek Time with Linus Torvalds

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:58 PM PDT

Google Open Source Blog: Geek Time with Linus Torvalds



Linus Torvalds and Jeremy Allision were both in Sao Paulo, Brazil a few weeks ago for LinuxCon, where they were both presenters. Later in the week when they were waiting to go on a safari at the Sao Paulo Zoo, Jeremy seized the opportunity to go on a trip down memory lane when he asked Linus about the Sinclair QL they each owned while growing up. Because it was so hard to get software for it in Finland, Linus wrote his own assembler and editor (in addition to Pac-Man graphics libraries). They continue to reminisce about more archaic hardware like floppy drives, microdrives, 512 K RAM expansion packs and the Acorn Archimedes.

It's a geek fest for fans of British computers from the '80s! Who knew that the Sinclair QL would play a role in the development of the modern free operating system?

By Ellen Ko, Open Source Team
URL: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/09/geek-time-with-linus-torvalds.html

[G] Stay connected on campus with Google Voice

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Google Voice Blog: Stay connected on campus with Google Voice

Heading off to college usually means packing up the car and saying goodbye to your family and friends, so the Google Voice team put together a bunch of ways to make it cheaper and easier to stay in touch while you're on campus. We also thought back to our own days living in dorms and cramming in the library to create a list of student-friendly tips for getting the most out of your phone while you're away at school.


1. Save your money for something better than minutes
2. Use your phone the way you actually want to
  • Setup a free Google Voice number that will ring all of your phones at once (dorm phone, cell phone, Gmail, etc.) so you never miss a call {a number that stays with you even if you forget to pay your bill or change cell phone provider]
  • Get voicemail transcriptions via email and text during class
  • Enable do not disturb to send your calls directly to voicemail when you want to sleep in on the weekends or need to get some studying done
3. Make calls when your phone can't
Calling in Gmail makes it possible to call phones from right inside of your Gmail account. This makes a super handy alternative to your mobile phone for things like:
  • Calling from dorm rooms with non-existent cell phone reception
  • Locating a mobile phone that is buried in the couch
  • Ordering a pizza when your phone battery is dead

















So grab your Google Voice number, get Google Voice on your mobile phone, or fire up your Gmail account and start making calls. No quarter required.

Google Voice is currently only available in the U.S. And if you're new to Google Voice, check out our introductory videos at youtube.com/googlevoice.


Posted by Michael Bolognino, Product Marketing Manager
URL: http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/stay-connected-on-campus-with-google.html

[G] New OAuth support for Google Apps APIs

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 12:05 PM PDT

Official Google Enterprise Blog: New OAuth support for Google Apps APIs

Google Apps is designed to provide a secure and reliable platform for your data. Until today, Google Apps administrators had to sign requests for calls to Google Apps APIs using their username and password (this is called ClientLogin Authorization).

Yet sharing passwords across sites can pose security risks. Furthering our commitment to make the cloud more secure for our users, today we are pleased to announce support for OAuth authorization on Google Apps APIs.

There are several advantages to using OAuth instead of the username/password model:
  • OAuth is more secure: OAuth tokens can be scoped and set to expire by a certain date, making them more secure than using the ClientLogin mechanism.
  • OAuth is customizable: Using OAuth, you can create tokens that scripts may only use to access data of a particular scope when calling Google Apps APIs. For instance, a token set to call the Email Migration API would not be able to use your login credentials to access the Google Apps Provisioning API.
  • OAuth is an open standard: OAuth is an open source standard, making it a familiar choice for developers to work with.
The Google Apps APIs that support the OAuth signing mechanism are:

1. Provisioning API
2. Email Migration API
3. Admin Settings API
4. Calendar Resource API
5. Email Settings API
6. Audit API

OAuth support for Google Apps APIs is another step towards making Google Apps the most secure, reliable cloud based computing environment for organizations. To learn more about OAuth support and other administrative capacities launched in Google Apps this quarter, join us for a live webinar on Wednesday, September 29th at 9am PT / 12pm EST / 5pm GMT.

Administrators for Google Apps Premier, Education, and Government Editions can use OAuth authorization for Google Apps APIs starting today.For more information about the OAuth standard, visit http://oauth.net.

Posted by Ankur Jain, Software Engineer
URL: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-oauth-support-for-google-apps-apis.html
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