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- [G] Using technology in crisis preparedness
- [G] Introducing two new versions of the Management API
- [G] Join Google this week at Dreamforce
- [G] Powerful administration tools give you control of your data
- [G] Lamar Advertising moves to Google Apps for better reliability and collaboration
- [G] Free calls home from Gmail for all U.S. service members
| [G] Using technology in crisis preparedness Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:21 AM PDT Official Google Blog: Using technology in crisis preparedness(Cross-posted from the Google.org Blog)In many ways, the arrival of Hurricane Irene last week drove home the importance of National Preparedness Month, an effort from the FEMA Ready campaign to encourage Americans to take steps to prepare for emergencies throughout the year. With people relying on the Internet worldwide, it's not surprising that Google search data and a recently released American Red Cross survey show that people turn to online resources and tools for information and communication during major crises. First responders, who provide services in the aftermath of disasters, are also finding Internet and cloud-based tools and information useful—for improving their understanding of a situation, collaborating with each other and communicating with the public. Today, in preparation for September's National Preparedness Month, our Crisis Response team is introducing a new Google Crisis Preparedness website with information and educational tools on using technology to prepare for crises. On the site, you can see how individuals and organizations have used technology during crises in the past, including how two girls located their grandfather after the Japan earthquake and tsunami in March of this year and how Americorps tracked volunteers during the tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri in May of this year. There's a section for responders with information on using Google tools in crises, such as collaborating efficiently using Google Docs, Spreadsheets and Sites, visualizing the disaster-related information with Google My Maps and Google Earth, and more. Also, you can access a new public preparedness web resource launching today: Get Tech Ready, developed as a collaboration between FEMA, the American Red Cross, the Ad Council and Google Crisis Response. There, you'll find tips on using technology to prepare for, adapt to and recover from disasters, for example:
Posted by Nigel Snoad, Crisis Response Product Manager  URL: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/using-technology-in-crisis-preparedness.html       |
| [G] Introducing two new versions of the Management API Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:21 AM PDT Google Analytics Blog: Introducing two new versions of the Management APIToday we are releasing two new versions of our Management API into public beta; a brand new version 3.0 and a backwards compatible version 2.4. While the data the API exposes is the same, both versions migrate the Management API from the existing Google Data Protocol to Google's new API infrastructure. This impacts the way you request and handle data from the API. With this change, we are also announcing the deprecation of the legacy version 2.3 of the Management API. It will continue to work for 2 months, after which all v2.3 requests will return a v2.4 response. The biggest changes in switching to the new versions are that developers need to register their applications via the Google APIs Console and use a developer token. Also the URL endpoints have changed, which influence how you request OAuth authorization tokens. Here's a rundown of what's new: Version 3.0 Is the latest major version of our API and is not backwards compatible. Features include:
All future development of the API will be done to this version so we also added some exciting new data only in version 3, including:
Version 2.4 This is a minor version upgrade and we tried hard to make it backwards compatible with the existing Version 2.3. New changes include:
The XML output from this version is the same as version 2.3 so the existing Google Data client libraries will continue to work. If You're a Developer, What You Need To Do Take a deep breath and get excited ;) While we typically don't share our roadmap, to alleviate any concerns, we wanted to give you some insight on where we're going and how this release fits into the bigger picture. Today's release adds two new versions to the Management API, v2.4 and v3.0. We also have a Data Export API that provides access to report data, which is still on version 2.3. In the future, we plan to do a similar upgrade to the Data Export API Data Feed by releasing two new versions for it, and deprecating version 2.3. At that time, we also plan to completely deprecate the Data Export API Account Feed. The future of our APIs is to access all configuration data through the Management API and all processed report data through the Data Export API. So for now, if you are already using the Management API, we recommend you migrate to the latest and greatest version 3.0. If you are still using the Account Feed in the Data Export API, we highly recommend you test out the new Management API and start planning your migration. But, you can probably wait to do a full migration until all our APIs are on version 3.0. If you have any questions feel free to reach out in our Management API developer group. Posted by Jeetendra Soneja and Nick Mihailovski, Google Analytics API Team     URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tRaA/~3/9QV4I2ixVeo/introducing-two-new-versions-of.html   |
| [G] Join Google this week at Dreamforce Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:21 AM PDT Official Google Enterprise Blog: Join Google this week at DreamforcePosted by Kevin Gough, Google Enterprise teamGoogle and salesforce.com share a similar vision for cloud computing and we've teamed up over the years on a number of joint initiatives, including integrations between AdWords, Google Apps, Google App Engine and Salesforce offerings. This week, salesforce.com is hosting their Dreamforce cloud computing industry event, and we're happy to be one of the sponsors. If you're going to be at Dreamforce this year, come get an update on Google's products and cloud vision in one of our conference sessions. And if you're in the Bay Area during the conference (8/30 - 9/2), but haven't yet registered for it, good news, the Dreamforce keynotes, super sessions and the expo sessions are now free, so consider registering and coming on by. Google sessions to attend Super Session: 3 Million Google Apps Customers: Strategies for Mobile & Social at Work Date: Thur, 9/1, 2:45 - 3:45 pm Location: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - Novellus Theater See Google products in action, including new mobile and social tools, and hear our customers share their successes and what they've learned during cloud adoption. If you're one of a lucky few, you may also walk away with a new Chromebook. Keynote: Eric Schmidt Date: Thur, 9/1, 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Marc Benioff will hold a fireside chat with Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, on topics ranging from the evolution of the social enterprise to technology policies necessary to stimulate economic growth. Chromebooks for Business Date: Wed, 8/31, 5:00 - 6:00 pm Location: Moscone West - 3020 Hear how organizations are putting Chromebooks to use and see demos of new Chromebooks, included tools to manage Chromebooks across an organization, and features from our collaboration with Citrix. Register for Google sessions on the Dreamforce agenda builder. Attendee login. Expo Come by booth #611 on the expo floor to try out our latest Chromebooks and ask questions of Google product specialists. We hope to see you at Dreamforce!  URL: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/08/join-google-this-week-at-dreamforce.html   |
| [G] Powerful administration tools give you control of your data Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:21 AM PDT Official Google Enterprise Blog: Powerful administration tools give you control of your dataPosted by Jaideep Mirchandani, Google Apps Product Manager & Parag Samdadiya, Google Apps Engineer Editors note: This post is part of a series that explores the top ten reasons why customers trust Google with their business data. A complete top ten list can be found here. One of the myths surrounding cloud computing is that you lose control of your data when it's stored in the cloud. In fact, the opposite is true. When information is stored in Google Apps, administrators have access to management tools that give them the visibility and control they need without having to manage IT infrastructure. The Google Apps control panel offers a host of management tools, and over the past year alone we've added capabilities that let administrators manage multiple domains, configure specific administrative roles, and set user policies, to name a few (a complete list is here). Starting today, the Google Apps control panel will also provide access to an audit log which permits an administrator to view details of administrative changes that have been made to their Google Apps domain. Some examples are:
 To save administrators time and make it easier for them to find reports, we've also moved the reporting section (including the audit log) to the top-level of the Control Panel. This section is now immediately visible within the Control Panel. Debbie Farley, a Business Analyst with Caraustar, Inc. comments: "The Admin Audit capability provides our company with insight into key administrative tasks such as who is creating users and changing passwords. We also appreciate the new location of the Reports tab. It makes it easy to get to the audit log." David Cifuentes with Eforcers.com added, "With the Admin Audit feature we were able to gain visibility into changes that are taking place in the admin panel of our Google Apps domain, in a very easy and informative way. It even displays the changes that have happened months ago, letting us filter by action, date and administrator. The ability to export the information in a file was also helpful, in order for us to analyze the data deeper outside the panel." These reports are available today to users of Google Apps for Business, Education and Government. Together with other Google Apps APIs these tools give administrators the visibility and control they need to effectively manage their Google Apps instances.  URL: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/08/powerful-administration-tools-give-you.html   |
| [G] Lamar Advertising moves to Google Apps for better reliability and collaboration Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:21 AM PDT Official Google Enterprise Blog: Lamar Advertising moves to Google Apps for better reliability and collaborationPosted by Ed Nettles, Vice President and Director of IT, Lamar AdvertisingEditors note: Today's guest blogger is Ed Nettles, Vice President and Director of IT for Lamar Advertising. Founded in 1902, Lamar Advertising operates over 150 outdoor advertising companies and 63 transit companies, reaching driving audiences. See what other organizations that have gone Google have to say.  In 1902, when Charles Lamar and J.M. Coe decided to dissolve their business partnership, a coin toss was used to divide their assets: the Pensacola Opera House and the Pensacola Advertising Company, the small poster company created to promote the Opera House. Mr. Lamar lost the toss and was left with the less-lucrative poster company. A few years later the Opera house burned down, but that little poster company has grown into Lamar Advertising, one of the largest advertising companies in the U.S. Prior to Google Apps, we were using Microsoft® Outlook for employees in the field, and Microsoft® Exchange for the employees in our corporate office. With this setup we were constantly facing three problems: data vulnerability, lack of reliable mobile access, and a constant need for IT maintenance. We had employees saving Microsoft Outlook data in multiple locations, making us vulnerable to data loss and discovery requests that we couldn't comply with. Microsoft Exchange limited our employees' ability to get their information when out of the office. Employee smartphones couldn't sync with calendars or contacts and while employees could get new messages on their phones, they couldn't see emails older than a few days. We felt like once our employees walked away from the office, they walked away from their work. Even in the office, our email lacked stability so the IT department was constantly dealing with issues. We needed one centralized way of storing and managing our data so that we could provide a better service to our users, provide the business with better security and let our IT department get out of the business of managing email. We considered upgrading to the latest version of Exchange, but the benefits of the cloud - access from anywhere, increased storage, better security- were too important to ignore. Once we decided that we were going to move to the cloud, Google Apps was the clear choice. Google Apps was affordable and many employees were already familiar with Gmail. Because Google Apps is web-based employees can work and easily collaborate anywhere, any time, making us much more productive. Cloud Sherpas, the Google Apps reseller we've worked with, has been extremely helpful, deploying Google Apps to over 2,400 email users without any major hitches. We now have over 4 terabytes of data in Google Apps. That would have been too resource and cost intensive to build and maintain on our own. With Google Apps, we know our data is safe in the cloud we don't have to continue to build out our IT infrastructure as we grow. We're just getting started with Google Apps, but already employees have started embracing the benefits of its collaborative features; we've already seen over 10,000 Google spreadsheets created in just a few months. With so many of our employees working in remote offices and on the road, the ability to access their information anywhere has greatly improved productivity. We know that this is just the beginning and we're looking forward to seeing the impact Google Apps can have across the business.  URL: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/08/lamar-advertising-moves-to-google-apps.html   |
| [G] Free calls home from Gmail for all U.S. service members Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:21 AM PDT Official Google Blog: Free calls home from Gmail for all U.S. service members(Cross-posted from the Gmail Blog)We understand that it's not always easy or affordable for our troops serving overseas to call friends and family at home, so starting today we're making it completely free for all uniformed military personnel with valid United States Military (.mil) email addresses to call the United States, right from Gmail. There are two easy steps to enable free calling from Gmail (detailed instructions):
 Similar to free calling within the U.S., free calling to the U.S. for service members will be available for at least the rest of 2011. We recognize and appreciate the sacrifices U.S. troops make when they serve abroad, and we're proud to help make it a little bit easier for them to stay connected and hear a familiar voice. Posted by Ilya Frank, Senior Software Engineer  URL: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/free-calls-home-from-gmail-for-all-us.html   |
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