Google releases Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office

Google Cloud Connect, Google’s plugin that integrates Google Docs and Microsoft Office apps is now available from the URL http://tools.google.com/dlpage/cloudconnect Cloud Connect allows you to save your Office documents to the cloud, edit them in Google Docs, and sync the changes back to your desktop…. Read more

Google Apps Certification Program

Adoption of Google Apps is accelerating around the world with over 3 million businesses having gone Google. Cloud Technology Solutions is proud to play a critical role in helping businesses migrate to and adopt Google Apps solutions. To demonstrate our expertise and competence in the… Read more

Going Google: A Guide for Schools and Universities

We talk a lot about “going Google”, and with more schools and universities migrating to Google Apps for Education every day, we want to help make it as easy (and fun) as possible to make the move. Whether you are just thinking about launching Google… Read more

Cloud Solutions CEO on being a Google Partner

See what Cloud Solutions’ CEO, Steve Kaye, has to say about “Going Google”, the future of cloud computing and why we chose to partner with Google.

Google launches Microsoft Office connector

On Monday Google launched the cloud connector to Microsoft Office allowing users to use Microsoft Office with Google Docs for collaboration. The plug-in, dubbed Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office, give users of Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 the ability to sync their Office documents… Read more

Spyder Goes Google

…follows the snow, pushes the limits, and lives in the cloud Spyder has always been a company that pushes the limits of design and performance, proving that it’s as important to adapt with speed and grace to conditions on the mountain as it is in… Read more

Faster typing, fewer mistakes

With Google Docs we try to make writing a document as easy and as fast as possible. Yesterday, we added two new auto-correction features to speed up your document writing. LaTeX shortcuts in equations Until now, the only way to enter an equation in documents… Read more

Editing your Docs on the go

With Google Docs, we’re always trying to make you more productive—and part of that means making it possible for you to get things done from anywhere, at anytime. That’s why we’re excited that the new documents editor now supports editing on your mobile browser. We’re… Read more

Ocado goes Google

Online retailer signs up for Talk, Docs, Sites, Video and Gmail Online grocery retailer Ocado has signed a deal with Google to join the growing number of companies using its Apps suite. Ocado, which delivers groceries from Waitrose, will use Google Talk, Docs, Sites and… Read more

Version 3.0 of the Google Apps Connector for Blackberry Enterprise Server is now available for download

The new version of the Connector contains the following changes: – Support for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.2. – Support for BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express. – Support for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2008 SP2. – Improved Dynamic GAL synchronization. – Improvements to… Read more

Virgin America goes Google !

Today, we’re excited to announce that Virgin America is the latest company to go Google and switch to Google Apps. Over the next two weeks, all of the airline’s 1,700 employees based across North America will be moving their corporate email to Gmail, and collaborating… Read more

Connecting employees with Google Apps

Learn how IT Directors can use Google Apps to help your organisation transform, innovate and collaborate.

Multnomah County Goes Google

Recent posting to the Google Apps Blog at http://googledata.org/google-apps/multnomah-county-goes-google/ This morning, Multnomah County completed the transition of most county employees to Google Apps for Government. In Oregon, local governments like Multnomah County have faced difficult budget circumstances and diminishing resources for many years, while experiencing… Read more

Google Apps Scripts for scheduling student

Originally posted to http://googleappsscript.blogspot.com/2010/10/apps-scripts-for-scheduling-student.html “Editor’s Note: Aran Glancy is a Google Certified high school math teacher at the Dalton School in New York City. He teaches ninth and eleventh grades, and works with other teachers both formally and informally on the use of technologies (including… Read more

Drag and drop images in documents

When writing a document, it often helps to augment text with images and diagrams. Google documents already has three ways to add images: you can choose them from your hard-drive, add them by URL, and you can find them using Google Image Search. But sometimes… Read more

10 Million Students have Gone Google

It was four years ago this month that Google Apps for Education first touched down, right before a pivotal football game between ASU and USC—fatefully enough, two schools that were among the first to move to Google Apps and pave the way for other schools… Read more

Cloud Technology Solutions appoints Paul Lees as VP of Technology

Cloud Technology Solutions, the North West-based Google Authorised Business Partner – one of only five ‘managed’ partners in the country has appointed Paul Lees as VP of Technology. Paul is one of the UK’s leading specialists in the area of Cloud Security and Identity and… Read more

8 million students have Gone Google !

8 million students user Google Apps. According to the Campus Computing Survey almost 60% of U.S. universities with hosted email use Google Apps for Education.  Google has made huge moves into the education sector, both in the US and the rest of the world. This year… Read more

Google Apps gets two factor authentication

As you know, two factor authentication typically consists of something you have and something you know. This level of additional security has often been cost prohibitive to many organisation due to the requirement of special hardware, such as one time number generation fobs etc. However… Read more

Ahold Goes Google – 55000 users migrate to Google Apps

Ahold, an international food retailing group based in the Netherlands, that operates leading supermarket companies in Europe and the United States, including Albert Heijn, Albert / Hypernova, Stop & Shop, Giant Food and Giant Food Stores has gone Google. Ahold has over 2,900 stores around… Read more