Understanding Google’s Updated Privacy Policy
Posted on January 30, 2012 by David Hoff
The goal of any privacy policy is to help the user understand how their personal information is used and protected by the person or organization with which it is shared. For decades, privacy polices for companies across all industries have been written by long-winded attorneys with a penchant for obtuse legalese that’s often so confusing [...]
Google Docs: Providing Enterprise Security to the Masses
Posted on December 9, 2011 by David Hoff
Microsoft recently published a blog post that suggests Google Docs offers weak security. Before we correct the gross misrepresentations in Tony Tai’s article, let’s applaud Microsoft for doing what they do best — that is, launch a FUD campaign. No one does it better than Redmond. Having been in IT for nearly two decades, however, [...]
Cloud Sherpas’ Top 10 Reasons to Choose Google Apps over Office 365: Reasons 6-10
Posted on July 25, 2011 by David Hoff
Welcome to the second installment of Cloud Sherpas’ top ten reasons to choose Google Apps over Office 365. We’ve had great responses on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and look forward to keeping the discussion going. Reasons 6-10 below: 6. Collaboration Office 365 was built on a retrofitted platform (Office 2010) in which collaboration was an [...]
Cloud Sherpas’ Top 10 Reasons to Choose Google Apps over Office 365: Reasons 1-5
Posted on July 12, 2011 by David Hoff
In the wake of the debut of Office 365, Cloud Sherpas decided to take a closer look at the cloud solution offered by Microsoft. Here are our top five reasons to choose Google Apps when considering a true move to the cloud: 1. Price The least expensive option in Office 365 is $6/user/mo, and this [...]
Join us for our weekly webinar: Under the Hood of Google Apps: A Deep Dive into Security and Privacy
Posted on June 23, 2011 by David Hoff
Join me on Tuesday, June 28 from 2-3 p.m. EST for Cloud Sherpas’ weekly webinar. I will discuss security and privacy in the cloud, and more specifically within Google Apps. Overview of the Google Apps platform and Google’s security and privacy philosophy Advantages of cloud computing with respect to security and privacy Comparison of alternate [...]
Join us for our weekly webinar: Google Apps for Business and Why You Should Consider It
Posted on June 9, 2011 by David Hoff
Join me on Tuesday, June 14 from 2-3 p.m. EST for Cloud Sherpas’ weekly webinar. I will discuss the benefits of Google Apps for Business, and will provide you with: An overview of the Google Apps platform and Google’s cloud philosophy Insight into how to get the most out of your $50 seat with Cloud [...]
The Top 10 Reasons I’ve never looked back after moving to Google Apps from Lotus Notes
Posted on March 31, 2011 by David Hoff
It’s been a few years since I left the IBM/Lotus community in favor of Google Apps, and until today, I hadn’t been pressed to re-evaluate the decision to use Google Apps. This is because everyone here loves Gmail, but in all fairness I wanted to take a second look. After all, many of the comments [...]
Top 10 Reasons I Left Lotus Notes for Google Apps
Posted on July 22, 2009 by David Hoff
For the last 10+ years, I’ve spent countless nights and weekends keeping Lotus Notes/Domino running at organizations of all sizes. In the process, I’ve gathered more certifications than can fit on a business card (CLS, CLP, PCLP…), but at the end of the day, ensuring that email is working 24/7 takes too much time and [...]
Google chat now does video!
Posted on November 15, 2008 by David Hoff
The pace of Google’s innovation sometimes makes my head spin. In the course of 24 hours, they released a major upgrade to Gtalk (instant messaging) to over 35+ million users. I don’t think I’d even call it an upgrade – the difference between a chat program and full audio/video conference application doesn’t really fit my definition of an “upgrade”. For those that haven’t started using it already, here’s the place to start.
Google and uptime
Posted on November 4, 2008 by David Hoff
For a relatively small outage that Google had a few months ago, they sure did get a lot of press. As Google responded, “Over 1 million business customers” have come to expect 100% up-time and flawless service from Google, so guess it shouldn’t have been a surprise that blogosphere lit up during this interruption. It certainly set the stage to for a great discussion around up-time and reliability.