By: Darryl K. Taft
2009-04-08

Cloud Sherpas, a Google Apps enterprise deployment partner, announces its support for Google’s addition of Java to the Google App Engine (GAE) platform. The systems integrator also announces the formation of a Google App Engine development practice dedicated to extending the utility of Google Apps in large-scale, enterprise deployments.

Cloud Sherpas, a Google Apps enterprise deployment partner, has announced its support for Google’s addition of Java to the Google App Engine platform. The systems integrator also announced the formation of a Google App Engine development practice dedicated to extending the utility of Google Apps in large-scale, enterprise deployments.

Cloud Sherpas’ announcement coincides with the April 7 Google Campfire One event where Google announced its new Java support for Google App Engine. The Cloud Sherpas team will leverage Google App Engine and the new Java language support to enable deep integrations and build new products for the Google Apps ecosystem, company officials said.

“The drive to reduce cost has created a groundswell of demand for Google Apps among large institutions and enterprise customers,” said Michael Cohn, CEO of Cloud Sherpas. “With Java language support, Google App Engine offers an open, scalable platform for organizations to integrate Google Apps with other applications, build custom workflow applications, and migrate legacy workloads to the cloud.”

Cloud Sherpas also published a whitepaper entitled “Extending Google Apps with Java for App Engine.” The whitepaper offers a high-level overview of the Google App Engine stack and describes an approach for integrating custom applications with Google Apps. The whitepaper can be downloaded at the Cloud Sherpas Website.

“Cloud Sherpas has repeatedly demonstrated an ability to execute in Google Apps deployments,” said Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner Lead. “We’re excited to have them at Campfire One and expect to see their dedicated team develop unique Google Apps extensions and stand-alone products.”

Meanwhile, David Hoff, vice president of technology at Cloud Sherpas, said: “Google has responded to developer feedback. The new set of App Engine features, including scheduled tasks, more secure access to firewalled data, and of course, an early look at support for Java programming language, allows enterprise customers to extend Google Apps like never before to meet the unique challenges of their business.”

Atlanta Business Chronicle – by Urvaksh Karkaria Staff Writer
Friday, April 3, 2009

Atlanta startup Cloud Sherpas recently raised $170,000.

The company — one of many that populate the cloud computing ecosystem — resells, integrates and custom develops Google Apps, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) suite of business email, information sharing and security applications.

“We are one of Google’s top business partners in the country,” Cloud Sherpas CEO Michael Cohn said Friday.

The new money will be used for product development.

“We are growing,” Cohn said. “We are hiring people,”

With consumer demand in paralysis, companies are scrutinizing every expense to resuscitate the bottom line. Many businesses are turning to SaaS applications which require lower upfront costs.

The corporate penny pinching trend puts Cloud Sherpas in a market sweet spot.

Using Google Apps, Cohn said, Cloud Sherpas can help enterprise customers save about 70 percent over traditional messaging and collaboration software like Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes.

“There’s an incredible demand for Google apps [among large companies],” Cohn said.

Cloud Sherpas, which has raised more than $300,000, is focused on growing marketshare in the mid-size and large enterprise market. The company expects 2009 revenues of between $1 million and $2 million.

By Liz McMillan
January 16, 2009

Cloud Sherpas has announced it has been selected to join the Google Apps Authorized Reseller program. Cloud Sherpas extends the power of Google across the enterprise by helping customers get more value from their Google Apps deployments. Cloud Sherpas launched a series of Google Apps Enterprise Solutions Marketplace offerings, bundling data migration and system integration services with best practices training and responsive first-level application support.

Google Apps Premier Edition offers a set of enterprise Messaging, Collaboration, Security and Compliance services, and enables Cloud Sherpas to deliver a set of cloud computing products and services.

As an Authorized Reseller of Google Apps, Cloud Sherpas is working with enterprise customers to leverage tools such as Gmail webmail service, Google Talk voice, video and instant messaging service, Google Calendar, Google Docs productivity suite, and Google Sites enterprise wiki and intranet to work together more effectively. Combined with storage solutions from EMC, Cloud Sherpas now offers rapid deployment services, system integration expertise and ongoing application support for a number of enterprise-ready cloud computing solutions.