Google Q1 Earnings: “Velocity, Execution and Focus”

Here’s how Google CEO Larry Page and his deputies explained their latest quarter and their effective stock split.
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Google Apps VP Dave Girouard Leaving to Start a Company

Dave Girouard, who is Google’s VP of apps, is leaving the company, Google said today.
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GM Signs Google Apps Pact in Initial Step Toward Cloud

Google Inc. has signed a deal to provide email and online-collaboration software to more than 100,000 employees at General Motors Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.

Google Apps Users Get Google+, And Everybody Gets Spooky Halloween Profile Pics

Google+ today launched worldwide support for schools, companies and organizations using Google Apps, along with a few content analysis features and one that’s just fun.
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Google’s High-Profile Los Angeles Deal Faces Criticism

Google Inc. has been unable to provide more than a third of Los Angeles city employees with its Apps software because of security concerns, highlighting difficulties the search giant faces as it tries to create revenue streams outside of its core business.

Cloud Storage Start-Up Zetta Lands $9 Million Funding Round

Cloud-based storage and backup is getting more attention these days. Zetta aims to bring it to midsized companies.
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Exclusive: Backupify Closes $5 Million in Round Led by Avalon Ventures

Even in the cloud, data gets deleted by mistake. Backupify aims to have your back.
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Did You Get Your System Administrator a Cake Today?

You, uh, did know that today is System Administrator Appreciation Day, didn’t you?
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Google Apps Reseller Cloud Sherpas Grows Down Under

With so many companies switching to Google Apps, the business of helping companies make the switch — and manage the service after that — is booming. Just ask Cloud Sherpas.
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Microsoft Offers Big Money to Nudge Resellers Into the Cloud

The software giant wants its resellers to start pushing the cloud on their customers, and today committed $5.8 billion in incentives and other enticements to do it.
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GSA Goes Google