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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Seven Questions for Microsoft’s Kirk Koenigsbauer About Office 365

Having watched as Google nudged its way into the office productivity business with its Google Apps service, Microsoft is now bringing the strength of its enormous Microsoft Office franchise to the world of cloud applications. Kirk Koenigsbauer, VP of the Microsoft Office Division, talks about the risks and potential rewards.
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Seven Questions for Shan Sinha, DocVerse Founder Turned Google Apps Exec

With Microsoft Launching Office 365 today, the cloud-based office suite business is getting a little more crowded. We check in with Shan Sinha, product manager of Google Apps, to talk about the state of the business and where Google’s going now that Microsoft is elbowing its way into the cloud.
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GSA Goes Google