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A year in review: work the way you live
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Posted by Amit Singh, President, Google Enterprise
Ten years ago, business technology was at the forefront of innovation and productivity. But there’s a
fundamental shift
underway: in the last few years, consumer technology has begun to outpace business technology. People have fallen in love with the simplicity and freedom of living in the cloud with the help of modern browsers and smartphones—and they want to bring that experience to the workplace.
This is where Google comes in. For the better part of the past decade, we’ve worked to extend our popular consumer products—everything from Gmail and Google Drive to Maps, Google+ and Search—to meet your business needs. It should be easy for you to work better together, from anywhere, with secure (and simple!) tools. Here’s a look back at some key highlights from 2012.
Work securely...
Keeping your information secure is one of our top priorities. To that end, domain administrators can now
require
their employees
to use
2-step verification
, an additional layer of security that reduces the chance of unauthorized account access. Your company can also use
Google Apps Vault
, a solution for managing and archiving critical information for legal and regulatory reasons. If your business operates outside the U.S., we now offer
Model Contract Clauses
as an additional way to comply with the European Commission’s Data Protection Directive. Finally, Google Apps received
ISO 27001 certification
, ensuring our systems meet one of the most widely, internationally accepted independent security standards.
… anytime, anywhere...
It should be easy to get work done – anytime, on any device, with anyone. With
offline editing
in Chrome, you can now create and edit Google documents and leave comments even when you don’t have an Internet connection. Any changes you make will be automatically synced when you get back online. When you’re travelling, you can also edit Google
documents
and
spreadsheets
using the Drive app on your
iPhone, iPad
or
Android
device. Just like on your computer, you’ll be able to see other people’s edits instantly as they’re made.
If your business has workers on the go,
Google Maps Coordinate
combines the power of Google’s mapping technologies with modern smartphones to help you improve communication with employees in the field. In addition, the
Google Play Private Channel
lets you distribute internal apps to your employees who use Android devices. The new
Chromebooks
and
Chromeboxes
we launched with our partners are secure and easy to manage, which makes them especially great devices for
1-to-1 programs
in schools, additional laptops
for office workers
, or desktop units for multiple users
in a call center
. (And we’re honored that Inc. Magazine named the Chromebox one of the
best business gadgets
of 2012.)
...with simple tools...
We’ve also focused on making our products simpler and easier for you to use – both at home and at work. We introduced
Google Drive
as a single place for you to create, share, collaborate and keep all your work. You can now
insert files
(up to 10GB) from Drive directly into an email without leaving your Gmail inbox, and you can
share work
from Drive on Google+.
You and up to 14 colleagues
can join a Google+ hangout directly from a
calendar entry
or your
email inbox
. Once inside a hangout, you can
open a Google Doc
for everyone to see and work on simultaneously. And if your company uses Chrome along with Google Apps, you can now
call or email us
for help with Chrome.
With the
Google Search Appliance 7.0
, you can search for a document on your company’s intranet just as easily as you’d search for a holiday recipe on Google.com. And if your business relies on geographic data—say, to map gas pipelines or help customers locate your store—you can use Google Maps and Earth Enterprise to
visualize your data
on the Google Maps interface you’re already familiar with.
...supported by partners and Google infrastructure
Whether it’s Apps for Business, Maps Coordinate, or just a Google search, most Google services you use are possible only because of the powerful and
energy-efficient
infrastructure we’ve built over the years. This year, we worked to bring you more direct access to this infrastructure to help run your businesses and applications in the cloud.
Compute Engine
lets your business run virtual machines in Google’s data centers and
BigQuery
helps you quickly analyze big sets of data to gain business insights. Google Cloud Platform also offers more
European datacenter support
and
lower prices
for Cloud Storage.
The new Google Cloud Platform
Partner Program
ensures that partners have the tools and training to help your business meet its IT needs. And the
Google Enterprise Partner Search
makes it easy for you to find one of our
6,000 Google Apps Resellers
with the services you’re looking for – from setup and user training to email migration, management services and support.
* * *
Work doesn’t always need to feel like work. Leaders in every industry—from
retail
,
media
and
manufacturing
to
transportation
,
education
and
government
—are adopting this notion, which we call “
going Google
.” Going Google means something different for everyone: starting a
wine business with your two best friends
, trying to
build a bear-proof cooler
, or
keeping citizens safe
. But we all have the common goal of bringing our organization into the future so we can work the way we live.
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