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Aligned Technology Solutions and Google Apps
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- 2. Business challenges arechanging Information overload • Volume of information is increasing radically • Sort, file, and find is a broken paradigm Collaboration is central • Work with global, distributed teams • Connect with external partners Access anywhere • Proliferation of smart phones • Struggles with VPNs
- 3. Google offers anew approach
- 4. Tools for today'sworkers Gmail Huge inbox with search. Keep and find everything. Talk Business class IM and VC as easy as email. Groups Let users easily create and work in teams. Calendar Make sharing calendars and schedules easy. Docs Makes collaborating as easy as creating. Google Cloud Connect Co-authoring in Microsoft Office. Sites Allow users to manage their own sites. Video Unlock the power of video within your business. Postini Security and compliance solutions.
- 5. Best tools forbusiness Information overload • Lots of storage: don't worry about quotas • Search built into every application • Labels and threading: new ways to cope Collaboration is central • Make collaborating as easy as creating • Remove the IT barrier to collaboration Access anywhere • Mobile versions for applications • Web-based, no VPN and no thumb drive
- 6. That just keepgetting better Frequent, small updates • Weekly release cycle • Easier for users to adjust • Customers control pace Easy to manage • No server or client upgrades • No data migration • Everyone is on the latest release 68 releases 118 releases 133 releases
- 7. Productivity from anydevice
- 8. 3 million businesseshave gone Google 3,000 more sign-up every day
- 9. Google Apps Customers Name Employees Revenue Users Previous System Rentokil 78,242 $2.5B 35,000 Multiple - including Exchange Electronics Solutions 60,000 $12B 34,000 Exchange Company City of LA 34,000 Government 34,000 GroupWise Valeo 49,000 30,000 Notes Motorola 53,000 $22B 20,000 Sanmina SCI 37,000 $5B 15,000 Exchange MWV 20,000 $6B 12,000 Notes and Exchange Genentech 12,000 $13.5B 12,000 Diversey 12000 $3B 12,000 Notes Sabic Private Private 12,000 KLM 31,182 11,000 - Avago 3,000 $1.5B 3,000 Exchange
- 10. GMail Manage information better •25GB quotas per user - never waste time managing quotas again • Search your email -- find what you need quickly and easily • Use labels to filter and sort messages • Conversation threading to help manage your inbox Anytime, anywhere access • Web access from any connection • Mobile access: Blackberry, iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile • Outlook Connector: allow users • to keep their existing client
- 11. Talk Real-time communications • Instant messaging with text • Simple voice and video communications • IMs archived and searchable with email • Integrated directly into the Inbox Simple to deploy and manage • No client applications • Built right into the web-browser • Video available on any machine with a webcam
- 12. Groups Simple configuration byusers • Users can create and manage groups -- without help from IT • Rich capabilities to customize groups • IT can control access to some features Use groups everywhere • Groups serve as email distribution lists • Full searchable archive online for users • Also useful for defining access controls on documents, sites, and videos
- 13. Calendar Rich functionality • Quicklyadd meetings and find available times and resources • Sync to Blackberry, iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile Share calendars for easier collaboration • Corporate calendars • Team calendars • Launch calendars • Even external calendars
- 14. Docs Essential editing capabilities •Word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation capabilities • Unique features like forms for spreadsheets and remote viewing of presentations Focused on collaboration • Real time co-authoring built into all of the applications • Control access to documents at user, group, and company levels
- 15. Sites Simple creation ofrich sites by users • No knowledge of HTML required • No need for admin assistance • WYSIWYG editor • Use templates to define default Site and page types • Embed Docs, Calendars, Maps and other content Gadgets Lots of use cases • Personal sites • Team sites • Project sites • Department sites • Even public sites
- 16. Video Easy to uploadand share • YouTube-like interface for uploading • Share with individuals, groups, or the whole company • User can rate and comment on videos • Variable speed play-back to save time Lots of use cases • Internal messages • Executive communications • Internal training • Team motivation
- 17. Marketplace Extend Google Apps •Easily discover, purchase and deploy web apps that integrate with Google Apps • Move faster: SSO, easy navigation from Google Apps, shared data across all apps • Find secure apps with TRUSTe certification • Access all your apps anytime, anywhere Your entire business in the cloud • Ditch your servers and let all of your apps work together in the cloud... o Accounting / Finance o CRM o Project Management o Web Meetings o Many more...
- 18. Improving value proposition GoogleApps in 2007 Google Apps in 2011 $50 per user/per year $50 per user/per year
- 19. 2010 Reliability comparison Source:Microsoft Online Service Notifications (Microsoft) Source: Google Apps Status Dashboard
- 20. Google and AlignedTechnology Solutions Google Apps Benefits • World-Class Products and Solutions • Rapidly Deployable • Unrivaled Mobility and Collaboration • Greatest Value • Simple, Straightforward Pricing Aligned Technology Solutions • Authorized Google Reseller • Expertise • Portfolio of Successful Implementations • Responsive Support • Affordable Services
- 21. Pricing Google Apps • $50per user / per year • Includes Mail, Calendar, Talk, Docs, Sites Spam Filtering and more!!! Aligned Technology Solutions • Basic Implementation (one time costs) • $1,200 for up to 100 mailboxes • Option – Migrate existing email • $18 per mailbox • Monthly Support • $160 for up to 100 Mailboxes