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Intro to Google Apps
Google Apps is a cloud-based productivity and collaboration suite that provides email, calendar, documents, sites and more through a web interface. It offers features like document creation and storage, site building, integration with third party apps, and access from any device. Google Apps is free for up to 50 users or $50 per user annually for businesses and includes security, backups, and support. It provides an alternative to Microsoft Office 365 for email, documents and collaboration in the cloud.
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Intro to Google Apps
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- 2. WHAT IS GOOGLEAPPS?
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- 4. Email withyour domain name e.g. sally@mydomain.com
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- 6. GOOGLE DOCS documentsCreate Store Collaborate on
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- 9. 3rd party vendorsintegration
- 10. PRICING Free Upto 50 users Business $50/user/year Uptime guarantee, support Nonprofits US nonprofits only
- 11. Cloud Access anywhere Automatic backup No IT infrastructure Security
- 12. Great collaboration Single Sign-On Browser & mobile compatibility Central administration Open architecture
- 13. Cloud Security Needan Internet connection Proprietary Learning curve Google has your information...
- 14. Microsoft Office 365Similar features to Google Apps Additional features such as online meetings Paid subscription Currently in Beta Others Zoho Zimbra And more... http://socratechseminars.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/gappsalt/ OTHER OPTIONS
- 15. IS GOOGLE APPSRIGHT FOR ME?
- 16. Take 5 minutesto answer questions ACTIVITY!
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- 18. TechSoup Canada http://techsoupcanada.ca/checklist/tech_planningFramework it.timeraiser.ca RESOURCES
Editor's Notes
- #4 Very brief - what is the cloud (make sure everyone is on the same page) -your data is in a datacentre somewhere - probably replicated many times -you access it through a browser
- #9 briefly describe purpose of each main app
- #12 Google says it takes security and privacy very seriously. They have much more resources to put towards security then any organization on its own.
- #14 FAQ on security & privacy: http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?answer=60762 privacy policy: http://www.google.com/privacy/privacy-policy.html -Google Apps for Business has more robust security controls than free version, though they may become available for free version in the future -wikileaks - data is in US servers, government could ask for it and you would never know -ultimately, you don't have control over your own data According to the Treasury Board of Canada, the US Patriot Act permits U.S. law enforcement officials, for the purpose of an anti-terrorism investigation, to seek a corder order allowing access to the personal records of anyone without that person’s knowledge. Proprietary - Google Apps is open architecture but not open source -Google collects your information - you are the product - be aware of this
- #17 -if you don't use google apps - a way to assess if it is right for you -if you already use it - a chance to evaluate how google apps is working for you
- #18 -if you don't use google apps - a way to assess if it is right for you -if you already use it - a chance to evaluate how google apps is working for you