March, 2010

Google makes migration from Exchange easier.

Posted by Philippe Creytens at 14:00

Google has released a software application that makes the migration process of email, calendars and contacts from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps even more easy.

The migration process is started server-side and allows for faster migrations with more migration options. The tool is called Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange and can be downloaded. Google now has a complete suit of tools to make migrations, at least from a technical point of view, more easy. Keep Reading…

Share your bookmarks with Google Bookmarks.

Posted by Philippe Creytens at 14:00

Google has added another new feature!. Now you can share bookmarks via list. No more emailing bookmarks to and fro.

To use Lists go to Google Bookmarks on google.com/bookmarks or click “Manage All” in your Google Toolbar.

Select the links that you want to share and click “Copy to List”. By default lists are private but once saved, you can share them or even publish your lists online. Keep Reading…

New security feature Google Mail

Posted by Philippe Creytens at 14:00

Handling security is important to Google. That was made clear again recently with a new security feature that identifies and indicates suspicious activities in your account. Keep Reading…

Tools to get your blog seen.

Posted by Philippe Creytens at 09:42

Increasing the visibility of your blog can be a long and tedious exercise. It starts with writing enough entries, optimizing titles and descriptions and many other steps.

There are plenty of tools and sites that help you to achieve your goal of getting better visibility. Technorati is one of these sites where blog writers can register their blogs so they are frequently spidered and (hopefully) have their blog entries hit the home page. Keep Reading…

Google Marketplace turns Google Apps into a platform.

Posted by Philippe Creytens at 14:00

I was amazed when I read this statement from the guys from Socialwok: “…We have since added close to 4000+ new businesses on Socialwok and got great coverage of Socialwok by the media. The Google Apps Marketplace way of installing, deploying and managing business applications related to Google Apps is truly disruptive…”.

Google is making it really easy for Apps administrators to add new applications to their domain by simply selecting the applications in the domain Dashboard. Keep Reading…

Unlearn Outlook and increase your productivity.

Posted by Philippe Creytens at 14:00

We see that in most businesses Outlook is being used as mail client.

Typical behavior of Outlook users is that they still work within traditional patterns: received emails are classified into folders. Folders are often organized in a hierarchical manner. Mails that need classifying under two or more folders are copied. Users spend a lot of time trying to figure out where they stored ‘that important email’. Keep Reading…

Google Calendar adds Smart Meeting Rescheduler

Posted by Philippe Creytens at 14:00

Google has added an experimental functionality to Calendar, something that you could already wth i.e. Tungle. Now Google agenda can make suggestions to reschedule meetings with other users. The Smart Rescheduler, as Google calls it, is available in the Premier Edition and the free Standard version of Google Calendar. When you need to schedule a meeting with several Google users, the Smart Rescheduler suggests the most appropriate meeting times. Keep Reading…

Adding graphics to email signatures: Microsoft BPOS 1 – Google Apps 0

Posted by Philippe Creytens at 14:00

Despite the fact that I personally don’t like people sending me emails with graphics in their signatures, most of them are horrible anyway, almost all our clients ask us how to add graphics images –typically company logos– to their email signatures in Google Apps.

Simple answer: you CANNOT! Keep Reading…

Why domain aliases in Google Premier are great.

Posted by Philippe Creytens at 08:04

Many people are creatures of habit. Without thinking they enter email addresses with the extension of the country they live or work in.

Because cloud computing is more easily accepted in The Netherlands, Romneya is rather active there. In anticipation we registered the internet domain ‘romneya’ in a number of European countries, including The Netherlands. Keep Reading…

Things we really HATE in Google Apps!

Posted by Philippe Creytens at 20:38

You might expect from a Google Apps Reseller like us, that we like to glorify all that Google Apps can do. Think again, we don’t!

There are plenty of things that we really HATE in Google Apps. Let me just give you our top negative favorite (does this phrase exist?): Keep Reading…