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AGATT - All Google All The Time

James Gaskin — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:30:28 -0400

One of the comments on my last post said Chrome's entry to the market is more than a browser war, it's really a browser versus Operating System war. If you tilt your head just right and squint a little, you can make a case for AGATT – All Google, All The Time.

Let Zoho send the bill

ITworld staff — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:03:52 -0400

Zoho Invoice, part of a growing suite of online business services from Zoho, lets you invoice customers by e-mail, track receivables, and collect payments online. The flexibility of Zoho's suite design means you can share common data with other, extra-cost Zoho services, such as Zoho CRM and Zoho Projects. You can also export data to accounting apps in CSV, Excel, and other formats. But if invoicing is all you need, you can use and pay for just that.

Google fixes major weakness in Google Apps

ITworld staff — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:28:07 -0400

Something that might have gone unnoticed from Google this week is the patching of a serious vulnerability that previously allowed an attacker to exploit a weakness in Google's Single Sign-On service used with Google Apps to take over a victim's Google account.

Google's Chrome: A Boring Offering That Could Change the Industry

dblacharski — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:09:10 -0400

When my neighbor came over last night to borrow a screwdriver, we went into my garage where I keep my tools, and realized that my collection of screwdrivers is probably far too big. After all, there are only so many different ways to make a screwdriver, and for the most part, there's not a whole lot of difference between them. Kind of like Web browsers.

More details on microsoft's Software plus Services

dblacharski — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:19:14 -0400

The Redmond Channel Partner notes that Microsoft's Software plus Services strategy has been "more talk than substance" in the past, but reveals a few more details about the strategy in relation to the channel.

Surgient virtual lab software creates 'self-service cloud'

ITworld staff — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:40:42 -0400

Surgient has renamed and updated its virtual lab automation software, which aims to relieve some of the burden on IT departments by allowing business units to set up their own virtual compute environments for internal projects like application development and testing.

Social networking startup goes self-service

ITworld staff — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:48:10 -0400

Social networking site provider Socialcast announced a "self-service" pricing model on Tuesday that allows smaller customers to get up and running without the need for a formal sales process.

Google adds YouTube-like service to Apps suite

ITworld staff — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:36:43 -0400

Google has added a YouTube-like video sharing component to its Apps Premier suite of hosted communication and collaboration software, betting that companies will find it useful for a variety of workplace uses.

Don't let Gmail outages turn you off SaaS

ITworld staff — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:35:20 -0400

How reliable are online e-mail systems like Gmail? Are they a viable alternative to traditional, on-premise e-mail systems? CIO asked Michael Osterman, president of Osterman Research, who has studied the messaging and communications facets of software, both the installed on-premise variety and SaaS since his company's founding in 2001.

Google extends Apps Premier credit for Gmail outages

ITworld staff — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:45:05 -0400

Due to the three outages that Gmail suffered earlier this month, Google will extend a credit to all paying customers of its hosted Apps suite and has vowed to improve its problem-notification methods.