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Learning from the trend now Microsoft is seriously considering offering its MS Office application online like Google Apps a Cloud Computing application. Industry sources point out that Microsoft conducting tests for technology which will enable Web hosting service providers to offer the Office suite via an emerging technology called application streaming. Such a development means that Microsoft, with the huge data ... Full story

Now you can work on your documents off line when you do not have an internet connections. So you can work on your document while you are waiting at reception or traveling to California.For offline access - Google Docs is using Google Gears, another open source technology (technically a browser extension) that enables web applications to run offline. So even when ... Full story

Esna Technologies is now offering Unified communications for google Applications - Mobility, Presence, Messaging and Google applications all integrated to your mobile device and office phone system.The Telephony Office-LinX UC gateway for GOOGLE ties the Gmail hosted services to the enterprise telephony infrastructure. Users can link their office desk phone and mobile phone into GOOGLE applications.When a ... Full story

Salesforce.com, the market and technology leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Google on April, 14th announced their global strategic alliance to make it easy for companies of all sizes to run their business in the cloud with Salesforce for Google Apps. Salesforce for Google Apps is a simple, yet powerful combination of essential applications for business productivity (email, calendaring, ... Full story

Panorama Pivot Table for Google Spreadsheets in Google Apps (a Gadget provided by Panorama) is an interactive table that automatically extracts, organizes, and summarizes your data.You can use this report to analyze the data, make comparisons, detect patterns and relationships, and discover trends. In just a few steps any users can find answers such as the best selling ... Full story

Official Gmail Blog: Newest Gmail features now available for Google Apps usersThe latest features are first launched in Gmail followed by in Google Apps mail. Some of latest Gmail features available now to the Google Apps users. Now you can:(1) Chat in a group from within mail in Google Apps: To start a group chat, click "Group chat" ... Full story

Notifications:When working in collaboration with others now you can set notifications if others users who have access to same spreadsheet (of Google Apps), made any revisions. Cool! No need to look at document again and again – just set the notification.... Full story

Was going though a case study published in Computerworld (http://computerworld.co.nz) detailing the experience of a company De Bertoli Wines of using Google Apps in a corporate setup. Here is my take away: Company: De Bertoli WinesLocation: AustraliaSize: 570 employeesPilot Started: in ... Full story

I keep getting many inquiries from prospective clients who are evaluating Google Apps to migrate from their existing mail systems. Here are some more common questions clients ask when evaluating Google Apps and my answers to them.What about managed public folders that have an email address? We have a number of folders with email addresses like "info@" and "support@" that ... Full story

According to a post by MG Siegler Google Apps is soon launching an off line version of calendar. To read his article click here.Already launched the synchronization facility with MS Outlook recently - the off line feature may completely eliminate the need of an Outlook Calendar. Lets wait for this feature to be released and see what is in store there. Full story