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I keep getting many inquiries from prospective clients who are evaluating Google Apps to migrate from their existing mail systems. Here are some of the common questions clients ask when evaluating Google Apps and my answers to them.1) EMAIL: Is there an email client or is it web mail only? If there is no client (or we can't use one) then ... Full story

Arcot a Google Enterprise Partner has launched its On-Demand Authentication Service which is now available to Google Apps Premier Edition customers (noth new and old). In a press release company has indicated that the new service provides an extra layer of access security that eliminates the risks of stolen passwords with on-demand / cloud / SaaS applications.http://www.arcot.com/press/2008/03132008_a-ok_google.htmlArcot A-OK is immediately available ... Full story

Yes you can do that. And the good news is not only one you can show multiple calendars at the same time. Cool! And you can assign your choice of color codes to each calendar. Wow! Here is how to do this:Click on Settings (at the top right side of your calendar page) --> and select ... Full story

Hey, this is a POWER FEATURE. Now you can create a form and invite people to fill it out. The people you invite are not required to sign in, and they can respond directly from your email message or from an automatically generated web page. And the answers will be automatically added to your spreadsheet. Cool!Here is how you can do this:... Full story

Google has just added two right-to-left languages, Arabic and Hebrew, in all features of Google Docs except for spreadsheets. And that brings our grand total languages supported by Google Docs to 40. Wow!And changing your language is as easy as few click. Just click on settings link at top right of your Google Docs view, and you have following ... Full story

Microsoft has launched Office Live (http://www.officelive.com) applications like Google Apps based on SaaS (Software as a Service) model. I was just comparing the Office Live with Googles Apps and here are some important points:LinksOffice Live: http://smallbusiness.officelive.com/Googles Apps: http://www.google.com/awe have done a quick comparison of free editions for small business ... Full story

Google has just launched a new feature to sync your Google Calendar with outlook. The feature called Google Calendar Sync allows you to sync (yes it is short for Synchronize) calendar events between Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar. What more you can even setthe direction of information flowfrequency of synchronizationHowever there are few limitations (Oh No!) Well, at present the sync is only ... Full story

Can my assistant, also registered as a Google Apps user send emails on my behalf?Yes, you can, here is how:And all you need to do is to add another email address in Settings --> AccountsYou may need to verify this setup (an obvious security feature) and once verified, you are done.Now when your assistant is ... Full story

I want my assistant to be able to keep the calendar updated for me.You can share the calendar with her to make changes. You can share one or more calendars with specific users and specify the permissions for each one of them.To share calendar click on settings, then click on calendars tab and edit the sharing for ... Full story

Recently unveiled feature of Google Talk - "Chatback" is here. So if whether you have a online profile, blog or a , now you can give visitors a feature of "Chat with Me" even if they are not Google Users.Unlike guest book which are a common features on websites 'chatback' will be a powerful interactive real time messaging tool. I have just integrated ... Full story