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Cloud Sherpas, Expensify, Insightly, Okta, RunMyProcess, Smartsheet and Spanning Align to Simplify Application Selection, Implementation for Google Apps Users ATLANTA, Georgia — November 1, 2011 — Seven independent software vendors, whose products are among the most heavily installed applications in the Google Apps Marketplace, today announced a series of business and technology partnerships that are designed to make it easier for Google Apps users to select and implement complementary business applications. The partnership network — a first among Google Apps Marketplace vendors — will henceforth be known as the Cloud Alliance for Google Apps.  The founding members, each vetted according to their reputations within Google, Marketplace rankings, product reviews and more, are Cloud Sherpas (with its SherpaTools application), Expensify, Insightly, Okta, RunMyProcess, ... (more)

Google Apps Jumps Microsoft Hurdle

Google Apps Sync for Outlook offers choice; Need for Exchange significantly diminished. On Sunday, PC World claimed that IT decision-makers were still reluctant to leave Microsoft, and writers for BusinessWeek.com scoffed Monday that Google Apps is still not a threat to Redmond, but a stunning announcement from Google on Tuesday has propelled Google Enterprise past what was arguably the most common excuse for Microsoft shops not to use it. In an unprecedented resolution between SaaS advantages and legacy product familiarity, Google Enterprise has developed the Google Apps Sync for... (more)

Cloud Sherpas Featured on Google Apps Developer Blog

Cloud Sherpas was featured today on the Google Apps developer blog! We shared our experience building SherpaTools for Google Apps on the Google platform and detailed our use of Google Apps APIs, Google App Engine, Google Web Toolkit, and other Google technologies. Check it out — read “Building Applications on top of Google Apps.” Hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting together the technical details. ... (more)

Join us for our weekly webinar: Stop Collaborating like it’s 1999.

Join me on Tuesday, June 21 from 2-3 p.m. EST for Cloud Sherpas’ weekly webinar. I will explain how to use Google’s collaboration tools to bring your business into the 21st century. Overview of Google Apps and Google’s approach to enterprise collaboration How collaborating with Google Apps can transform your organization Examples: How large organizations use Google Apps to meet collaboration challenges What’s an Appsperience? I’ll tell you! Bring your questions to the webinar; I’ll be happy to help you stop collaborating like it’s 1999. I look forward to seeing you online and he... (more)

Introducing SherpaTools for Google Apps

Google Apps on Ulitzer As Cloud Sherpas continues to help businesses and organizations adopt Google Apps, we have found that many customers, regardless of location or industry, request a common set of additional management controls and end user features for their Google Apps environment. Until now, the response to most of these inquiries was that organizations had to develop custom applications that work with Google APIs to achieve their goals. Today Cloud Sherpas announces the start of a beta program for SherpaTools for Google Apps, a new platform that enhances the functionality ... (more)