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 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 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.
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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)
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)