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The hidden costs of insecure file sharing: A horror story
IT horror stories happen year-round. Protect your organization from data breaches with smart file sharing security.
The Significance of Google’s Technology Partner Program
At the second annual Global Partner Summit this past March, Google announced a new partner track for independent software vendors. Today, I’m pleased to announce that BetterCloud is among the inaugural class of Premier Technology Partners as selected by Google. As one of the very first Premier Technology Partners, BetterCloud joins…
Read moreUpcoming HoA: 5 Best Practices to Keep Your Google Apps Data Safe
Join us tomorrow, June 4th, at 11am EDT for a Hangout on Air, when we join forces with Spanning Backup to discuss user lifecycle management in Google Apps. Learn the 5-step process that is key to keeping your organization safe in the cloud and preventing data leakage and loss. Hear…
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Essence – A FlashPanel Enterprise Case Study
Essence is a global digital agency and the world’s largest independent buyer of digital media. They help top brands like Google, eBay, Expedia and Barclays earn valuable connections with their consumers. With expertise in data science, objective media and captivating experiences, their mission is to make advertising more valuable to the world. The agency is more than 450 people strong, manages over $500MM in media spend and deploys campaigns in 71 markets through offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Singapore.
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Best Practices for Securing Mobile Devices in Google Apps
The cloud has given employees and organizations more choices than ever before. We can work from anywhere on any device at any time. While this mobility serves us well for the most part, it can also be a cause of concern for the IT department. Employees have important and often…
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Bring Enhanced Security and Visibility to Your Google Apps Domain with Apps Explorer
Today, we’re very pleased to announce the general availability of our cloud application access dashboard, Apps Explorer. First released in beta late last year, Apps Explorer is now available to all FlashPanel Enterprise customers. The dashboard is the first of its kind to provide IT administrators with the ability to…
Read moreIntroducing Apps Explorer Policies, Apps Explorer Out of Beta
When we announced Apps Explorer late last year, the new feature gave admins the ability to audit third-party applications installed by users, view the permissions the app requested, and add applications to a whitelist or blacklist. Today, we’re excited to announce that Apps Explorer is now out of beta in…
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BetterCloud Named to AlwaysOn 2014 OnDemand Top 100 Private Companies
Today, BetterCloud was named a 2014 OnDemand Top 100 company in the cloud management and tools category. We’re honored to be included among prestigious winners like New Relic, Okta, CloudFlare and MobileIron. This achievement marks a huge moment in our history and is a strong vote of confidence for our…
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Recapping the Largest Google Apps Admin Training Event
This April, googlegooru.com, the number one Google Apps training resource, held what was arguably the largest Google Apps administrator training event ever. The event, held completely online through Google Hangouts, saw more than 3,000 administrators join six presentations over the course of three days. Presenters included some of the Google…
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Top Tips for Google Apps Admins
As of February 2015, FlashPanel is now BetterCloud for Google Apps. The items in this post reflect the product as it existed at the date of publication. Subscribe by submitting your email in the form at the top of this page for the latest content. This is an ongoing series on Google+, where…
Read more10 Ways to Empower Your Help Desk with FlashPanel and Zendesk
It’s no secret we’re huge Zendesk advocates–our support team relies on the platform to host our knowledge base and offer exceptional customer support to BetterCloud users. What you might not know is that BetterCloud is the perfect complement to Zendesk, empowering help desk agents to manage (Zendesk) and solve (BetterCloud)…
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Why Forrester’s Latest Cloud Spending Predictions Will Be Outpaced Again
New data from Forrester, first published by Bloomberg Businessweek, finds spending on cloud-computing services, software and related resources will reach $191 billion by 2020, putting the market on track to outpace earlier expectations by about 20%. Businesses are expected to spend $14 billion more on cloud systems and services in…
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Partner Spotlight: Avalon
Company: Avalon Location: Sweden, Denmark, Norway Markets Served: Enterprise, Mid-Market, Poland and Singapore Website: www.avaloncloud.com This week we heard from Ronald Haagensen, Sales Manager at Avalon, a European reseller, to find out more about his organization. BetterCloud: When was your organization founded? Avalon: Our business started in 1997 as a…
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