Empowering, educating, celebrating, and delighting the modern IT professional.
Featured article
Top 5 SaaS governance best practices
Drowning in SaaS subscriptions? Learn about SaaS governance best practices to control costs, enhance security, and ensure your software investments drive business value.
Announcing New Management Tools for Google Apps Resellers
Prior to founding BetterCloud, a number of team members were working at a large Google Apps reseller. It was there that we learned the specific needs of each party in the Google Apps ecosystem: end users, admins and resellers. Once we founded BetterCloud, we initially set out to meet the…
Read more
Partner Spotlight: Master Concept
Company: Master Concept Location: Hong Kong, Macau, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan Market Served: Enterprise, SMB Website: www.hkmci.com This week I heard from Derek Chan, Co-Founder and Director of Master Concept, a leading Asian reseller, to find out more about his organization. BetterCloud: When was your organization founded? Master Concept:…
Read more
Google Calendar Management and Visibility Now Available in FlashPanel
Just over a month ago we announced the addition of Google Sites Management and Visibility to FlashPanel and over the past few weeks, we’ve expanded FlashPanel to cover another area of the Google Apps suite: Google Calendar. Our new Google Calendar functionality gives Google Apps admins the ability to alter…
Read more
Google Gooru Grows Up
18 months ago googlegooru.com was little more than an idea and a tiny site. Originally inspired by Khan Academy, which started as an educational YouTube channel, we hoped Gooru would become the go to source for everything Google Apps related. Unsure if the site would gain broad adoption, Gooru started…
Read more
Cloud Alliance for Google Apps Adds Zendesk, UberConference and Esna
Founded nearly two years ago by seven market-leading software providers, the Cloud Alliance for Google Apps, the only consortium of ISVs in the Google Apps space, aims to share best practices for operating in this ecosystem among its members and raise awareness of the Google Apps platform to the broader…
Read more
Google Apps Provides the Critical Foundation for a Growing Cloud Application Stack
As our user base has steadily grown over the last year, we’ve made a concerted effort to stay in touch with as many customers as possible. Whether that’s through one on one training sessions, phone calls or our quarterly surveys, the success of BetterCloud is directly linked to the relationships…
Read more
The All New BetterCloud Help Center
Last year’s launch of FlashPanel coincided with the launch of our support site, which over the course of the year expanded to include over 200 how-to articles, a robust community forum and a feature request portal. The support site also functioned as the primary point of contact between our customers…
Read more
Dunder Mifflin Goes Google
Last month, David Politis wrote a blog post entitled “Optimizing for Long Term Google Apps Adoption.” The purpose of the post was to provide best practices for making the most of Google Apps after the initial migration to the cloud, which typically begins with mail, calendar and contacts. The article,…
Read moreBone Daddy's – A BetterCloud Case Study
Employees: 700 (45 on Google Apps) Founded: 2000 Industry: Food and Beverage Website: www.bonedaddys.com Founded in 2000, Bone Daddy’s, a chain of barbecue restaurants located throughout Texas, is dedicated to providing great food and a fun atmosphere for its customers. Currently operating six locations, the restaurant chain’s 700 employees serve…
Read more
Roots Canada – A BetterCloud Case Study
Employees: 200 Founded: 1973 Industry: Retail Website: www.roots.com Established in 1973, Roots has been Canada’s leading lifestyle brand for four decades. Known around the world for its quality leather goods and activewear, Roots got its humble start in Toronto when co-founders Michael Budman and Don Green founded the company –…
Read more
Prepare Your Google Apps Domain for Fourth of July
Fourth of July usually means barbecues, fireworks and the beach. So when employees leave tonight for their long weekends, you can pretty much guarantee they’re not thinking about setting an out of office responder or delegating their inbox to a colleague who will be working. While you can’t force an…
Read more
Partner Spotlight: Cumulus Global
Company: Cumulus Global Location: Headquartered in Westborough, MA Market Served: North American SMB Website: www.cumulusglobal.com This week we heard from Allen Falcon, the Founder and CEO of Cumulus Global, a leading North American reseller, to find out more about his organization. BetterCloud: When was your organization founded? Cumulus Global: In…
Read more