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The hidden costs of insecure file sharing: A horror story
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How to Create an Email Signature for Your Company
Last week we updated our email signatures. Sure, they’re just a few lines at the bottom of an email, but a great signature – or a horrible one – can truly impact how you present yourself within and outside of your company. Why Do You Need An Email Signature? An…
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Announcing Paid Plans for FlashPanel
Today, I am pleased to introduce paid plans for FlashPanel, which will go into effect September 12. For those of you who were customers back in February, you’ll remember the survey we sent regarding pricing – we read every single response (upwards of 2,700) and have taken that feedback to…
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How the Cloud Helps Us Onboard Our Summer Interns + A Giveaway!
It’s an exciting time here at BetterCloud. This year’s crop of summer interns will be joining us Monday and we’ve been preparing for the last week or so to make sure we’re ready come 9 AM. We’ve ordered new desks and chairs, fully stocked the kitchen and, most importantly, provisioned…
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Stumptown Coffee – A BetterCloud Case Study
Employees: 250 Founded: 1999 Industry: Food and Beverage Website: www.stumptowncoffee.com When Duane Sorenson founded Stumptown Coffee Roasters in 1999, he set out with a unique mission: find the best coffee beans in the world, pay a living wage to the farmers who harvest them and raise the expectations around a…
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Partner Spotlight: LTech
Company: LTech Location: New Jersey, USA Market Served: Enterprise, SMB Website: www.ltech.com We spoke with Russ Young, Executive Vice President at LTech, a leading North American reseller, to find out more about his organization. BetterCloud: When was your organization founded? LTech: 2001 BetterCloud: What led to the founding of your company?…
Read moreWhy I'm Looking Forward to Google I/O Next Year
For BetterCloud, this year’s Google I/O was vastly different from the 2012 conference. Last year, I was the sole BetterCloud representative. This year, six team members attended. Last year, we had yet to publicly launch our product. This year, we have a product used by nearly 10 million people. Last…
Read moreZingerman's – A BetterCloud Case Study
Employees: 650 Founded: 1982 Industry: Food and Beverage Website: www.zingermanscommunity.com In 1982 Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig opened Zingerman’s, a traditional Jewish deli, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The popular deli served as the starting point for Zingerman’s now expansive community of eight businesses, known as the ZCoB, all located in…
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Partner Spotlight: CloudWare360
Company: CloudWare360 Location: Latin America Market Served: SMB, Enterprise Website: www.cloudware360.com We sat down with Saul Chrem, the CEO of CloudWare360, a leading reseller in Latin America, to find out more about his organization. BetterCloud: When was your organization founded? CloudWare360: January 2010 BetterCloud: What led to the founding of your…
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Granular Reporting for Google Apps
When we first started building FlashPanel, we realized there was a huge opportunity to report on the vast amount of data surfaced by the application. Since then, we’ve steadily enhanced FlashPanel’s reporting capabilities, and today we’re excited to announce some major new updates to our Google Apps reporting tool. In…
Read moreWelcome to Atlanta
Last week, BetterCloud’s New York team spent the week at our Atlanta office in the Atlanta Tech Village and it inspired me to put my thoughts about the city and the tech scene down in a blog post. Southern Roots BetterCloud has always had two homes, one in New York…
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First Impressions and Thoughts on Google Glass’ Explorer Program
#328 At last year’s Google I/O, Google’s annual developer conference, I had the opportunity to preorder Google Glass. As a huge Google fan and the CEO of a company that focuses 100% on Google, preordering was a no brainer (as it was for pretty much everyone else at the conference)….
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Partner Spotlight: Dito
Company: Dito Location: Manassas, VA Market Served: SMB, Enterprise Website: www.ditoweb.com Last week we sat down with Jim McNelis, the CEO of Dito, a leading North American reseller, to find out more about his organization. BetterCloud: When was your organization founded? Dito: May 2007. We started offering Google Apps to…
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