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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.
Complete Guide to the New Google Apps Admin Console
Today, Google began rolling out a completely redesigned Google Apps Admin Console (existing customers will see it in mid-May), which aims to provide IT administrators with an improved interface for managing their Google Apps domains. This post details what the new Admin Console means for Google Enterprise and includes our…
Read moreSynapse – A BetterCloud Case Study
Just last year, Synapse, a leader in engineering design services, left behind an aging Exchange server for Google Apps. Read on to learn how this cutting edge company is making the most of Apps with the help of FlashPanel. Employees: 300 Founded: 2002 Industry: Engineering Design Services Website: www.synapse.com FlashPanel…
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Google Apps vs. Office 365: Why Google Will Win the Enterprise
Since our founding, it’s been a core mission of BetterCloud’s to spread the word about Google Apps and evangelize for the platform. And after raising a Series A this past January, we’ve stepped up our hiring process, which has led candidates to ask why I’m betting my career and company…
Read moreGrowing Our Team
Since founding BetterCloud in November 2011, our team has more than doubled and we’re still growing! Before the end of the year, we have plans to double the size of both our development and customer advocate teams in Atlanta and New York City respectively. What’s Propelling Our Growth? We’ve built…
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How to Build a Company Intranet on Google Sites
Since our founding, the “source of truth” for our company has always been the intranet, which is was built using a Google Site. But as the team continued to grow, we needed to reformat the site’s layout and expand upon existing content – particularly around training, team responsibilities and processes….
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How to Increase User Adoption of Google Apps
When organizations make the move to Google Apps, they often overlook the importance of user training and change management. Failing to help users transition from a legacy system to Google Apps can be detrimental to your company’s long term success on the Apps platform and can leave employees confused, discouraged…
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Five Unconventional Uses for Google+ Hangouts
While some people are still unsure about Google+, there’s no denying that Google Hangouts have become a major selling point for using the social network. Hangouts are not only an easy and free way to communicate with anyone anywhere in the world, but they’re heavily integrated into Google Chat and…
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How Far Have You Gone with Google?
In honor of Valentine’s Day (and our CEO’s upcoming weekend nuptials), we created our own version of a ‘love quiz.’ Take the test to find out how far you’ve gone with Google and don’t forget to share your score on Google+!
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Google Apps User Profiles: Providing a Better Experience
When it comes to creating, editing and browsing user profiles in Google Apps, the Control Panel leaves a lot to be desired. Administrators lack the ability to add custom fields to user profiles like ‘Manager’ or even ‘Title,’ add and remove users to and from groups in bulk, bulk edit…
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The Path to Google Drive Enlightenment
Google Drive provides incredible tools for collaboration in the cloud, but as with any new technology, there are new challenges. To understand these new challenges, we’ve talked to hundreds of FlashPanel customers around the world. We’ve listened to the issues they’ve run into and learned about the kind of visibility…
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A Guide to Onboarding New Employees with Managed Chromebooks
It’s no secret that BetterCloud loves Google Apps and we make a point to use only Google Apps and Google products where we can – we even build our product, FlashPanel, on Google App Engine, Google’s own platform-as-a-service. So when it came time to order computers for our two newest…
Read moreRaising a Series A: What I Learned
You may have heard we just announced a $5 million Series A round of financing. We started raising this round and talking to investors in late fall of last year. As you can probably imagine, going through this process involves taking a step back from the day-to-day work and looking…
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