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Why 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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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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