BSN has launched a new blog. The silver lining. Thought provoking cloud blog series
Baker Security & Networks are pleased to announce the sliver lining blog on go-oodles.com. The silver lining. Thought provoking cloud blog series.
http://www.go-oodles.com/index.php/category/news/cloud-news/
General Audit Tool for Google Apps v3.1 turns up the heat with new What’s Hot feature
In keeping with our policy of constant improvement, Baker Security & Networks are happy to report that an extra feature has been added to the General Audit Tool for Google Apps.
The new “What’s Hot” feature allows a user to see the most recent changes for their domain. When you run the “What’s Hot” process, the General Audit Tool for Google Apps shows the most collaborated documents ever, if they were opened in the last fifteen days. It lists the most collaborated documents for the last fifteen days. It also show the documents opened to the public in the last fifteen days. This really lets a manager see at a glance what has been happening recently in terms of accessing various documents on their domain. It is also an easy way to keep track of what is being opened up to outside view.
More information on the Google Apps File Audit Tool on the go-oodles.com website:
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Read how BSN moved the GAA to Google Apps and saved them tens of thousands of euros
In 2008 BSN was asked by the GAA to look at its email and communications system. BSN recommended Google Apps and after a tender process were successful with their bid. Since 2009 they have been rolling it out to every GAA club in the world. Currently they have established accounts for up to 12,000 officials and help create web site frameworks for hundreds of clubs. In addition to now having a world class email system, the GAA now has a cloud based office environment, suitable for all the normal office functions like word processing, spreadsheets and presentations. To do all of this, the GAA did not have to spend a single penny on a server, pay for any computer support or buy and iinstall any software licenses. In fact they shut down several old servers that although powerful were not able to keep up with the organisations needs. This is the power of cloud computing. To see how BSN and Google Cloud computing can help your business click go-oodles.com.
Google Apps File Audit Tool
Baker have just launched a world first free Google Apps file audit tool. This revolutionary report program can scan all your sites, documents and calendars and show you exactly who has access to your information. For network administrators it is an essential Audit tool showing external auditors exactly who has access to what Intranet site pages. This tool is a major step forward to ensure that accidental or malicious user disclosure does not occur. To use the tool for free just click here.
Baker Launch NEW Google Apps Website - www.go-oodles.com
Baker Security & Networks and pleased to announce the Launch of our new dedicated Google Apps website www.go-oodles.com
GAA goes gaga for Google Apps
GAA goes gaga for Google Apps
he Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) has moved its e-mail system over to Google’s Apps Gmail for Business in what has been one of the Association’s most successful projects ever. The new e -mail system went live last year and is just one strand of the Association’s ambitious multi-year technology plan.
By any measure, this project was a huge success. Now, 100% of GAA Club Secretaries and all staff in Croke Park – some 6,000 users in all – use Google’s Apps e-mail service to access their mail in the course of their duties. In any given 24 hour period, up to 2,000 club officials log in to their Goggle Apps e-mail account and 75% of all accounts are accessed at least once a week.
“We are really thrilled at the outstanding success of this project” commented Nickey Brennan, former GAA President and currently head of its IT & Communications Committee. “The GAA is a volunteer-led organisation and as such it has a major responsibility to communicate with all its stakeholders every day on all aspects of the Association’s business”. The switch to the new e-mail system went very smoothly and is testament to Google Apps ease of use, Brennan said.
The GAA previously had an in-house e-mail server to communicate with its Officials. Over time that number grew to around 6,000 users, but individual mailboxes had insufficient capacity to store the required volume of messages. Response times from the server were also becoming unacceptable.
The GAA asked Baker Security & Networks, with which it has a long standing working relationship, to evaluate upgrades to its e-mail system in the Spring of 2008. The GAA had expressed a preference for cloud computing, where the service would be delivered over the Internet instead of an in-house hosted service. Following a competitive tender in Autumn 2008, the Association chose Google’s Apps Gmail service, which has now been implemented by Baker Security & Networks.
“Using the Google Apps hosted e-mail service will reduce support costs considerably, plus the GAA will have no administration in terms of servers and no data centre costs, so it made sense to go with that cloud computing model. Globally, GMail has amassed more than 100 million users, so clearly scale was not going to be an issue,” comments Robert Baker, founder and Managing Director of Baker Security & Networks.
A requirement in the tender was that the winning bidder could one day potentially provide an @gaa.ie email address to the entire GAA membership, which amounts to more than half a million people on the island of Ireland.
The move to Google Apps Gmail has been a major factor in helping the Association to reduce its communications costs. “Once the decision was made to implement the Google solution, work on transferring users from the old system commenced immediately. We migrated every user over the course of a single weekend and we wrote specialist software to allow all users bring their old e-mail records over to their new accounts,” Baker says. The GAA, led by its I.T. Manager Declan Fanning and assisted by Bakers, undertook an active training programme across the country on a county-by-county basis. “The key to the success of the project was having a very strong training campaign coupled with a strong Helpdesk,” says Baker.
Baker’s team put in place a frequently asked questions page on the GAA website for the more technically literate members, as well as creating a series of brief video presentations hosted on the YouTube website. These clips lasted between 30 seconds and two minutes, using screen captures and voice-overs to demonstrate how to send e-mails.
The next step for the GAA is to implement other aspects of Google Apps technology for its members. Document sharing is already available, while Google Sites will allow clubs to set up their own web sites and provide relevant information to their members. These services are also being made available through a managed service from Google. This is a big help to clubs as all aspects of the service is now provided from one source making it easier to manage and operate.
Google’s calendar tool, which can be accessed directly from Google Apps, is a powerful way for people to organise their schedules, but where it really comes into its own is for managing resources such as a club’s pitches and facilities. A calendar, accessible to any GAA member on the Internet, can show when the pitch is free and would allow members to book the pitch for an under-14 challenge match, for example. Players could also subscribe to their team’s calendar and receive a free text message whenever it is updated, or with a reminder about an upcoming match.
During the tender process the GAA was very impressed with Google’s additional services such as Google Maps and YouTube. The attraction is obvious – mapping could be used to show the location of any club in the country, while the Association generates large volumes of video from its games.
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Madrid - Google Apps Cloud Seminar - 06/04
Baker Security & Networks, en colaboración con Google Enterprise, imparte este seminario de tecnologías en la nube gratis el próximo martes 6 de abril, a las 11am, en las dependencias de Google, en Madrid, en la Torre Picasso, Plaza Pablo Ruiz Picasso 1, Madrid 28020.
Internet ha evolucionado desde un sitio donde los negocios publicaban y encontraban información hacia lugares virtuales de trabajo donde sus empleados pueden ahora crear, almacenar y compartir la información relativa a sus trabajos.
En este seminario podrá ver como la plataforma web de mensajería y colaboración de Google Apps genera enormes ahorros en tiempo y costes para las empresas mientras provee a sus empleados de poderosas herramientas de trabajo fáciles de usar que potencian seguridad y el trabajo en equipo.
Si le gustaría asistir al evento Seminario Google Apps y Cloud Computing, por favor, regístrese online.
Free Google Apps Cloud Seminar - Thursday March 11th
Baker Security & Networks, in partnership with Google Enterprise, are hosting a free cloud computing seminar on Thursday, 11 March, at 11am, in Google’s European headquarters at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4.
The internet has evolved from a place where businesses publish and find information into virtual workplaces where employees now create, store and share the information they need to do their work.
At this seminar, you will see how Google Apps’ web-based messaging and collaboration platform creates tremendous time and cost savings for businesses while providing employees with powerful and easy-to-use tools that will improve how they work together securely.
If you would like to attend the Google Apps Cloud Seminar, please register online.
Go Google – Save Oodles Cloud Computing Seminar - Update
Due to overwhelming demand the seminar is now full. If you wish you can continue to register and be early in the queue for the February seminar.
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Go Google – Save Oodles Cloud Computing Seminar
Baker Security & Networks in partnership with Google Enterprise are hosting a Cloud Computing Seminar on Thursday 28th January at 11am in Google’s Irish headquarters at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4.
The Internet has evolved from a place where business publish and find information into virtual workplaces where employees now create, store and share the information they need to do their work. At this seminar you will see how Google Apps web-based messaging and collaboration platform creates tremendous time and cost savings for your business while providing employees with powerful easy-to-use tools that will improve how they work together securely.
Please Register Here early as places are limited.
