Google Apps is our favorite cloud-based email, calendar, contacts, documents (and more) solution for anyone from single users to large businesses.  We’ve been helping businesses and nonprofits ditch their expensive mail servers or unreliable POP email hosting and switch to professional, reliable, business-class email for years.  Of course we run Google Apps here at Computer Courage as well.  It was recently revealed on Google’s official blog that 61 of the top 100 universities in the US use Google Apps! Read the rest of this entry… »

The Official Google Enterprise Blog has released a thorough recap of all of the amazing benefits and features of Gmail and Google Calendar for Business.  At Computer Courage, we use Google Apps on a daily basis – it sits patiently in the cloud allowing us to perform powerful email and calendaring tasks.  Google’s list of features (see link below) is broad and impressive.  We are avid users (and installers) of Google Apps here at Computer Courage, and believe that Google Apps is an affordable and amazingly powerful upgrade for almost any small business.

At Computer Courage, some of our favorite and most frequently Google Apps tools include:

• Gmail interface (especially the new interface) allows us to search through gigs of email, and to store contacts.  We have a near-perfect spam filter and 25 gigs of storage each.
• Google Calendar lets us share calendars and easily see them on the desktop or mobile interface – we have 10 calendars shared.
• The mobile interface is amazing, allowing us to sync with iPhones, Android, BlackBerry, etc.
• The Outlook plugin allows us to have a Microsoft Exchange-like experience with all of Gmail/Google Calendar features in the familiar Outlook interface.
• The reliability and uptime are incredible.  To put it simply, it practically never goes down.

That’s just a start, Google’s impressive blog article is a great read if you need convincing on the power of Google Apps over simple free email solutions or as a comparison to the new Office 365 from Microsoft.  If you want any help selecting a cloud-based corporate email system for your company, contact us for a free consultation.  Computer Courage is an authorized Google Apps Reseller.

Link – A look back as we move ahead: Gmail and Google Calendar – Google Enterprise Blog

Google’s products have always been terrific, but in recent months the internet juggernaut has made unbelievable progress in developing its offerings.  Computer Courage strongly recommends many Google products such as Gmail, Search, Picasa, Calendar, and more.  For businesses, we’ve been strong supporters (and users) of Google’s business-class mail/calendar/document system Google Apps (if you run a business, and you don’t know about Google Apps, call us immediately – there is a lot to learn!)

Recently, Google has made some really important improvements to its services, and we’d like to outline a few of them for our loyal readers today.  There are so many fantastic features that we are splitting this newsletter into two parts.  In our second installtion of “Google Applications Grow Up” we’ll explore more powerful and time saving features for you and your businesses. Read the rest of this entry… »

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Google’s products have always been terrific, but in recent months the internet juggernaut has made unbelievable progress in developing its offerings.  Computer Courage strongly recommends many Google products such as Gmail, Search, Picasa, Calendar, and more.  For businesses, we’ve been strong supporters (and users) of Google’s business-class mail/calendar/document system Google Apps (if you run a business, and you don’t know about Google Apps, call us immediately – there is a lot to learn!)

Recently, Google has made some very important improvements to its services, which we would like to review with you today.  There are so many fantastic features that we are splitting this newsletter into two parts.  You’ll receive part two in about a week after this one.

Google Mail and Calendar Go Offline
One of the main complaints about Gmail and Gcal have always been accessibility; until now there has been no obvious way to access your Gmail or calendar offline without 3rd party sync tools, but this week that all changed.  Google has created Offline Mode to allow you to access your information when you’ve got no WiFi, or you’re on a plane, or in a location with a bad internet connection.

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