Site templatesOn Tuesday we launched
templates for Google Sites. The templates gallery is filled with useful example sites ranging from wedding websites to corporate intranets, which you can copy and customize so they're just right. This lets you create a useful, visually appealing collaborative workspace in seconds. And if you have a great site other people would find useful, you can submit it to the gallery. If your business uses Google Sites, templates you submit stay private within your company.
More overflow storage for lessIf you're using Google Apps to store photos with Picasa Web Albums and manage large volumes of personal email, you'll be happy to hear we're now offering more extra storage for less. Our new
overflow storage plans start at $5 per year for 20 GB. For the most avid shutterbugs, the 16 TB plan is enough space for roughly 8 million high resolution pictures!
Improvements to Sync for Outlook Last week, we released an update to
Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook, our tool that lets companies stop running Microsoft Exchange while still letting some employees use the familiar Outlook interface. Now, employees can sync multiple calendars between Outlook and Google Apps, and look up free/busy information from Exchange for co-workers who haven't migrated to Google Apps yet.
Google Apps Premier Edition innovation – Year in reviewBusinesses using Google Apps not only
save money compared to running their own email systems, but also their employees get access to innovation at a much faster pace than with conventional business technologies. We've launched over 100 improvements to Google Apps in the last year, and on Thursday I hosted a webcast to recap noteworthy recent updates for businesses, including push email, contacts and calendar support for BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile and Android, Sync for Microsoft Outlook, offline access and more. If you missed the webcast, you can
watch it on YouTube.
Who's gone Google?This week I'm pleased to welcome a new crop of companies, schools and public agencies that have recently switched to Google Apps, including
Delta Hotels,
Michigan State University, the
City of Orlando and the
Office of the New Mexico Attorney General. The
Motorola Mobile Devices Division deployed Google Apps to its employees this week, and the
Los Angeles City Council recently voted unanimously to move 30,000 city employees to Google Apps.
We hope these updates help you get even more from Google Apps. For details and the latest news in this area, check out the
Google Apps Blog.
Posted by Jeremy Milo, Google Apps Marketing Manager
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