The WaveAdept Blog

A few Google Apps links we discovered during the week that we think you’ll get a kick out from around the world:

• RWW: Google Sites Offers Templates; Claims It’s Easier Than Sharepoint
• Code Labs: Closure Tools
  

  Closure is a set of individual JavaScript tools that are also designed to help developers build complex web applications, and is used by Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Docs.

• Google Apps Help: What kind of scanning/indexing of user data is done?
  

  User content is only scanned or indexed in the following cases to provide you with a high-quality service.

  • Some user data, such as email messages and documents, are scanned and indexed so your users can search for information in their own Google Apps accounts.
  • Email is scanned so we can perform spam filtering and virus detection.
  • Email is scanned so we can display contextually relevant advertising in some circumstances.

• OffiSync
  

  Bringing the power of Google to Microsoft Office

• ZDNetAsia: Comfort, trust give Office edge over Google
  

  “What we’ve observed and what our customers are coming back to tell us, is that [Google's] understanding of the needs of the enterprise market is still pretty early-on. Google doesn’t seem to have a super-rich understanding of what their customers are telling them in terms of what functionality they need,” Kurt DelBene, Microsoft’s senior vice president of Office productivity, said.

• MSPMentor: MSPs Embracing Google Apps
  

  The key takeaway: I’m not suggesting the MSP masses will embrace Google Apps. But a growing number of folks are taking the plunge. And I think we’ve all learned not to underestimate the search giant

• Channel Web: Microsoft Office Web Apps Vs. Google Docs
  

  … if a business is looking to move to a real, cloud-based productivity suite, then Google Apps offers far more functionality that Office Web Apps.

• WaveAdept blog: Google Apps v Microsoft BPOS
• Twitter, @bbhermann – anyone confirm or deny this?
  

  Google Apps Sync doesn’t work with Office 2010

• Twitter, @GoogleAtWork
  

  Are you a Gmail guru at work? Share your tips. Tell us how you’ve made Gmail work for you. #gonegoogle

As always there is lively discussion and links over at the “NZ Google Apps” LinkedIn group and the complimentary Google Groups site

And finally, you may be interested in the big news from Google, “launch” of their GoogleOS – check out Matt Cutt’s blog for a plethora of links as well as ReadWriteWeb’s live blogging of the event

Have a great weekend everyone and don’t forget the Wellington Pre-Christmas Tweetup at Hooch next Thursday, we’ll be there …