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Engineered for your enterprise. </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div>  <div class='cols-wrapper loading'> <div class='col-main-wrapper'> <div class='col-main'> <div class='section' id='main'><div class='widget Blog' data-version='1' id='Blog1'> <div class='post' data-id='3502640508239386986' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/09/Google-and-Box-partner-to-transform-work-in-the-cloud.html' itemprop='url' title='Google and Box Partner to transform work in the cloud'> Google and Box Partner to transform work in the cloud </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Wednesday, September 7, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Nan Boden, Head of Global Technology Partners<br /> </span> <br /> <br /> Today, we announced a partnership with Box to power collaboration and productivity for businesses of all sizes. As part of this partnership, Box will integrate with Google Docs and Google Springboard to deliver a seamless experience for working and collaborating in the cloud. <br /> <br /> The integration between Box and Google Docs will enable Box to act as a third-party repository for Docs, Sheets and Slides, allowing users to create and collaboratively edit Google Docs directly from Box. <br /> <br /> We’re also working together to integrate Box with <a href="https://apps.google.com/campaigns/index__googlespringboardeap.html" target="_blank">Google Springboard</a>, which connects people and information with Google-powered search and intelligence. Through this integration, Springboard will help users find the right information at the right time, no matter where it’s hosted — in Gmail, Drive, Docs or in Box.<br /> <br /> We want our customers to have flexibility in their choice of tools and to have the most productive and collaborative suite possible for their needs. In fact, several of our own customers, like Avago, Intuit, Internet2 and Whirlpool already use Box and Google together, and these integrations will contribute to a more productive and collaborative enterprise. We’re excited to partner closely with Box to expand our efforts in the enterprise and transform how businesses work in the cloud.</div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Nan Boden, Head of Global Technology Partners<br /> </span> <br /> <br /> Today, we announced a partnership with Box to power collaboration and productivity for businesses of all sizes. As part of this partnership, Box will integrate with Google Docs and Google Springboard to deliver a seamless experience for working and collaborating in the cloud. <br /> <br /> The integration between Box and Google Docs will enable Box to act as a third-party repository for Docs, Sheets and Slides, allowing users to create and collaboratively edit Google Docs directly from Box. <br /> <br /> We’re also working together to integrate Box with <a href="https://apps.google.com/campaigns/index__googlespringboardeap.html" target="_blank">Google Springboard</a>, which connects people and information with Google-powered search and intelligence. Through this integration, Springboard will help users find the right information at the right time, no matter where it’s hosted — in Gmail, Drive, Docs or in Box.<br /> <br /> We want our customers to have flexibility in their choice of tools and to have the most productive and collaborative suite possible for their needs. In fact, several of our own customers, like Avago, Intuit, Internet2 and Whirlpool already use Box and Google together, and these integrations will contribute to a more productive and collaborative enterprise. We’re excited to partner closely with Box to expand our efforts in the enterprise and transform how businesses work in the cloud.</div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/09/Google-and-Box-partner-to-transform-work-in-the-cloud.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Google and Box Partner to transform work in the cloud&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/09/Google-and-Box-partner-to-transform-work-in-the-cloud.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/09/Google-and-Box-partner-to-transform-work-in-the-cloud.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='101' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/09/Google-and-Box-partner-to-transform-work-in-the-cloud.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/09/Google-and-Box-partner-to-transform-work-in-the-cloud.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/09/Google-and-Box-partner-to-transform-work-in-the-cloud.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/gmail' rel='tag'> gmail </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Drive' rel='tag'> Google Drive </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Springboard' rel='tag'> Google Springboard </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Partner%20Showcase' rel='tag'> Partner Showcase </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='6359307734249481008' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/Google-Apps-and-devices-as-building-blocks-for-change-at-ISG.html' itemprop='url' title='Google Apps and devices as building blocks for change at ISG'> Google Apps and devices as building blocks for change at ISG </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Wednesday, August 31, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Daniel Durgan, IT Business Partner at ISG</span><br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note: </b>Today we hear from Daniel Durgan, IT Business Partner at ISG, an international construction services company delivering fit out, construction, engineering services and a range of specialist solutions. Daniel explains why there’s never been a better time to digitally transform the construction industry.</i> <br /> <br /> The construction industry is undergoing a digital revolution. Companies that have for decades relied heavily on printed contracts, drawings and documents are now moving to online tools to save time and money and keep productivity up in a marketplace that’s more expansive and more demanding. At ISG, we’re using Google’s cloud-based tools to ensure that we’re at the forefront of this industry shift. <br /> <br /> With Google Apps, we’re taking full advantage of technology-enhanced collaboration, productivity and mobility. Over the course of a few hours, I can use <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Google Drive</a> to review a presentation on my tablet, Gmail to check emails and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a> to schedule meetings on my phone while away from the office. I can also jump into a meeting with colleagues from around the world from any of the 26 <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/work/chrome/devices/for-meetings/" target="_blank">Chromeboxes</a> that are set up in one of our conference rooms. Whether I’m on a site visit, in the office or on the move, <a href="https://www.google.com/work/solutions.html" target="_blank">Google Apps</a> allows me to continue working and collaborating with my team. <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Projects move fast with real-time collaboration</h3> It’s essential for our business to control who has access to certain documents. Drawings must only be issued to authorised people, and each person must review the latest version as it’s being developed. Drive enables us to completely control what’s shared inside and outside of our company — the fact that our team alone has 1.5 million files in Drive speaks to our reliance on the tool for secure file storage. <br /> <br /> <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Google Docs</a> allows us to collaborate on shared documents at the same time, no matter where we are in the world. I can start shaping up a proposal in London and invite a colleague in Europe to work on it with me. There’s also more of a human element. When someone comments, you see their face next to it — it ties you emotionally to the process. We keep track of all our revisions in <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a> to monitor our progress. And we can always instant message each other with quick questions or suggestions, so we feel connected, all the time. <br /> <br /> A lot of what we do is very visual. It’s hard to describe building plans and designs over the phone. With <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a>, we can bring everyone together to discuss these plans and drawings as if we were all in the same room. We can move quickly from stakeholders to contractors to suppliers to make sure the right people are involved in the right conversations. <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Staff expect more from an IT solution </h3> A big part of my team’s role is to help build relationships and ensure employees communicate effectively and get the support they need. When we sent out a survey using <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/forms/" target="_blank">Forms</a> to ask all our staff what they’d like to see from IT, they told us they wanted to find out more about our Google tools. We’re using <a href="https://www.synergyse.com/" target="_blank">Synergise Google Apps Training</a> to help our stakeholders go beyond the basics and use the suite to its full potential. <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Quality: getting it right the first time</h3> Quality is extremely important in our business, so we carry out frequent on-site check-ins to ensure teams are following the proper processes and delivering a high standard of construction correctly the first time. When we do these quality checks, we submit recommendations and observations using Forms on Android tablets. The information is imported into Sheets, and using <a href="https://www.google.com/script/start/" target="_blank">Apps Script</a>, we create dashboards, so employees across teams and functions can easily track the check-ins in real time. <br /> <br /> We’re improving the way we work all the time, and that’s thanks to the support and enthusiasm of our employees. Many of our automated solutions have been suggested by them, and it’s great to see how passionate they are about Google Apps. There’s also an excitement among my team around what the future holds for us and our industry with new tools at our dispense and a new way of working for our customers. </div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Daniel Durgan, IT Business Partner at ISG</span><br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note: </b>Today we hear from Daniel Durgan, IT Business Partner at ISG, an international construction services company delivering fit out, construction, engineering services and a range of specialist solutions. Daniel explains why there’s never been a better time to digitally transform the construction industry.</i> <br /> <br /> The construction industry is undergoing a digital revolution. Companies that have for decades relied heavily on printed contracts, drawings and documents are now moving to online tools to save time and money and keep productivity up in a marketplace that’s more expansive and more demanding. At ISG, we’re using Google’s cloud-based tools to ensure that we’re at the forefront of this industry shift. <br /> <br /> With Google Apps, we’re taking full advantage of technology-enhanced collaboration, productivity and mobility. Over the course of a few hours, I can use <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Google Drive</a> to review a presentation on my tablet, Gmail to check emails and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a> to schedule meetings on my phone while away from the office. I can also jump into a meeting with colleagues from around the world from any of the 26 <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/work/chrome/devices/for-meetings/" target="_blank">Chromeboxes</a> that are set up in one of our conference rooms. Whether I’m on a site visit, in the office or on the move, <a href="https://www.google.com/work/solutions.html" target="_blank">Google Apps</a> allows me to continue working and collaborating with my team. <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Projects move fast with real-time collaboration</h3> It’s essential for our business to control who has access to certain documents. Drawings must only be issued to authorised people, and each person must review the latest version as it’s being developed. Drive enables us to completely control what’s shared inside and outside of our company — the fact that our team alone has 1.5 million files in Drive speaks to our reliance on the tool for secure file storage. <br /> <br /> <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Google Docs</a> allows us to collaborate on shared documents at the same time, no matter where we are in the world. I can start shaping up a proposal in London and invite a colleague in Europe to work on it with me. There’s also more of a human element. When someone comments, you see their face next to it — it ties you emotionally to the process. We keep track of all our revisions in <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a> to monitor our progress. And we can always instant message each other with quick questions or suggestions, so we feel connected, all the time. <br /> <br /> A lot of what we do is very visual. It’s hard to describe building plans and designs over the phone. With <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a>, we can bring everyone together to discuss these plans and drawings as if we were all in the same room. We can move quickly from stakeholders to contractors to suppliers to make sure the right people are involved in the right conversations. <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Staff expect more from an IT solution </h3> A big part of my team’s role is to help build relationships and ensure employees communicate effectively and get the support they need. When we sent out a survey using <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/forms/" target="_blank">Forms</a> to ask all our staff what they’d like to see from IT, they told us they wanted to find out more about our Google tools. We’re using <a href="https://www.synergyse.com/" target="_blank">Synergise Google Apps Training</a> to help our stakeholders go beyond the basics and use the suite to its full potential. <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Quality: getting it right the first time</h3> Quality is extremely important in our business, so we carry out frequent on-site check-ins to ensure teams are following the proper processes and delivering a high standard of construction correctly the first time. When we do these quality checks, we submit recommendations and observations using Forms on Android tablets. The information is imported into Sheets, and using <a href="https://www.google.com/script/start/" target="_blank">Apps Script</a>, we create dashboards, so employees across teams and functions can easily track the check-ins in real time. <br /> <br /> We’re improving the way we work all the time, and that’s thanks to the support and enthusiasm of our employees. Many of our automated solutions have been suggested by them, and it’s great to see how passionate they are about Google Apps. There’s also an excitement among my team around what the future holds for us and our industry with new tools at our dispense and a new way of working for our customers. </div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/Google-Apps-and-devices-as-building-blocks-for-change-at-ISG.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Google Apps and devices as building blocks for change at ISG&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/Google-Apps-and-devices-as-building-blocks-for-change-at-ISG.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/Google-Apps-and-devices-as-building-blocks-for-change-at-ISG.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='3' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/Google-Apps-and-devices-as-building-blocks-for-change-at-ISG.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/Google-Apps-and-devices-as-building-blocks-for-change-at-ISG.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/Google-Apps-and-devices-as-building-blocks-for-change-at-ISG.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/customer%20love' rel='tag'> customer love </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Gone%20Google' rel='tag'> Gone Google </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps' rel='tag'> Google Apps </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Calendar' rel='tag'> Google Calendar </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Drive' rel='tag'> Google Drive </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Hangouts' rel='tag'> Google Hangouts </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Sheets' rel='tag'> Google Sheets </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='751578433524907963' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/how-BioDots-global-team-works-better-together-using-Android-and-Chrome.html' itemprop='url' title='How BioDot’s global team works better together using Android and Chrome'> How BioDot’s global team works better together using Android and Chrome </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Monday, August 8, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Dan Tisone, VP of Global IT, BioDot</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Dan Tisone, VP of Global IT at <a href="https://www.biodot.com/" target="_blank">BioDot</a>, a low volume dispensing manufacturer specializing in biotech applications. Learn how BioDot’s 60 employees use Android and Chrome devices to work closely together and build better products. <br /> </i> <br /> <br /> I’ve led IT at <a href="https://www.biodot.com/" target="_blank">BioDot</a> since my father, a former research and development engineer at Nokia Bell Labs, founded the company in 1994. Since then, I’ve seen workplace technology evolve from clunky desktops and servers to the fast, cloud-based devices we use today. <br /> <br /> Our transition to Google started with <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/gmail/" target="_blank">Gmail</a> in 2009. Through Gmail we discovered <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a> like <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Drive</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a>. Google Apps are affordable and easy to use, so when we needed to purchase computers and smartphones for our employees the following year, we chose Google Chrome and Android products. Today, we have 42 <a href="https://www.google.com/work/android/" target="_blank">Android</a> smartphones, as well as a few dozen <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-everyday/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/device-gallery/" target="_blank">Chromeboxes</a>. <br /> <br /> As an international business headquartered in Southern California with satellite offices in Asia and Europe, our sales team travels a great deal, and tends to use their smartphones more than laptops, whether they’re at the airport, in between meetings or in a taxi. They use Google Docs to review contracts and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/slides/" target="_blank">Google Slides</a> to create new business presentations from their Android phones while traveling. They can even update <a href="https://www.pipedrive.com/" target="_blank">Pipedrive</a>, our CRM platform, through the mobile app. <br /> <br /> I install work apps on each device using <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/admin/mobile/" target="_blank">Google Mobile Device Management</a> so employees can access required work apps and install any other pre-approved apps from the Play for Work Store. I can securely manage all devices with this central console, too. If an employee accidentally installs an app or downloads malware, I receive an alert and can fix the problem immediately. <br /> <br /> Setting up Chromebooks is simple, too. It used to take me hours to deploy our old laptops. Each Chromebook takes minutes to set up — no time-consuming installations required. As BioDot’s sole IT staff member, it can be difficult to quickly deploy new devices while ensuring the security of every company device around the world. Chrome makes this easier. <br /> <br /> Cloud-based Android devices also foster a collaborative work environment. For example, when the manufacturing team is assembling a new medical dispenser in the factory, they mark up the schematic diagram in red pen to show which parts don’t work. They used to snail-mail this marked up diagram to our engineers, who are hundreds or thousands of miles away in an office. Now, the manufacturing team snaps a picture of the schematic with their Android phone and uploads it to Google Drive, so engineers can see their revisions immediately. This saves our teams a few days’ delay, so they can iterate faster, and ultimately build better products in a shorter timeframe. <br /> <br /> Google Apps also allows us to be more productive and efficient. Instead of taking a one-day trip to meet with a prospect for the first time, sales executives are starting to use Google Hangouts. This saves our company around $1,000 for each trip. When you think about the hundreds of trips salespeople take throughout the year, these savings go a long way — especially for a small company. <br /> <br /> Switching to Google Apps, and subsequently Chrome and Android devices helps BioDot run faster and more smoothly. Employees, from tech-savvy millennials to employees who were new to smartphones, now rely on Android and Chrome devices to work together and complete tasks, whether they’re in the office, on the road or at one of our manufacturing facilities. </div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Dan Tisone, VP of Global IT, BioDot</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Dan Tisone, VP of Global IT at <a href="https://www.biodot.com/" target="_blank">BioDot</a>, a low volume dispensing manufacturer specializing in biotech applications. Learn how BioDot’s 60 employees use Android and Chrome devices to work closely together and build better products. <br /> </i> <br /> <br /> I’ve led IT at <a href="https://www.biodot.com/" target="_blank">BioDot</a> since my father, a former research and development engineer at Nokia Bell Labs, founded the company in 1994. Since then, I’ve seen workplace technology evolve from clunky desktops and servers to the fast, cloud-based devices we use today. <br /> <br /> Our transition to Google started with <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/gmail/" target="_blank">Gmail</a> in 2009. Through Gmail we discovered <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a> like <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Drive</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a>. Google Apps are affordable and easy to use, so when we needed to purchase computers and smartphones for our employees the following year, we chose Google Chrome and Android products. Today, we have 42 <a href="https://www.google.com/work/android/" target="_blank">Android</a> smartphones, as well as a few dozen <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/for-everyday/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/devices/device-gallery/" target="_blank">Chromeboxes</a>. <br /> <br /> As an international business headquartered in Southern California with satellite offices in Asia and Europe, our sales team travels a great deal, and tends to use their smartphones more than laptops, whether they’re at the airport, in between meetings or in a taxi. They use Google Docs to review contracts and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/slides/" target="_blank">Google Slides</a> to create new business presentations from their Android phones while traveling. They can even update <a href="https://www.pipedrive.com/" target="_blank">Pipedrive</a>, our CRM platform, through the mobile app. <br /> <br /> I install work apps on each device using <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/admin/mobile/" target="_blank">Google Mobile Device Management</a> so employees can access required work apps and install any other pre-approved apps from the Play for Work Store. I can securely manage all devices with this central console, too. If an employee accidentally installs an app or downloads malware, I receive an alert and can fix the problem immediately. <br /> <br /> Setting up Chromebooks is simple, too. It used to take me hours to deploy our old laptops. Each Chromebook takes minutes to set up — no time-consuming installations required. As BioDot’s sole IT staff member, it can be difficult to quickly deploy new devices while ensuring the security of every company device around the world. Chrome makes this easier. <br /> <br /> Cloud-based Android devices also foster a collaborative work environment. For example, when the manufacturing team is assembling a new medical dispenser in the factory, they mark up the schematic diagram in red pen to show which parts don’t work. They used to snail-mail this marked up diagram to our engineers, who are hundreds or thousands of miles away in an office. Now, the manufacturing team snaps a picture of the schematic with their Android phone and uploads it to Google Drive, so engineers can see their revisions immediately. This saves our teams a few days’ delay, so they can iterate faster, and ultimately build better products in a shorter timeframe. <br /> <br /> Google Apps also allows us to be more productive and efficient. Instead of taking a one-day trip to meet with a prospect for the first time, sales executives are starting to use Google Hangouts. This saves our company around $1,000 for each trip. When you think about the hundreds of trips salespeople take throughout the year, these savings go a long way — especially for a small company. <br /> <br /> Switching to Google Apps, and subsequently Chrome and Android devices helps BioDot run faster and more smoothly. Employees, from tech-savvy millennials to employees who were new to smartphones, now rely on Android and Chrome devices to work together and complete tasks, whether they’re in the office, on the road or at one of our manufacturing facilities. </div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/how-BioDots-global-team-works-better-together-using-Android-and-Chrome.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:How BioDot’s global team works better together using Android and Chrome&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/how-BioDots-global-team-works-better-together-using-Android-and-Chrome.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/how-BioDots-global-team-works-better-together-using-Android-and-Chrome.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='2' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/how-BioDots-global-team-works-better-together-using-Android-and-Chrome.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/how-BioDots-global-team-works-better-together-using-Android-and-Chrome.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/08/how-BioDots-global-team-works-better-together-using-Android-and-Chrome.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Android%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Android for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Chromebooks%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Chromebooks for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Chromeboxes' rel='tag'> Chromeboxes </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Drive' rel='tag'> Google Drive </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Hangouts' rel='tag'> Google Hangouts </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Slides%20API' rel='tag'> Google Slides API </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8128168347015162736' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html' itemprop='url' title='Technology fast-tracks success for students with language-based disabilities '> Technology fast-tracks success for students with language-based disabilities </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Thursday, June 16, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Margaret Kuzmicz, director of technology at Carroll School</span> <br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note: </b>Small schools are seeing great success with Google for Education tools. We spoke with educators and administrators from smaller districts across the United States to better understand how technology has helped them innovate, create more efficient processes, and make a positive impact on their students. This is the third in a series of posts where we explore the impact small schools are making on their students. To learn more about using Google for Education tools, <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/edu-school-type.html" target="_blank">visit us here</a>. </i> <br /> <br /> All over the country, innovations in technology are showing us that it’s possible to provide more access to information than ever before. At <a href="http://www.carrollschool.org/" target="_blank">Carroll School</a>, located in Lincoln, Massachusetts, we rely on these innovations to bridge the divide for our students with language-based disabilities by alleviating their challenges with reading, writing and organization skills. <br /> <br /> Students with language-based disabilities, like dyslexia, are extremely bright, curious and creative. But they oftentimes struggle in regular classrooms to build the core skills they need to excel in school. This is why Dr. Edwin Cole, a neurologist, and a small group of passionate individuals were inspired to found the Carroll School in 1967 and dedicate it to helping children with language-based learning disabilities.<br /> <br /> Our faculty and staff at the Carroll School meet the individual needs of students by creating small, supportive classroom environments They use innovative approaches like cognitive intervention, founded in emerging scientific research. We’re also a very technologically progressive school, and our cloud technology, <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a>, allows us to create interactive experiences for our students. To our delight, incorporating technology has made a big difference for our students, who say that it’s made it easier for them to learn how to write, stay organized and get feedback from teachers <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Students can overcome writing challenges</b></h3> <br /> Students with language-based disabilities have to overcome an extra set of challenges while learning to write, specifically with spelling. Many of our students use Voice-to-text, a feature in <a href="https://www.google.com/docs/about/" target="_blank">Google Docs </a>that uses voice recognition technology to dictate essays, stories and other writing projects.<br /> <br /> “When I’m writing, <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en" target="_blank">Voice-to-text</a> in Docs helps me concentrate on just talking about the subject, rather than worrying about how things are being spelled. I think it's even better than Siri on my phone,” says one eighth grade student at Carroll School. With Voice-to-text, students can share their unique perspectives and opinions, without getting mired by their challenges with writing.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTroNOYBotbdfZBGr5DrukeO0VsJz33E2vZE-7krnNc73i13hUUJ84Ua88U9ruVFsUFlSUEdK9HCJl11J2u5iy_Onphg2ptzVmWrfxgjmmmkdoltSgz9BDOum5MmGRlPvo6D3Q2pc3DP9b/s1600/image00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTroNOYBotbdfZBGr5DrukeO0VsJz33E2vZE-7krnNc73i13hUUJ84Ua88U9ruVFsUFlSUEdK9HCJl11J2u5iy_Onphg2ptzVmWrfxgjmmmkdoltSgz9BDOum5MmGRlPvo6D3Q2pc3DP9b/s640/image00.png" width="640" /></a></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Teachers can give instant, personalized feedback</b></h3> <br /> Our students each have different needs and learning styles; we keep our class sizes small so teachers can provide individualized help. The cloud has made getting personalized attention faster and easier. Now, teachers share assignments through Google Docs and can then give students instant feedback on their work. <br /> <br /> “I have difficulty with writing, but it’s easier when I can get help from my teacher. Before using Docs, I’d have to wait a few days or weeks after turning in an assignment to see my teacher’s edits. In Docs, [my teacher] can suggest the edits to me and I can make them myself before turning in the assignment,” says one fourth-grader at Carroll School. <br /> <br /> This ongoing feedback and interaction also helps our students stay engaged and on-task. When students see their teacher in a shared homework assignment, responding to their work in real-time, it motivates them to stay on top of their work.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z_qNNnusl8_SuFQyMKBnS0SuLErGjvHoGrpQBvnDx1yaRjguR2d4P4xeDdhLTHiNEDho__2XaXc2HdCipdVYqR7nYpLJLUpJ1JMIR-buKOEYvSYcnshnQSBEO04i6MgDUi4w3jYJjSLM/s1600/image02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z_qNNnusl8_SuFQyMKBnS0SuLErGjvHoGrpQBvnDx1yaRjguR2d4P4xeDdhLTHiNEDho__2XaXc2HdCipdVYqR7nYpLJLUpJ1JMIR-buKOEYvSYcnshnQSBEO04i6MgDUi4w3jYJjSLM/s640/image02.png" width="640" /></a></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Organization is now a given</b></h3> <br /> Kids of every age — and many adults too — struggle to stay organized, especially when keeping track of multiple assignments, papers and resources. Organization is important for students to succeed in the classroom. By using the cloud to store their work, our students’ now complete and turn in more assignments in an organized way, and stay on top of their tasks. <br /> <br /> Students can access their schoolwork easily in class or at home. Says one ninth-grader, “I find myself printing way less. Last year, I had to print out almost all of my homework, but now I can just turn it in with <a href="https://classroom.google.com/u/0/ineligible" target="_blank">Google Classroom</a>.” Additionally, students say they feel more prepared for class. “With Classroom I have all of my classes in one place, so I don’t have to run around to each teacher to check on stuff,” says a ninth-grader at the school. <br /> <br /> Technology is making a visible impact. It’s helping our students succeed in the classroom. Now, both students and teachers say that more assignments are turned in on time and students are more confident. There’s one downside, says one fourth-grader at the school, “Unfortunately, this means we can’t use not knowing the assignment as an excuse for not doing our homework anymore!” Though I think that’s one downside we can live with. </div> </div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Margaret Kuzmicz, director of technology at Carroll School</span> <br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note: </b>Small schools are seeing great success with Google for Education tools. We spoke with educators and administrators from smaller districts across the United States to better understand how technology has helped them innovate, create more efficient processes, and make a positive impact on their students. This is the third in a series of posts where we explore the impact small schools are making on their students. To learn more about using Google for Education tools, <a href="https://lp.google-mkto.com/edu-school-type.html" target="_blank">visit us here</a>. </i> <br /> <br /> All over the country, innovations in technology are showing us that it’s possible to provide more access to information than ever before. At <a href="http://www.carrollschool.org/" target="_blank">Carroll School</a>, located in Lincoln, Massachusetts, we rely on these innovations to bridge the divide for our students with language-based disabilities by alleviating their challenges with reading, writing and organization skills. <br /> <br /> Students with language-based disabilities, like dyslexia, are extremely bright, curious and creative. But they oftentimes struggle in regular classrooms to build the core skills they need to excel in school. This is why Dr. Edwin Cole, a neurologist, and a small group of passionate individuals were inspired to found the Carroll School in 1967 and dedicate it to helping children with language-based learning disabilities.<br /> <br /> Our faculty and staff at the Carroll School meet the individual needs of students by creating small, supportive classroom environments They use innovative approaches like cognitive intervention, founded in emerging scientific research. We’re also a very technologically progressive school, and our cloud technology, <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a>, allows us to create interactive experiences for our students. To our delight, incorporating technology has made a big difference for our students, who say that it’s made it easier for them to learn how to write, stay organized and get feedback from teachers <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Students can overcome writing challenges</b></h3> <br /> Students with language-based disabilities have to overcome an extra set of challenges while learning to write, specifically with spelling. Many of our students use Voice-to-text, a feature in <a href="https://www.google.com/docs/about/" target="_blank">Google Docs </a>that uses voice recognition technology to dictate essays, stories and other writing projects.<br /> <br /> “When I’m writing, <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226?hl=en" target="_blank">Voice-to-text</a> in Docs helps me concentrate on just talking about the subject, rather than worrying about how things are being spelled. I think it's even better than Siri on my phone,” says one eighth grade student at Carroll School. With Voice-to-text, students can share their unique perspectives and opinions, without getting mired by their challenges with writing.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTroNOYBotbdfZBGr5DrukeO0VsJz33E2vZE-7krnNc73i13hUUJ84Ua88U9ruVFsUFlSUEdK9HCJl11J2u5iy_Onphg2ptzVmWrfxgjmmmkdoltSgz9BDOum5MmGRlPvo6D3Q2pc3DP9b/s1600/image00.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTroNOYBotbdfZBGr5DrukeO0VsJz33E2vZE-7krnNc73i13hUUJ84Ua88U9ruVFsUFlSUEdK9HCJl11J2u5iy_Onphg2ptzVmWrfxgjmmmkdoltSgz9BDOum5MmGRlPvo6D3Q2pc3DP9b/s640/image00.png" width="640" /></a></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Teachers can give instant, personalized feedback</b></h3> <br /> Our students each have different needs and learning styles; we keep our class sizes small so teachers can provide individualized help. The cloud has made getting personalized attention faster and easier. Now, teachers share assignments through Google Docs and can then give students instant feedback on their work. <br /> <br /> “I have difficulty with writing, but it’s easier when I can get help from my teacher. Before using Docs, I’d have to wait a few days or weeks after turning in an assignment to see my teacher’s edits. In Docs, [my teacher] can suggest the edits to me and I can make them myself before turning in the assignment,” says one fourth-grader at Carroll School. <br /> <br /> This ongoing feedback and interaction also helps our students stay engaged and on-task. When students see their teacher in a shared homework assignment, responding to their work in real-time, it motivates them to stay on top of their work.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z_qNNnusl8_SuFQyMKBnS0SuLErGjvHoGrpQBvnDx1yaRjguR2d4P4xeDdhLTHiNEDho__2XaXc2HdCipdVYqR7nYpLJLUpJ1JMIR-buKOEYvSYcnshnQSBEO04i6MgDUi4w3jYJjSLM/s1600/image02.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Z_qNNnusl8_SuFQyMKBnS0SuLErGjvHoGrpQBvnDx1yaRjguR2d4P4xeDdhLTHiNEDho__2XaXc2HdCipdVYqR7nYpLJLUpJ1JMIR-buKOEYvSYcnshnQSBEO04i6MgDUi4w3jYJjSLM/s640/image02.png" width="640" /></a></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>Organization is now a given</b></h3> <br /> Kids of every age — and many adults too — struggle to stay organized, especially when keeping track of multiple assignments, papers and resources. Organization is important for students to succeed in the classroom. By using the cloud to store their work, our students’ now complete and turn in more assignments in an organized way, and stay on top of their tasks. <br /> <br /> Students can access their schoolwork easily in class or at home. Says one ninth-grader, “I find myself printing way less. Last year, I had to print out almost all of my homework, but now I can just turn it in with <a href="https://classroom.google.com/u/0/ineligible" target="_blank">Google Classroom</a>.” Additionally, students say they feel more prepared for class. “With Classroom I have all of my classes in one place, so I don’t have to run around to each teacher to check on stuff,” says a ninth-grader at the school. <br /> <br /> Technology is making a visible impact. It’s helping our students succeed in the classroom. Now, both students and teachers say that more assignments are turned in on time and students are more confident. There’s one downside, says one fourth-grader at the school, “Unfortunately, this means we can’t use not knowing the assignment as an excuse for not doing our homework anymore!” Though I think that’s one downside we can live with. </div> </div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Technology fast-tracks success for students with language-based disabilities &url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='0' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/06/technology-fast-tracks-success-for-students-with-language-based-disabilities.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Classroom' rel='tag'> Classroom </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Docs' rel='tag'> Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/GAFE' rel='tag'> GAFE </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Classroom' rel='tag'> Google Classroom </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8585739710381612435' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/after-busy-MA-activity-AOL-unifies-with-Google-Apps.html' itemprop='url' title='After busy M&A activity, AOL unifies with Google Apps'> After busy M&A activity, AOL unifies with Google Apps </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Tuesday, May 31, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Steve Coulbourne, Technical Director, AOL</span><br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note: </b>Today we hear from Steve Coulbourne, technical director at <a href="http://www.aol.com/" target="_blank">AOL</a>, a global digital media and technology company focused on “Culture and Code.”<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> I’ve been part of the AOL team for more than 15 years. In that time I’ve seen the technology we use evolve immensely. When I first started, the company had standard desktops and a legacy IT system. Since then, we’ve shifted from clunky hardware and software to “lightweight enterprise” — prioritizing convenient, immediate access and ease of use.<br /> <br /> Our CEO, Tim Armstrong, believes that if you keep doing things the same way, you’ll continue to get the same results. We take this philosophy seriously when it comes to our technology. Our global Chief Technology Officer, William Pence, provided clear vision for modern, cloud-based, and forward looking technologies, which propelled our investment and focus in this space. When we decided to start using <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a>, we were most interested in unifying and improving how we work together across teams — especially between AOL’s different entities.<br /> <br /> In recent years, we’ve completed many acquisitions (think Huffington Post, TechCrunch, and the integration of Verizon’s Digital Media Services to name a few). Having Google Apps during the period of potential confusion and chaos has helped us perform due diligence activities even quicker. <br /> <br /> We started exploring Google Apps in 2010 and chose it over Office 365 because Microsoft required us to staff a whole team to manage SharePoint and its infrastructure. We also realized that adoption of Google Apps would be easier and more cost effective because of Google’s reputation for ease of use and the familiarity many of our employees already had with its tools.<br /> <br /> Over the course of six months, we unified 13 domains into one with help from a third-party integrator to move from Microsoft Exchange to Google. From a set-up perspective, it took about two to three weeks to get everyone up and running with local peer (i.e., collaboration champions) and IT helpdesk support. Employees immediately started sharing their favorite Apps “hacks” with colleagues (for example, we use <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/forms/" target="_blank">Google Forms</a> for invite submissions, which alerts employees when events are filled and creates a culture of excitement and inclusion). <br /> <br /> As a result, we were able to decommission 18 of our 22 globally distributed Messaging servers (more than 80 percent), eliminating 130 terabytes (TB) of drive space needs. We’re also migrating on-premise file shares into Google Apps, which will allow us to reallocate another 120 TB of file storage.<br /> <br /> I led the initiative for company-wide adoption of <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Google Drive</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a>, and the entire company has been fully migrated since February 2015. With recent acquisitions, we've quickly integrated our collaboration tools to maintain focus on business value and production.<br /> <br /> In terms of security (such as granting and denying access to data as needed), we’ve reduced costs. When you’re working in the cloud, there’s no need to bring on a third-party vendor to ensure data is secure. Moving away from premise-based solutions has provided us the flexibility to decrease our acquisition integration timeline from a messaging and collaboration perspective. We’re now able to offer the services of companies we acquire the same day that a deal is signed.<br /> <br /> In certain instances, the collaboration capabilities of Google Apps enabled quicker time to market for our products. For example, the content and assets for each morning’s AOL homepage is queued up in real time on Drive. Also, our Business Communications team can edit articles at the same time — greatly reducing time to publication.<br /> <br /> With multiple brands under the AOL umbrella, Apps also allows us to be more transparent and give everyone access to files and documents. With Apps, our employees are productive from anywhere — whether it’s on AOL’s campus or on the network — and connected as a unified team.</div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Steve Coulbourne, Technical Director, AOL</span><br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note: </b>Today we hear from Steve Coulbourne, technical director at <a href="http://www.aol.com/" target="_blank">AOL</a>, a global digital media and technology company focused on “Culture and Code.”<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> I’ve been part of the AOL team for more than 15 years. In that time I’ve seen the technology we use evolve immensely. When I first started, the company had standard desktops and a legacy IT system. Since then, we’ve shifted from clunky hardware and software to “lightweight enterprise” — prioritizing convenient, immediate access and ease of use.<br /> <br /> Our CEO, Tim Armstrong, believes that if you keep doing things the same way, you’ll continue to get the same results. We take this philosophy seriously when it comes to our technology. Our global Chief Technology Officer, William Pence, provided clear vision for modern, cloud-based, and forward looking technologies, which propelled our investment and focus in this space. When we decided to start using <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a>, we were most interested in unifying and improving how we work together across teams — especially between AOL’s different entities.<br /> <br /> In recent years, we’ve completed many acquisitions (think Huffington Post, TechCrunch, and the integration of Verizon’s Digital Media Services to name a few). Having Google Apps during the period of potential confusion and chaos has helped us perform due diligence activities even quicker. <br /> <br /> We started exploring Google Apps in 2010 and chose it over Office 365 because Microsoft required us to staff a whole team to manage SharePoint and its infrastructure. We also realized that adoption of Google Apps would be easier and more cost effective because of Google’s reputation for ease of use and the familiarity many of our employees already had with its tools.<br /> <br /> Over the course of six months, we unified 13 domains into one with help from a third-party integrator to move from Microsoft Exchange to Google. From a set-up perspective, it took about two to three weeks to get everyone up and running with local peer (i.e., collaboration champions) and IT helpdesk support. Employees immediately started sharing their favorite Apps “hacks” with colleagues (for example, we use <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/forms/" target="_blank">Google Forms</a> for invite submissions, which alerts employees when events are filled and creates a culture of excitement and inclusion). <br /> <br /> As a result, we were able to decommission 18 of our 22 globally distributed Messaging servers (more than 80 percent), eliminating 130 terabytes (TB) of drive space needs. We’re also migrating on-premise file shares into Google Apps, which will allow us to reallocate another 120 TB of file storage.<br /> <br /> I led the initiative for company-wide adoption of <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Google Drive</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a>, and the entire company has been fully migrated since February 2015. With recent acquisitions, we've quickly integrated our collaboration tools to maintain focus on business value and production.<br /> <br /> In terms of security (such as granting and denying access to data as needed), we’ve reduced costs. When you’re working in the cloud, there’s no need to bring on a third-party vendor to ensure data is secure. Moving away from premise-based solutions has provided us the flexibility to decrease our acquisition integration timeline from a messaging and collaboration perspective. We’re now able to offer the services of companies we acquire the same day that a deal is signed.<br /> <br /> In certain instances, the collaboration capabilities of Google Apps enabled quicker time to market for our products. For example, the content and assets for each morning’s AOL homepage is queued up in real time on Drive. Also, our Business Communications team can edit articles at the same time — greatly reducing time to publication.<br /> <br /> With multiple brands under the AOL umbrella, Apps also allows us to be more transparent and give everyone access to files and documents. With Apps, our employees are productive from anywhere — whether it’s on AOL’s campus or on the network — and connected as a unified team.</div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/after-busy-MA-activity-AOL-unifies-with-Google-Apps.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:After busy M&A activity, AOL unifies with Google Apps&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/after-busy-MA-activity-AOL-unifies-with-Google-Apps.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/after-busy-MA-activity-AOL-unifies-with-Google-Apps.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='5' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/after-busy-MA-activity-AOL-unifies-with-Google-Apps.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/after-busy-MA-activity-AOL-unifies-with-Google-Apps.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/after-busy-MA-activity-AOL-unifies-with-Google-Apps.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/customer%20love' rel='tag'> customer love </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Gone%20Google' rel='tag'> Gone Google </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Drive' rel='tag'> Google Drive </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Forms' rel='tag'> Google Forms </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Hangouts' rel='tag'> Google Hangouts </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8493937735505048769' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-Mimeo-moves-fast-as-a-global-company-using-Google-Apps.html' itemprop='url' title='How Mimeo moves fast as a global company using Google Apps'> How Mimeo moves fast as a global company using Google Apps </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Monday, May 23, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Doug Bohaboy, VP of Marketing, <a href="https://www.mimeo.com/" target="_blank">Mimeo</a><br /> </span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Doug Bohaboy of <a href="https://www.mimeo.com/" target="_blank">Mimeo</a>, a content distribution and digital printing company based in New York City. Learn how Google Apps helped Mimeo deliver at breakneck speed while keeping its employees connected.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> When I first started at Mimeo, a content distribution and digital printing company, in 2005, we had fewer than 100 employees. I could stand up and talk to anyone in our New York office. I knew everyone.<br /> <br /> Today, we have over 800 employees in six locations, including four international offices in the UK, Germany, India and China. Our New York office had ballooned to multiple floors. That’s why we turned to <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a> to keep our distributed workforce productive, efficient and competitive in an evolving market. <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangouts</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Google Docs</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a> keep us organized and coordinated across multiple time zones.<br /> <br /> To compete with other online suppliers, we need to move fast and fulfill orders quickly. Customers can place an order for a complex printed document on our website at 10 p.m. EST and expect it to be fulfilled and delivered the next day. This means people at our New York headquarters need to communicate rapidly with our global manufacturing facilities. With Hangouts, our teams can video or text chat instantly from any device, whether it’s a desktop computer or mobile phone, at any time of day or night. <br /> <br /> We made the switch to Google Apps from Microsoft Exchange in 2010 to give people tools to work more closely together — without wasting time on IT issues. Before 2010, our IT team had to deal with issues that didn’t add value to the company, like scheduled server maintenance and helping employees fix email problems. These minor issues added up to 1,000 hours each year. Now, our IT team spends 100-200 hours a year addressing minor issues — equating to huge financial and time savings. <br /> <br /> Google Apps, and particularly Docs, increases our efficiency. Today we create about 90 percent of our documents using Docs. Employees often collaboratively edit documents together when they’re sitting across the room from each other. Docs also makes meetings more efficient by giving us the ability to take shared notes and assign owners. The whole team doesn’t need to be in every meeting — we can tag team members who need to share their input on one small section, and they can contribute on their own time. <br /> <br /> With offices in the UK, Germany, China and India, we use Hangouts to collaborate more meaningfully with more face-to-face time. The ease of meeting person to person also helps us appreciate the cultural diversity of our team, which contributes to our open culture that embraces diverse ideas and paths to problem solving. Whether from Memphis or Berlin, any of us could easily hop on a video chat in Hangouts while also having access to intuitive tools, making training new employees from any location seamless.<br /> <br /> As companies like ours grow increasingly global, Google Apps is helping to create more mobile, flexible work environments. Our biggest goal is to do more for our customers while keeping our employees in sync by making Mimeo a great place to work. We know that our customers depend on Mimeo for fast, reliable service that consistently exceeds their expectations. Google Apps helps our employees make the most of their time and creativity, ensuring we retain the competitive advantage that’s made us a globally recognized company.<br /> <br /> <br /></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Doug Bohaboy, VP of Marketing, <a href="https://www.mimeo.com/" target="_blank">Mimeo</a><br /> </span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Doug Bohaboy of <a href="https://www.mimeo.com/" target="_blank">Mimeo</a>, a content distribution and digital printing company based in New York City. Learn how Google Apps helped Mimeo deliver at breakneck speed while keeping its employees connected.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> When I first started at Mimeo, a content distribution and digital printing company, in 2005, we had fewer than 100 employees. I could stand up and talk to anyone in our New York office. I knew everyone.<br /> <br /> Today, we have over 800 employees in six locations, including four international offices in the UK, Germany, India and China. Our New York office had ballooned to multiple floors. That’s why we turned to <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a> to keep our distributed workforce productive, efficient and competitive in an evolving market. <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangouts</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Google Docs</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a> keep us organized and coordinated across multiple time zones.<br /> <br /> To compete with other online suppliers, we need to move fast and fulfill orders quickly. Customers can place an order for a complex printed document on our website at 10 p.m. EST and expect it to be fulfilled and delivered the next day. This means people at our New York headquarters need to communicate rapidly with our global manufacturing facilities. With Hangouts, our teams can video or text chat instantly from any device, whether it’s a desktop computer or mobile phone, at any time of day or night. <br /> <br /> We made the switch to Google Apps from Microsoft Exchange in 2010 to give people tools to work more closely together — without wasting time on IT issues. Before 2010, our IT team had to deal with issues that didn’t add value to the company, like scheduled server maintenance and helping employees fix email problems. These minor issues added up to 1,000 hours each year. Now, our IT team spends 100-200 hours a year addressing minor issues — equating to huge financial and time savings. <br /> <br /> Google Apps, and particularly Docs, increases our efficiency. Today we create about 90 percent of our documents using Docs. Employees often collaboratively edit documents together when they’re sitting across the room from each other. Docs also makes meetings more efficient by giving us the ability to take shared notes and assign owners. The whole team doesn’t need to be in every meeting — we can tag team members who need to share their input on one small section, and they can contribute on their own time. <br /> <br /> With offices in the UK, Germany, China and India, we use Hangouts to collaborate more meaningfully with more face-to-face time. The ease of meeting person to person also helps us appreciate the cultural diversity of our team, which contributes to our open culture that embraces diverse ideas and paths to problem solving. Whether from Memphis or Berlin, any of us could easily hop on a video chat in Hangouts while also having access to intuitive tools, making training new employees from any location seamless.<br /> <br /> As companies like ours grow increasingly global, Google Apps is helping to create more mobile, flexible work environments. Our biggest goal is to do more for our customers while keeping our employees in sync by making Mimeo a great place to work. We know that our customers depend on Mimeo for fast, reliable service that consistently exceeds their expectations. Google Apps helps our employees make the most of their time and creativity, ensuring we retain the competitive advantage that’s made us a globally recognized company.<br /> <br /> <br /></div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-Mimeo-moves-fast-as-a-global-company-using-Google-Apps.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:How Mimeo moves fast as a global company using Google Apps&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-Mimeo-moves-fast-as-a-global-company-using-Google-Apps.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-Mimeo-moves-fast-as-a-global-company-using-Google-Apps.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='4' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-Mimeo-moves-fast-as-a-global-company-using-Google-Apps.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-Mimeo-moves-fast-as-a-global-company-using-Google-Apps.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-Mimeo-moves-fast-as-a-global-company-using-Google-Apps.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Calendar' rel='tag'> Google Calendar </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Hangouts' rel='tag'> Google Hangouts </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='6631190795253560982' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-oil-and-gas-company-Imaginea-Energy-built-a-productivity-pipeline.html' itemprop='url' title=' How oil and gas company Imaginea Energy built a productivity pipeline'> How oil and gas company Imaginea Energy built a productivity pipeline </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Tuesday, May 17, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Greg Bennett, <a href="http://imagineaenergy.com/" target="_blank">Imaginea</a></span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Greg Bennett of <a href="http://imagineaenergy.com/" target="_blank">Imaginea Energy</a>, an oil and gas company based in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Learn how Google Apps helps Imaginea defy industry stereotypes as they work to produce energy sustainably, securely and profitably.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> At Imaginea Energy, our vision is an Oil and Gas industry that is much better for the Planet, and for People, and for Profits. This vision is reflected in our culture, the mindsets of our people as well as in our organizational model. Together, our organizational model and culture promote curiosity, teamwork and 10X thinking — values that affect everything from our team-driven project pitches, to idea generation to the tools that are integral to creating solutions that match our aspirations, like <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Work</a>.<br /> <br /> We switched from our previous platform because our legacy storage, productivity and email tools didn’t reflect our open and transparent culture or our vision of the future. The closed IT environment made it difficult to collaborate together beyond very small teams: file-sharing was non-existent, which created insane revision situations and confusion about document version control. <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Google Drive </a>changes all of that. We've migrated nearly 260,000 files to Drive, all of which can be accessed from anywhere, on any device, without deploying a rigid shared drive structure.<br /> <br /> Google <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/slides/" target="_blank">Slides</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/forms/" target="_blank">Forms</a> have absolutely transformed how we work together. With real-time editing, commenting and data collection, we can quickly share ideas and insights and rapidly move work forward together. At a recent meeting we had over 30 people generate 20 pages of new ideas in under two hours. Seamless collaboration and rapid ideation like this simply wasn’t possible before.<br /> <br /> Google Apps for Work combined with our flexible working environment provide maximum autonomy, which our employees leverage to increase their productivity both in and out of the office. Visit our headquarters on a Friday and you might find up to 40% of our people foregoing their commute in favour of working from home (or a coffee shop, or a park). This flexibility really works for our company and our team. <br /> <br /> With access to information online or <a href="https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375012?hl=en" target="_blank">offline</a>, the ability to work remotely extends to the vast 30,000 km2 of rolling prairie that our operations cover. Operators can capture data even without internet access. Once they re-connect, all of their offline work is instantly synced, eliminating redundant data-entry and confusion.<br /> <br /> Our ability to work from anywhere has been further enhanced by using <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangouts</a>. Whether a field operator is at one of our 600+ active wells or a team member is running a training presentation from 7,000 kms away in Europe, Hangouts connects our people face-to-face. Our field staff have cut down on the 500 km round trip visits to headquarters — now they can spend more time on-site, and less time driving by communicating and holding meeting via Hangouts. Reducing driving time increases the safety of our team, and also reduces our environmental footprint and operating costs. <br /> <br /> Not only has switching to Google Apps saved us significant time, it will also reduce our IT spend. By mid-2016, we’ll have saved over 50 percent on IT maintenance, money that can be redeployed to develop solutions to business problems and maximising our team’s capabilities. <br /> <br /> Google Apps gives us the security we need without compromising information flow or flexibility. The <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/admin/" target="_blank">Admin console</a> lets us customize mobile device management and quickly respond to changing security events. On a recent trip to Paris, a company device was stolen on the subway. Within 12 minutes, access credentials were changed and our data was secured. This security extends behind the scenes to every part of Google Apps. We may never have world-leading security experts on our staff, but luckily we don’t have to: Google does. Having trust in our tools, combined with the trust we invest in our employees, means we can focus on creating value without obsessing over security. <br /> <br /> At Imaginea, we defy industry stereotypes by focusing on Planet, People and Profit together. When you set out to reimagine an industry like oil and gas, achieving that vision is only possible with the right people and the right tools. With Google Apps, we’ve set course to truly transform our business and the energy industry. </div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Greg Bennett, <a href="http://imagineaenergy.com/" target="_blank">Imaginea</a></span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Greg Bennett of <a href="http://imagineaenergy.com/" target="_blank">Imaginea Energy</a>, an oil and gas company based in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Learn how Google Apps helps Imaginea defy industry stereotypes as they work to produce energy sustainably, securely and profitably.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> At Imaginea Energy, our vision is an Oil and Gas industry that is much better for the Planet, and for People, and for Profits. This vision is reflected in our culture, the mindsets of our people as well as in our organizational model. Together, our organizational model and culture promote curiosity, teamwork and 10X thinking — values that affect everything from our team-driven project pitches, to idea generation to the tools that are integral to creating solutions that match our aspirations, like <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Work</a>.<br /> <br /> We switched from our previous platform because our legacy storage, productivity and email tools didn’t reflect our open and transparent culture or our vision of the future. The closed IT environment made it difficult to collaborate together beyond very small teams: file-sharing was non-existent, which created insane revision situations and confusion about document version control. <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Google Drive </a>changes all of that. We've migrated nearly 260,000 files to Drive, all of which can be accessed from anywhere, on any device, without deploying a rigid shared drive structure.<br /> <br /> Google <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a>, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/slides/" target="_blank">Slides</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/forms/" target="_blank">Forms</a> have absolutely transformed how we work together. With real-time editing, commenting and data collection, we can quickly share ideas and insights and rapidly move work forward together. At a recent meeting we had over 30 people generate 20 pages of new ideas in under two hours. Seamless collaboration and rapid ideation like this simply wasn’t possible before.<br /> <br /> Google Apps for Work combined with our flexible working environment provide maximum autonomy, which our employees leverage to increase their productivity both in and out of the office. Visit our headquarters on a Friday and you might find up to 40% of our people foregoing their commute in favour of working from home (or a coffee shop, or a park). This flexibility really works for our company and our team. <br /> <br /> With access to information online or <a href="https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375012?hl=en" target="_blank">offline</a>, the ability to work remotely extends to the vast 30,000 km2 of rolling prairie that our operations cover. Operators can capture data even without internet access. Once they re-connect, all of their offline work is instantly synced, eliminating redundant data-entry and confusion.<br /> <br /> Our ability to work from anywhere has been further enhanced by using <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangouts</a>. Whether a field operator is at one of our 600+ active wells or a team member is running a training presentation from 7,000 kms away in Europe, Hangouts connects our people face-to-face. Our field staff have cut down on the 500 km round trip visits to headquarters — now they can spend more time on-site, and less time driving by communicating and holding meeting via Hangouts. Reducing driving time increases the safety of our team, and also reduces our environmental footprint and operating costs. <br /> <br /> Not only has switching to Google Apps saved us significant time, it will also reduce our IT spend. By mid-2016, we’ll have saved over 50 percent on IT maintenance, money that can be redeployed to develop solutions to business problems and maximising our team’s capabilities. <br /> <br /> Google Apps gives us the security we need without compromising information flow or flexibility. The <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/admin/" target="_blank">Admin console</a> lets us customize mobile device management and quickly respond to changing security events. On a recent trip to Paris, a company device was stolen on the subway. Within 12 minutes, access credentials were changed and our data was secured. This security extends behind the scenes to every part of Google Apps. We may never have world-leading security experts on our staff, but luckily we don’t have to: Google does. Having trust in our tools, combined with the trust we invest in our employees, means we can focus on creating value without obsessing over security. <br /> <br /> At Imaginea, we defy industry stereotypes by focusing on Planet, People and Profit together. When you set out to reimagine an industry like oil and gas, achieving that vision is only possible with the right people and the right tools. With Google Apps, we’ve set course to truly transform our business and the energy industry. </div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-oil-and-gas-company-Imaginea-Energy-built-a-productivity-pipeline.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog: How oil and gas company Imaginea Energy built a productivity pipeline&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-oil-and-gas-company-Imaginea-Energy-built-a-productivity-pipeline.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-oil-and-gas-company-Imaginea-Energy-built-a-productivity-pipeline.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='3' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-oil-and-gas-company-Imaginea-Energy-built-a-productivity-pipeline.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-oil-and-gas-company-Imaginea-Energy-built-a-productivity-pipeline.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/how-oil-and-gas-company-Imaginea-Energy-built-a-productivity-pipeline.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Admin%20console' rel='tag'> Admin console </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/customer%20love' rel='tag'> customer love </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Gone%20Google' rel='tag'> Gone Google </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Drive' rel='tag'> Google Drive </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Forms' rel='tag'> Google Forms </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Hangouts' rel='tag'> Google Hangouts </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Slides%20API' rel='tag'> Google Slides API </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='1896176501101557286' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/Shoes-of-Prey-embraces-a-design-your-own-experience-for-bespoke-shoes-and-workplace-technology.html' itemprop='url' title='Shoes of Prey embraces a “design your own” experience for bespoke shoes and workplace technology'> Shoes of Prey embraces a “design your own” experience for bespoke shoes and workplace technology </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Thursday, May 5, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted Mike Knapp, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Shoes of Prey</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today’s guest post is by Mike Knapp, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Shoes of Prey. Shoes of Prey creates handmade, bespoke women’s shoes designed by the customer.</i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfAtw3wp8FXtYxHVmy0FAtzTtxyJrR10jSwRv09MYO-mlicMbpEliih70UBNDNAQYJOWXaUbUG3oCdG7y1a-HAXR5IahkiXywyvWFjic_ZqjU8tqj5-fH_m1svOWXJjdb0SVXfDJ5NBA/s1600/shoes-of-prey-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfAtw3wp8FXtYxHVmy0FAtzTtxyJrR10jSwRv09MYO-mlicMbpEliih70UBNDNAQYJOWXaUbUG3oCdG7y1a-HAXR5IahkiXywyvWFjic_ZqjU8tqj5-fH_m1svOWXJjdb0SVXfDJ5NBA/s400/shoes-of-prey-3.png" width="338" /></a></div> Like a lot of tech companies these days, <a href="https://www.shoesofprey.com/" target="_blank">Shoes of Prey</a> started as an exchange of ideas between a few friends — in my case, casual discussion with longtime friends from college, Michael and Jodie Fox. That day, a little magic happened for us when we landed on an idea that would spark interest for customers around the world — an online platform built to inspire creativity and truly honor individual expression. Shoes of Prey allows customers to design their own made-to-order shoes from anywhere via our online store, as long as they have Wi-Fi access.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPq-_z0Tbxfkf44OoL1qCwVTg5Dm-Uh7VaH7ZiXwYPwqC3PEqH8FFSLe5W6Da7QMYRCpq3uGqO4d0PjCXeRzqgp8FoGYVH6S4V3tM2jnfC7tX7O-9TWlPzAHJePGuSdTVGxC4BNJOQEfU/s1600/shoes-of-prey-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPq-_z0Tbxfkf44OoL1qCwVTg5Dm-Uh7VaH7ZiXwYPwqC3PEqH8FFSLe5W6Da7QMYRCpq3uGqO4d0PjCXeRzqgp8FoGYVH6S4V3tM2jnfC7tX7O-9TWlPzAHJePGuSdTVGxC4BNJOQEfU/s640/shoes-of-prey-1.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The flexibility and freedom to be as creative with our personal expression as we choose is at the core of what we offer to customers, and we want the same from our workplace technology. We use cloud-based tools like <a href="https://www.google.com/work/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a> that allow employees to work how they want, from wherever they please. <br /> <br /> Sharing information is particularly crucial now that we’re a global team with offices in the U.S., the Philippines, Australia, Japan and China. We save thousands of dollars we’d otherwise spend on travel by meeting face-to-face over <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangouts</a> and working simultaneously in shared <a href="https://www.google.com/docs/about/" target="_blank">Google Docs</a>.<br /> <br /> Being able to write a document with people in three different offices at the same time is incredibly powerful. We compile our weekly global newsletter in a single shared Doc. Each team contributes its updates when ready, and there’s no need for multiple meetings and back-and-forth email attachments. Most teams share their weekly meeting notes in Docs as well. <br /> <br /> We also use <a href="https://www.google.com/sheets/about/" target="_blank">Google Sheets</a> to manage financial budgeting across teams and have a singled shared master Sheet to track monthly expenses and cash flow. Each team updates its expenses in a designated Sheet and then the team lead or manager updates the master, which is access-controlled. <br /> <br /> With Google Apps, we can maintain a highly collaborative culture and keep our data secure. Thanks to sophisticated sharing settings in Docs, we’re able to share customer and employee information only with intended recipients, grant specific permissions and adjust who has access even after sharing a link. We know that we have Google’s security experts watching out for us, which gives us peace of mind. <br /> <br /> We’ve grown our company using Google Apps from day one, and I can’t imagine working any other way. Once you've worked this way, there’s no other way to work. And we’ve saved thousands of dollars by not having to hire people to manage servers or perform software updates, as these are automated with Google. Google Apps keeps our talented workforce from getting bogged down with outdated or mundane processes so that it can continue to create the best experience — and shoes — for our customers.</div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted Mike Knapp, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Shoes of Prey</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today’s guest post is by Mike Knapp, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Shoes of Prey. Shoes of Prey creates handmade, bespoke women’s shoes designed by the customer.</i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfAtw3wp8FXtYxHVmy0FAtzTtxyJrR10jSwRv09MYO-mlicMbpEliih70UBNDNAQYJOWXaUbUG3oCdG7y1a-HAXR5IahkiXywyvWFjic_ZqjU8tqj5-fH_m1svOWXJjdb0SVXfDJ5NBA/s1600/shoes-of-prey-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfAtw3wp8FXtYxHVmy0FAtzTtxyJrR10jSwRv09MYO-mlicMbpEliih70UBNDNAQYJOWXaUbUG3oCdG7y1a-HAXR5IahkiXywyvWFjic_ZqjU8tqj5-fH_m1svOWXJjdb0SVXfDJ5NBA/s400/shoes-of-prey-3.png" width="338" /></a></div> Like a lot of tech companies these days, <a href="https://www.shoesofprey.com/" target="_blank">Shoes of Prey</a> started as an exchange of ideas between a few friends — in my case, casual discussion with longtime friends from college, Michael and Jodie Fox. That day, a little magic happened for us when we landed on an idea that would spark interest for customers around the world — an online platform built to inspire creativity and truly honor individual expression. Shoes of Prey allows customers to design their own made-to-order shoes from anywhere via our online store, as long as they have Wi-Fi access.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPq-_z0Tbxfkf44OoL1qCwVTg5Dm-Uh7VaH7ZiXwYPwqC3PEqH8FFSLe5W6Da7QMYRCpq3uGqO4d0PjCXeRzqgp8FoGYVH6S4V3tM2jnfC7tX7O-9TWlPzAHJePGuSdTVGxC4BNJOQEfU/s1600/shoes-of-prey-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPq-_z0Tbxfkf44OoL1qCwVTg5Dm-Uh7VaH7ZiXwYPwqC3PEqH8FFSLe5W6Da7QMYRCpq3uGqO4d0PjCXeRzqgp8FoGYVH6S4V3tM2jnfC7tX7O-9TWlPzAHJePGuSdTVGxC4BNJOQEfU/s640/shoes-of-prey-1.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The flexibility and freedom to be as creative with our personal expression as we choose is at the core of what we offer to customers, and we want the same from our workplace technology. We use cloud-based tools like <a href="https://www.google.com/work/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a> that allow employees to work how they want, from wherever they please. <br /> <br /> Sharing information is particularly crucial now that we’re a global team with offices in the U.S., the Philippines, Australia, Japan and China. We save thousands of dollars we’d otherwise spend on travel by meeting face-to-face over <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangouts</a> and working simultaneously in shared <a href="https://www.google.com/docs/about/" target="_blank">Google Docs</a>.<br /> <br /> Being able to write a document with people in three different offices at the same time is incredibly powerful. We compile our weekly global newsletter in a single shared Doc. Each team contributes its updates when ready, and there’s no need for multiple meetings and back-and-forth email attachments. Most teams share their weekly meeting notes in Docs as well. <br /> <br /> We also use <a href="https://www.google.com/sheets/about/" target="_blank">Google Sheets</a> to manage financial budgeting across teams and have a singled shared master Sheet to track monthly expenses and cash flow. Each team updates its expenses in a designated Sheet and then the team lead or manager updates the master, which is access-controlled. <br /> <br /> With Google Apps, we can maintain a highly collaborative culture and keep our data secure. Thanks to sophisticated sharing settings in Docs, we’re able to share customer and employee information only with intended recipients, grant specific permissions and adjust who has access even after sharing a link. We know that we have Google’s security experts watching out for us, which gives us peace of mind. <br /> <br /> We’ve grown our company using Google Apps from day one, and I can’t imagine working any other way. Once you've worked this way, there’s no other way to work. And we’ve saved thousands of dollars by not having to hire people to manage servers or perform software updates, as these are automated with Google. Google Apps keeps our talented workforce from getting bogged down with outdated or mundane processes so that it can continue to create the best experience — and shoes — for our customers.</div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/Shoes-of-Prey-embraces-a-design-your-own-experience-for-bespoke-shoes-and-workplace-technology.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Shoes of Prey embraces a “design your own” experience for bespoke shoes and workplace technology&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/Shoes-of-Prey-embraces-a-design-your-own-experience-for-bespoke-shoes-and-workplace-technology.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/Shoes-of-Prey-embraces-a-design-your-own-experience-for-bespoke-shoes-and-workplace-technology.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='1' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/Shoes-of-Prey-embraces-a-design-your-own-experience-for-bespoke-shoes-and-workplace-technology.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/Shoes-of-Prey-embraces-a-design-your-own-experience-for-bespoke-shoes-and-workplace-technology.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/05/Shoes-of-Prey-embraces-a-design-your-own-experience-for-bespoke-shoes-and-workplace-technology.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/customer%20love' rel='tag'> customer love </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Gone%20Google' rel='tag'> Gone Google </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Hangouts' rel='tag'> Google Hangouts </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Sheets' rel='tag'> Google Sheets </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8300886915300549533' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/04/UK-County-Council-ranked-first-for-flexible-working-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html' itemprop='url' title='UK County Council ranked first for flexible working with Google Apps for Work'> UK County Council ranked first for flexible working with Google Apps for Work </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Sunday, April 17, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Tonino Ciuffini, Head of Information Assets, Warwickshire County Council, Warwick, UK</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Tonino Ciuffini, Head of Information Assets at Warwickshire County Council, the local authority for Warwickshire, UK. The council handles social care, highways, public health, the fire service, economic development, education and more for the region’s 540,000 citizens. Read how £260,000 a year is just the start of their savings with Google Apps for Work.</i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSaRSmnc-Td3fNTiThC2yKpeUNHR7JgPEXf7dcVHg42Lm6V-AgzBeHe2o0g88L99SaC_ZkzJWoa5TaQ3flzvDF3BGsJm-4TCbTZLX4pSBxaLg_7wBH3V0n8iFnM8Xa5ZkNunAHZBc27g/s1600/warwickshire-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSaRSmnc-Td3fNTiThC2yKpeUNHR7JgPEXf7dcVHg42Lm6V-AgzBeHe2o0g88L99SaC_ZkzJWoa5TaQ3flzvDF3BGsJm-4TCbTZLX4pSBxaLg_7wBH3V0n8iFnM8Xa5ZkNunAHZBc27g/s320/warwickshire-2.png" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> The best thing about the work we do is the sheer range of ways we help people. While one group works to bring broadband to small businesses, another will tackle a fire or care for children in need. So when the government cut our council budget by 20%, we knew we faced tough decisions. For IT in particular, a £2,000,000 cut to our budget meant we had to look at all options for new ways of operating, and helped drive the decision to replace our 20-year-old email system. But it wasn’t just about saving money in the short-term. We wanted to share our facilities more effectively, improve the flexibility of our IT for staff and make it easier to work with external partners. Google was a perfect fit.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM97TWiEV0jSzfukDUTkzuGSS_d9uF_CnNrJGc2vhyphenhyphencM-Nah3PR5Mqx1iAWhO9Fh9rGgXwwN4m2X4J4ua4Wm-N_ToB54L8trGDXGZC_2bQN8JR32eYoQNuXZRuQac4v9oa3QS4CYARBAI/s1600/warwickshire-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM97TWiEV0jSzfukDUTkzuGSS_d9uF_CnNrJGc2vhyphenhyphencM-Nah3PR5Mqx1iAWhO9Fh9rGgXwwN4m2X4J4ua4Wm-N_ToB54L8trGDXGZC_2bQN8JR32eYoQNuXZRuQac4v9oa3QS4CYARBAI/s320/warwickshire-1.png" width="284" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tonino Ciuffini, Head of Information, Assets, Warwickshire County Council</td></tr> </tbody></table> Deploying 5,500 Google Apps accounts was much easier than I had imagined. With the help of <a href="https://www.cloudsolutions.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cloud Technology Solutions</a>, who provided migration tools, advice and support, we migrated 3,000 users in just 8 weeks. Now Google Apps saves us £260,000 a year that we would have spent on our old system: £100,000 on licenses, £100,000 on infrastructure and £60,000 on support staff. But the really significant savings go deeper than that, and come from efficiencies made right across the organisation.<br /> <br /> <b>Saving time by working together on <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Drive</a></b>. Instead of multiple versions of a document flying around on email, or saving documents to unrestricted servers, staff can work together on a single document on Drive, comment, make changes, choose their own access settings and even share documents with external agencies. This has also led to increased collaboration between staff and teams.<br /> <b><br /> </b> <b>The mobility of web-based apps frees office space</b>. We now have the flexibility to not only work from home or elsewhere, but to also work more closely with customers and partners. When working on-site with the police or health workers, council staff can essentially take the office with them.<br /> <b><br /> </b> <b>Saving on transport costs with <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a></b>. Face-to-face meetings with the citizens we serve are still important, but cutting out the financial and time costs of travelling to internal meetings generates further savings.<br /> <br /> <b>Cutting bureaucracy with <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a></b>. Taking notes during meetings on Docs eliminates the need to type notes afterwards. Everyone can leave comments, which improves accuracy and transparency, and voting with <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/forms/" target="_blank">Forms</a> gives us immediate, presentable results in Sheets.<br /> <br /> <b>Google logins make working simple</b>. We no longer waste time dealing with forgotten passwords or typing separate logins into different applications. And being able to use multiple logins on a single device saves money on hardware, too: teams going to trade shows can share a single Nexus 9 tablet and log in simultaneously instead of using one device each.<br /> <br /> <b>Automatic upgrades saves on IT maintenance and keep us ahead of developments</b>. In the four years that we’ve used Google Apps, every upgrade has felt like a natural evolution, and we’ve never had to implement new training to accommodate changes.<br /> <br /> Google Apps has improved our effectiveness, too. Our team of four roadworks inspectors use Apps on tablets to be on the road for 80% instead of 50% of their day, significantly improving compliance with timetables for roadworks. And our family social workers use <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Calendar</a> to advance safety by ensuring teams know where they are.<br /> <br /> We also use notes on Drive to improve security and save paper with digital notes. At the top of our organisation, most of our elected county councillors have other jobs and don't work in our offices. Now they use Google Apps on a device of their choice, instead of clunky remote access systems, and check in more often to keep track of progress.<br /> <br /> Budget cuts made life complicated for everyone at the council, but satisfaction with our IT system has actually increased during this difficult period. In the year we introduced Google Apps, our staff satisfaction scores increased in all 55 categories of an independent benchmarking run by a UK society of public service IT organisations called SOCITM. And last year, we ranked number one out of 60 UK councils in the SOCITM benchmarking survey for flexible working practices. That flexibility generates real savings without compromising on quality, and it was all made possible by Google Apps for Work.</div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Tonino Ciuffini, Head of Information Assets, Warwickshire County Council, Warwick, UK</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Tonino Ciuffini, Head of Information Assets at Warwickshire County Council, the local authority for Warwickshire, UK. The council handles social care, highways, public health, the fire service, economic development, education and more for the region’s 540,000 citizens. Read how £260,000 a year is just the start of their savings with Google Apps for Work.</i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSaRSmnc-Td3fNTiThC2yKpeUNHR7JgPEXf7dcVHg42Lm6V-AgzBeHe2o0g88L99SaC_ZkzJWoa5TaQ3flzvDF3BGsJm-4TCbTZLX4pSBxaLg_7wBH3V0n8iFnM8Xa5ZkNunAHZBc27g/s1600/warwickshire-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSaRSmnc-Td3fNTiThC2yKpeUNHR7JgPEXf7dcVHg42Lm6V-AgzBeHe2o0g88L99SaC_ZkzJWoa5TaQ3flzvDF3BGsJm-4TCbTZLX4pSBxaLg_7wBH3V0n8iFnM8Xa5ZkNunAHZBc27g/s320/warwickshire-2.png" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> The best thing about the work we do is the sheer range of ways we help people. While one group works to bring broadband to small businesses, another will tackle a fire or care for children in need. So when the government cut our council budget by 20%, we knew we faced tough decisions. For IT in particular, a £2,000,000 cut to our budget meant we had to look at all options for new ways of operating, and helped drive the decision to replace our 20-year-old email system. But it wasn’t just about saving money in the short-term. We wanted to share our facilities more effectively, improve the flexibility of our IT for staff and make it easier to work with external partners. Google was a perfect fit.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM97TWiEV0jSzfukDUTkzuGSS_d9uF_CnNrJGc2vhyphenhyphencM-Nah3PR5Mqx1iAWhO9Fh9rGgXwwN4m2X4J4ua4Wm-N_ToB54L8trGDXGZC_2bQN8JR32eYoQNuXZRuQac4v9oa3QS4CYARBAI/s1600/warwickshire-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM97TWiEV0jSzfukDUTkzuGSS_d9uF_CnNrJGc2vhyphenhyphencM-Nah3PR5Mqx1iAWhO9Fh9rGgXwwN4m2X4J4ua4Wm-N_ToB54L8trGDXGZC_2bQN8JR32eYoQNuXZRuQac4v9oa3QS4CYARBAI/s320/warwickshire-1.png" width="284" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tonino Ciuffini, Head of Information, Assets, Warwickshire County Council</td></tr> </tbody></table> Deploying 5,500 Google Apps accounts was much easier than I had imagined. With the help of <a href="https://www.cloudsolutions.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cloud Technology Solutions</a>, who provided migration tools, advice and support, we migrated 3,000 users in just 8 weeks. Now Google Apps saves us £260,000 a year that we would have spent on our old system: £100,000 on licenses, £100,000 on infrastructure and £60,000 on support staff. But the really significant savings go deeper than that, and come from efficiencies made right across the organisation.<br /> <br /> <b>Saving time by working together on <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Drive</a></b>. Instead of multiple versions of a document flying around on email, or saving documents to unrestricted servers, staff can work together on a single document on Drive, comment, make changes, choose their own access settings and even share documents with external agencies. This has also led to increased collaboration between staff and teams.<br /> <b><br /> </b> <b>The mobility of web-based apps frees office space</b>. We now have the flexibility to not only work from home or elsewhere, but to also work more closely with customers and partners. When working on-site with the police or health workers, council staff can essentially take the office with them.<br /> <b><br /> </b> <b>Saving on transport costs with <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a></b>. Face-to-face meetings with the citizens we serve are still important, but cutting out the financial and time costs of travelling to internal meetings generates further savings.<br /> <br /> <b>Cutting bureaucracy with <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a></b>. Taking notes during meetings on Docs eliminates the need to type notes afterwards. Everyone can leave comments, which improves accuracy and transparency, and voting with <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/forms/" target="_blank">Forms</a> gives us immediate, presentable results in Sheets.<br /> <br /> <b>Google logins make working simple</b>. We no longer waste time dealing with forgotten passwords or typing separate logins into different applications. And being able to use multiple logins on a single device saves money on hardware, too: teams going to trade shows can share a single Nexus 9 tablet and log in simultaneously instead of using one device each.<br /> <br /> <b>Automatic upgrades saves on IT maintenance and keep us ahead of developments</b>. In the four years that we’ve used Google Apps, every upgrade has felt like a natural evolution, and we’ve never had to implement new training to accommodate changes.<br /> <br /> Google Apps has improved our effectiveness, too. Our team of four roadworks inspectors use Apps on tablets to be on the road for 80% instead of 50% of their day, significantly improving compliance with timetables for roadworks. And our family social workers use <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Calendar</a> to advance safety by ensuring teams know where they are.<br /> <br /> We also use notes on Drive to improve security and save paper with digital notes. At the top of our organisation, most of our elected county councillors have other jobs and don't work in our offices. Now they use Google Apps on a device of their choice, instead of clunky remote access systems, and check in more often to keep track of progress.<br /> <br /> Budget cuts made life complicated for everyone at the council, but satisfaction with our IT system has actually increased during this difficult period. In the year we introduced Google Apps, our staff satisfaction scores increased in all 55 categories of an independent benchmarking run by a UK society of public service IT organisations called SOCITM. And last year, we ranked number one out of 60 UK councils in the SOCITM benchmarking survey for flexible working practices. That flexibility generates real savings without compromising on quality, and it was all made possible by Google Apps for Work.</div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/04/UK-County-Council-ranked-first-for-flexible-working-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:UK County Council ranked first for flexible working with Google Apps for Work&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/04/UK-County-Council-ranked-first-for-flexible-working-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/04/UK-County-Council-ranked-first-for-flexible-working-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='6' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/04/UK-County-Council-ranked-first-for-flexible-working-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/04/UK-County-Council-ranked-first-for-flexible-working-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/04/UK-County-Council-ranked-first-for-flexible-working-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/customer%20love' rel='tag'> customer love </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/gmail' rel='tag'> gmail </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Gone%20Google' rel='tag'> Gone Google </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Calendar' rel='tag'> Google Calendar </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Sheets' rel='tag'> Google Sheets </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='6774218157067101228' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/Spanish-gamechanger-BQ-builds-a-new-way-of-working-with-Google-Apps.html' itemprop='url' title='Spanish gamechanger BQ builds a new way of working with Google Apps'> Spanish gamechanger BQ builds a new way of working with Google Apps </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Sunday, March 20, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Adan Muñoz, co-founder and Director of Operations, BQ, Madrid, Spain</span><br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Adan Muñoz, co-founder and Director of Operations at <a href="http://www.bq.com/uk/" target="_blank">BQ</a>, a producer of smartphones, tablets, e-readers, 3D printers and educational robots based in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 2010, BQ now has a global team of more than 1,300 people at offices in Germany, France, Sweden, Russia, Italy and the UK. See how Google Apps for Work has played a central role in BQ’s rapid growth and unique work culture right from the start.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> We don’t just want our customers to use our devices, we want them to understand what they’re using. That’s the core idea behind all of our products, whether it’s our “flatpack” 3D printer, our customisable smartphone or Zowi, our educational robot. Our goal is to get people thinking about technology, because the next great idea could come from anyone, anywhere.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsX8B0wMjuM5WlXKcwq9D6s4e1upng5zR6jz5yF4soYgAB8JQJJAzDSsMBf3VI-v_0RlqxaOUXIdMDMZqdb4EiHtRXTlrln0Mct3Zi-aXJskWDBgUB-npGZkCa4ecixaszARxKQXUTnH8/s1600/bq-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsX8B0wMjuM5WlXKcwq9D6s4e1upng5zR6jz5yF4soYgAB8JQJJAzDSsMBf3VI-v_0RlqxaOUXIdMDMZqdb4EiHtRXTlrln0Mct3Zi-aXJskWDBgUB-npGZkCa4ecixaszARxKQXUTnH8/s640/bq-1.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> With the same emphasis on engagement, we try to run BQ as a team of equals, where everyone has a voice. We know we do our best work when colleagues in design, engineering, technical, marketing and sales are free to bounce ideas off each other. But with 1,300 people at 10 offices, open communication can bring challenges. That’s why we built our business around <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Work</a> from day one. Its forward-looking, simple and powerful tools have allowed us to shape our ideal working environment and work team.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yDnu_FDLt_4" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b>Transparent and connected, not bureaucratic</b></div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Drive</a> gives us an open central platform that everyone can access. If we receive product information from a third-party, for example, we save it in <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a> for anyone in the organisation who’s interested to read and leave comments or queries. That gives us oversight and transparency so that we can avoid problems before they occur.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Instead of an email hierarchy of labels and folders, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/gmail/" target="_blank">Gmail’s</a> powerful search lets us find what we need in seconds on any device, and links directly to Docs on Drive and meetings on <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a>. We don’t need to subdivide and separate projects and personnel, so teams develop more naturally.</li> </ul> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b>Supercharged project management</b></div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Every prototype we make is run through a series of tests by different groups before teams go back to the drawing board. With Drive, all of the information from every test is immediately available, and because we only have one version of the results on <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a> and Docs, we always know we’re working from the correct files.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Google Apps makes it easy to coordinate teamwork. At the beginning of every project, we create a plan of action on Sheets for colleagues to keep track of progress. Rather than trade emails, now when someone wants to organise a meeting they go directly to <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Calendar</a>, check someone’s availability and create a meeting, adding a link for a video call on Hangouts when they can’t meet in-person but still want that person-to-person time.</li> </ul> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b>One tight team</b></div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Hangouts allows employees hundred of miles apart to feel that they work in one office. We use Hangouts daily to ensure maximum staff contact while saving on travel costs, video conferencing hardware, telecom bills and even time spent looking up phone numbers.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>We keep minutes of meetings in Docs so that staff can add to the same document simultaneously and leave comments on the public document after the event.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Intuitive interfaces and simple administrative setup mean that when we bring on someone new, we can swiftly integrate them with our team. We even give them a <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/forms/" target="_blank">Form</a> asking where they will sit and what materials they need, so that we’re ready for their arrival ahead of time.</li> </ul> <br /> <br /> Our work at BQ is part of a long-term project. When we teach children how to program and design their own Zowi the robot, we’re not just teaching them basic robotics, we also want to prepare them for a future in which technology will play an ever greater role. Google is the perfect partner for that mission, with its understanding of the fast-evolving tech landscape and the constant updates to its Apps. Ultimately, our goals are aligned: we both want to give people the tools to empower themselves.</div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Adan Muñoz, co-founder and Director of Operations, BQ, Madrid, Spain</span><br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Adan Muñoz, co-founder and Director of Operations at <a href="http://www.bq.com/uk/" target="_blank">BQ</a>, a producer of smartphones, tablets, e-readers, 3D printers and educational robots based in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 2010, BQ now has a global team of more than 1,300 people at offices in Germany, France, Sweden, Russia, Italy and the UK. See how Google Apps for Work has played a central role in BQ’s rapid growth and unique work culture right from the start.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> We don’t just want our customers to use our devices, we want them to understand what they’re using. That’s the core idea behind all of our products, whether it’s our “flatpack” 3D printer, our customisable smartphone or Zowi, our educational robot. Our goal is to get people thinking about technology, because the next great idea could come from anyone, anywhere.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsX8B0wMjuM5WlXKcwq9D6s4e1upng5zR6jz5yF4soYgAB8JQJJAzDSsMBf3VI-v_0RlqxaOUXIdMDMZqdb4EiHtRXTlrln0Mct3Zi-aXJskWDBgUB-npGZkCa4ecixaszARxKQXUTnH8/s1600/bq-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsX8B0wMjuM5WlXKcwq9D6s4e1upng5zR6jz5yF4soYgAB8JQJJAzDSsMBf3VI-v_0RlqxaOUXIdMDMZqdb4EiHtRXTlrln0Mct3Zi-aXJskWDBgUB-npGZkCa4ecixaszARxKQXUTnH8/s640/bq-1.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> With the same emphasis on engagement, we try to run BQ as a team of equals, where everyone has a voice. We know we do our best work when colleagues in design, engineering, technical, marketing and sales are free to bounce ideas off each other. But with 1,300 people at 10 offices, open communication can bring challenges. That’s why we built our business around <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Work</a> from day one. Its forward-looking, simple and powerful tools have allowed us to shape our ideal working environment and work team.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yDnu_FDLt_4" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b>Transparent and connected, not bureaucratic</b></div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Drive</a> gives us an open central platform that everyone can access. If we receive product information from a third-party, for example, we save it in <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a> for anyone in the organisation who’s interested to read and leave comments or queries. That gives us oversight and transparency so that we can avoid problems before they occur.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Instead of an email hierarchy of labels and folders, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/gmail/" target="_blank">Gmail’s</a> powerful search lets us find what we need in seconds on any device, and links directly to Docs on Drive and meetings on <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a>. We don’t need to subdivide and separate projects and personnel, so teams develop more naturally.</li> </ul> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b>Supercharged project management</b></div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Every prototype we make is run through a series of tests by different groups before teams go back to the drawing board. With Drive, all of the information from every test is immediately available, and because we only have one version of the results on <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a> and Docs, we always know we’re working from the correct files.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Google Apps makes it easy to coordinate teamwork. At the beginning of every project, we create a plan of action on Sheets for colleagues to keep track of progress. Rather than trade emails, now when someone wants to organise a meeting they go directly to <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Calendar</a>, check someone’s availability and create a meeting, adding a link for a video call on Hangouts when they can’t meet in-person but still want that person-to-person time.</li> </ul> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b>One tight team</b></div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Hangouts allows employees hundred of miles apart to feel that they work in one office. We use Hangouts daily to ensure maximum staff contact while saving on travel costs, video conferencing hardware, telecom bills and even time spent looking up phone numbers.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>We keep minutes of meetings in Docs so that staff can add to the same document simultaneously and leave comments on the public document after the event.</li> </ul> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li>Intuitive interfaces and simple administrative setup mean that when we bring on someone new, we can swiftly integrate them with our team. We even give them a <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/forms/" target="_blank">Form</a> asking where they will sit and what materials they need, so that we’re ready for their arrival ahead of time.</li> </ul> <br /> <br /> Our work at BQ is part of a long-term project. When we teach children how to program and design their own Zowi the robot, we’re not just teaching them basic robotics, we also want to prepare them for a future in which technology will play an ever greater role. Google is the perfect partner for that mission, with its understanding of the fast-evolving tech landscape and the constant updates to its Apps. 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The website helps you prioritize time for the things that keep you inspired, over the things that just keep you busy. <br /> <br /> Did you know that we spend 2.25 hours a day on average answering emails and 86 hours a month on average in meetings? The workplace is changing. We have the freedom to work and collaborate across any device and the flexibility to finish tasks and create from wherever we are. But we’re also more accessible.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DqW-oyOrrvE" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> Use the #maketime <a href="https://maketime.withgoogle.com/intl/en-us/" target="_blank">website</a> to look at how you spend your work hours, so you can stamp out needless time takers, and not just save time, but #maketime for the things that are important to you. <br /> <br /> Here are a few ways you can save time to #maketime with <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a>.<br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Save time with Reminders in Google Calendar</h3> <br /> Use Reminders in <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a> to combine an evolving and editable to-do list with your scheduled events. See the items on your list that you haven’t “checked off” yet at the top of your calendar each day, until you give them that triumphant swipe “complete!”<br /> <br /> And <a href="https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/6285327?hl=en" target="_blank">Reminders</a> sync with your contacts, so you can add phone numbers and addresses. When it’s time to call in dinner reservations at a favorite restaurant, dial directly from the Reminder. <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <br /> Save time with machine learning and Inbox</h3> <br /> From <a href="https://www.google.com/inbox/" target="_blank">Inbox</a>, use <a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/computer-respond-to-this-email.html" target="_blank">Smart Reply to respond to emails</a> without typing out the reponses yourself. Machine learning recognizes emails that can be answered with short replies and creates natural language responses instantly — often with a few versions to choose from.<br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Save time by researching and collaborating in Docs</h3> <br /> Switching between tabs and tools costs incremental time that adds up. In <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/slides/" target="_blank">Slides</a>, you can use the <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/2481802?hl=en" target="_blank">Research tool</a> to do a <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2875953/google-apps/how-google-docs-research-tool-helps-you-find-manage-and-cite-data-easily.html" target="_blank">quick Web and file search</a> for terms you need to gather more info on. And now you can do the same on the go within the Docs app on Android. <br /> <br /> From Docs, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a> and Slides, you can also use the instant comments feature on the Web or your Android or iOS device to add teammates to the conversation by simply adding their names (just start typing names and contacts will appear in the comment box). So when you’ve got some great feedback on a line of text or a table of data, you can add a note right next to it that sends an email. No need to go back into Gmail to draft an additional note.<br /> <br /> Also in Sheets, <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6280499" target="_blank">Explore</a> deciphers your data for you and automatically creates charts and insights that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TiXR5wwqPs" target="_blank">illustrate trends</a>. The time cost on your end: seconds.<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Save time by converting image text</h3> <br /> One of the coolest recent innovations in <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Drive for Work</a> is the <a href="https://support.google.com/drive/answer/176692?hl=en" target="_blank">Optical Character Recognition</a> that converts text in images into text documents to collaborate on. You can take a photo of a whiteboard brainstorm or an inspiring message on the other side of the subway window and turn that photo into a shared doc. <br /> <br /> We can’t stop the clock — or to a large degree control the number of emails that flood our inboxes or the amount of traffic that slows our work commutes. But we can find ways to <a href="https://maketime.withgoogle.com/intl/en-us/" target="_blank">make more minutes meaningful</a>. </div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Matt Charman, Senior Product Marketing Manager<br /> </span> <br /> <br /> Today we’re launching the #maketime website, which builds on the <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3054571/work-smart/the-better-time-management-strategy-this-googler-taught-his-coworkers" target="_blank">movement</a> to hold uninterrupted time on our calendars during the hours when we’re most creative. The website helps you prioritize time for the things that keep you inspired, over the things that just keep you busy. <br /> <br /> Did you know that we spend 2.25 hours a day on average answering emails and 86 hours a month on average in meetings? The workplace is changing. We have the freedom to work and collaborate across any device and the flexibility to finish tasks and create from wherever we are. But we’re also more accessible.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DqW-oyOrrvE" width="640"></iframe><br /> <br /> Use the #maketime <a href="https://maketime.withgoogle.com/intl/en-us/" target="_blank">website</a> to look at how you spend your work hours, so you can stamp out needless time takers, and not just save time, but #maketime for the things that are important to you. <br /> <br /> Here are a few ways you can save time to #maketime with <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps</a>.<br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Save time with Reminders in Google Calendar</h3> <br /> Use Reminders in <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a> to combine an evolving and editable to-do list with your scheduled events. See the items on your list that you haven’t “checked off” yet at the top of your calendar each day, until you give them that triumphant swipe “complete!”<br /> <br /> And <a href="https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/6285327?hl=en" target="_blank">Reminders</a> sync with your contacts, so you can add phone numbers and addresses. When it’s time to call in dinner reservations at a favorite restaurant, dial directly from the Reminder. <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <br /> Save time with machine learning and Inbox</h3> <br /> From <a href="https://www.google.com/inbox/" target="_blank">Inbox</a>, use <a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/computer-respond-to-this-email.html" target="_blank">Smart Reply to respond to emails</a> without typing out the reponses yourself. Machine learning recognizes emails that can be answered with short replies and creates natural language responses instantly — often with a few versions to choose from.<br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Save time by researching and collaborating in Docs</h3> <br /> Switching between tabs and tools costs incremental time that adds up. In <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/slides/" target="_blank">Slides</a>, you can use the <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/2481802?hl=en" target="_blank">Research tool</a> to do a <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2875953/google-apps/how-google-docs-research-tool-helps-you-find-manage-and-cite-data-easily.html" target="_blank">quick Web and file search</a> for terms you need to gather more info on. And now you can do the same on the go within the Docs app on Android. <br /> <br /> From Docs, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a> and Slides, you can also use the instant comments feature on the Web or your Android or iOS device to add teammates to the conversation by simply adding their names (just start typing names and contacts will appear in the comment box). So when you’ve got some great feedback on a line of text or a table of data, you can add a note right next to it that sends an email. No need to go back into Gmail to draft an additional note.<br /> <br /> Also in Sheets, <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6280499" target="_blank">Explore</a> deciphers your data for you and automatically creates charts and insights that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TiXR5wwqPs" target="_blank">illustrate trends</a>. The time cost on your end: seconds.<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Save time by converting image text</h3> <br /> One of the coolest recent innovations in <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Drive for Work</a> is the <a href="https://support.google.com/drive/answer/176692?hl=en" target="_blank">Optical Character Recognition</a> that converts text in images into text documents to collaborate on. You can take a photo of a whiteboard brainstorm or an inspiring message on the other side of the subway window and turn that photo into a shared doc. <br /> <br /> We can’t stop the clock — or to a large degree control the number of emails that flood our inboxes or the amount of traffic that slows our work commutes. But we can find ways to <a href="https://maketime.withgoogle.com/intl/en-us/" target="_blank">make more minutes meaningful</a>. </div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/top-ways-to-save-time-and-maketime-with-Google-Apps.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog: Top ways to save time and #maketime with Google Apps&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/top-ways-to-save-time-and-maketime-with-Google-Apps.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/top-ways-to-save-time-and-maketime-with-Google-Apps.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='3' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/top-ways-to-save-time-and-maketime-with-Google-Apps.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/top-ways-to-save-time-and-maketime-with-Google-Apps.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/top-ways-to-save-time-and-maketime-with-Google-Apps.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Calendar' rel='tag'> Google Calendar </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Drive%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Drive for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Sheets' rel='tag'> Google Sheets </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Slides%20API' rel='tag'> Google Slides API </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Inbox%20by%20Gmail' rel='tag'> Inbox by Gmail </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8295261265117515517' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/GANT-suits-up-for-global-growth-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html' itemprop='url' title='GANT suits up for global growth with Google Apps for Work'> GANT suits up for global growth with Google Apps for Work </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Wednesday, March 9, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Kenneth Karlsson, IT Manager, GANT AB</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Kenneth Karlsson, IT Manager for <a href="http://www.gant.co.uk/" target="_blank">GANT AB</a>, a multinational clothing company based in Sweden. From its Swedish headquarters and three overseas subsidiaries, GANT coordinates 50 suppliers with 40 franchise partners worldwide to bring its brand of wearable fashion to more than 700 stores around the globe. Read why GANT chose Google Apps for Work to bring this global network together.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> When I started work here in the 1980s, GANT was far from being the major multinational brand it is today. And though we’ve always been expanding, we’ve grown at a much faster pace since 2009 – the year we upgraded our communications and transitioned to <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Work</a>. Since then, GANT and its partners more than doubled our number of stores, opening an additional 392 new stores spread across the world. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fas5wB_AE6YBMh1nLz4OBnZCzrwj9O0ce1xoQDG-k0foN2gUjexLmC7G6BxLNdvHkT9d1CO_brfz_5QSEXX5a-kNgVNjpTzOUn-QIubP_zC5wqV2qNpaz-GSlWd7MkRUn3R4v9V-aEk/s1600/Gant.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fas5wB_AE6YBMh1nLz4OBnZCzrwj9O0ce1xoQDG-k0foN2gUjexLmC7G6BxLNdvHkT9d1CO_brfz_5QSEXX5a-kNgVNjpTzOUn-QIubP_zC5wqV2qNpaz-GSlWd7MkRUn3R4v9V-aEk/s640/Gant.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> We initially switched to Google Apps to replace an email solution that was expensive, overloaded and incompatible with the range of operating systems we used. And with our subsidiaries in Sweden, the US, the UK and France effectively running as separate organisations and without essential collaborative abilities, including shared calendar access, we also had to find a way to come together if we wanted to compete globally. I was convinced that a web-based email platform would be the cost-effective, forward-thinking solution we needed. In 2009, the only major company to offer that was Google, and they’ve stayed ahead of that curve ever since.<br /> <br /> It took our small IT team just three months to roll Google Apps for Work out across four countries. First, we ran a pilot programme in Sweden with 20 users, assisted by <a href="http://avaloncloud.com/" target="_blank">Avalon Solutions</a>, the IT consultancy that enabled our switch to Google Apps. Then we deployed 400 accounts over two months by holding training sessions with small groups. People who already used web-based private email required minimal training, and because it’s a web-based system, we simply sent out log-in information instead of installing a client on every computer. Now we’re running 1,000 Google accounts and have decommissioned our expensive email server. That means we’re saving on hardware maintenance and cut out the hassle of handling spam or chasing people to free up space by deleting their emails. Factor in cheaper licenses and zero software installation costs over the past six years, and we’re saving a huge amount of money.<br /> <br /> Google Apps for Work is uniquely suitable for doing business on a global scale. It’s not just about relying on web-based mobility to access all of our files and emails anywhere, anytime. Because Google Apps works through a browser, we no longer have compatibility problems with our 40 independent franchise partners, each of which has its own IT setup. Assigning single-sign-on accounts to those partners gives them controlled access to our intranet and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Drive</a>. Using Drive lets us centralise administration from our Stockholm office and provides a shared hub to consolidate accounting and retail information across all of our subsidiaries. We use <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a> globally to manage orders and deliveries with our 50 suppliers in China, Portugal and Spain, while local colleagues can work alongside each other on a single document to craft swift and thorough reports. And Google’s size and reputation gives us peace of mind about its security and stability that we would not get from smaller cloud systems.<br /> <br /> By using Google Apps for Work, we enjoy constant and automatic system improvements. New functions regularly appear on Drive, so we’re always ahead of the game as the marketplace evolves. For example, in 2009, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a> and tablets didn’t exist. Now outside every meeting room we have an Android tablet linked to <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Calendar</a> so we can see who’s booked them, while inside the rooms we have <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/" target="_blank">Chromebox for meetings</a> to enable Hangout video conferencing. With another IT solution, after six years we’d already be looking for a replacement. With Google Apps for Work, we’re still ahead of the game.</div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Kenneth Karlsson, IT Manager, GANT AB</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today we hear from Kenneth Karlsson, IT Manager for <a href="http://www.gant.co.uk/" target="_blank">GANT AB</a>, a multinational clothing company based in Sweden. From its Swedish headquarters and three overseas subsidiaries, GANT coordinates 50 suppliers with 40 franchise partners worldwide to bring its brand of wearable fashion to more than 700 stores around the globe. Read why GANT chose Google Apps for Work to bring this global network together.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> When I started work here in the 1980s, GANT was far from being the major multinational brand it is today. And though we’ve always been expanding, we’ve grown at a much faster pace since 2009 – the year we upgraded our communications and transitioned to <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Work</a>. Since then, GANT and its partners more than doubled our number of stores, opening an additional 392 new stores spread across the world. <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fas5wB_AE6YBMh1nLz4OBnZCzrwj9O0ce1xoQDG-k0foN2gUjexLmC7G6BxLNdvHkT9d1CO_brfz_5QSEXX5a-kNgVNjpTzOUn-QIubP_zC5wqV2qNpaz-GSlWd7MkRUn3R4v9V-aEk/s1600/Gant.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6fas5wB_AE6YBMh1nLz4OBnZCzrwj9O0ce1xoQDG-k0foN2gUjexLmC7G6BxLNdvHkT9d1CO_brfz_5QSEXX5a-kNgVNjpTzOUn-QIubP_zC5wqV2qNpaz-GSlWd7MkRUn3R4v9V-aEk/s640/Gant.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> We initially switched to Google Apps to replace an email solution that was expensive, overloaded and incompatible with the range of operating systems we used. And with our subsidiaries in Sweden, the US, the UK and France effectively running as separate organisations and without essential collaborative abilities, including shared calendar access, we also had to find a way to come together if we wanted to compete globally. I was convinced that a web-based email platform would be the cost-effective, forward-thinking solution we needed. In 2009, the only major company to offer that was Google, and they’ve stayed ahead of that curve ever since.<br /> <br /> It took our small IT team just three months to roll Google Apps for Work out across four countries. First, we ran a pilot programme in Sweden with 20 users, assisted by <a href="http://avaloncloud.com/" target="_blank">Avalon Solutions</a>, the IT consultancy that enabled our switch to Google Apps. Then we deployed 400 accounts over two months by holding training sessions with small groups. People who already used web-based private email required minimal training, and because it’s a web-based system, we simply sent out log-in information instead of installing a client on every computer. Now we’re running 1,000 Google accounts and have decommissioned our expensive email server. That means we’re saving on hardware maintenance and cut out the hassle of handling spam or chasing people to free up space by deleting their emails. Factor in cheaper licenses and zero software installation costs over the past six years, and we’re saving a huge amount of money.<br /> <br /> Google Apps for Work is uniquely suitable for doing business on a global scale. It’s not just about relying on web-based mobility to access all of our files and emails anywhere, anytime. Because Google Apps works through a browser, we no longer have compatibility problems with our 40 independent franchise partners, each of which has its own IT setup. Assigning single-sign-on accounts to those partners gives them controlled access to our intranet and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/drive/" target="_blank">Drive</a>. Using Drive lets us centralise administration from our Stockholm office and provides a shared hub to consolidate accounting and retail information across all of our subsidiaries. We use <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Docs</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Sheets</a> globally to manage orders and deliveries with our 50 suppliers in China, Portugal and Spain, while local colleagues can work alongside each other on a single document to craft swift and thorough reports. And Google’s size and reputation gives us peace of mind about its security and stability that we would not get from smaller cloud systems.<br /> <br /> By using Google Apps for Work, we enjoy constant and automatic system improvements. New functions regularly appear on Drive, so we’re always ahead of the game as the marketplace evolves. For example, in 2009, <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Hangouts</a> and tablets didn’t exist. Now outside every meeting room we have an Android tablet linked to <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/calendar/" target="_blank">Calendar</a> so we can see who’s booked them, while inside the rooms we have <a href="https://www.google.com/work/chrome/" target="_blank">Chromebox for meetings</a> to enable Hangout video conferencing. With another IT solution, after six years we’d already be looking for a replacement. With Google Apps for Work, we’re still ahead of the game.</div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/GANT-suits-up-for-global-growth-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:GANT suits up for global growth with Google Apps for Work&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/GANT-suits-up-for-global-growth-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/GANT-suits-up-for-global-growth-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='5' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/GANT-suits-up-for-global-growth-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/GANT-suits-up-for-global-growth-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/GANT-suits-up-for-global-growth-with-Google-Apps-for-Work.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Chromebox%20for%20meetings' rel='tag'> Chromebox for meetings </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/customer%20love' rel='tag'> customer love </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Gone%20Google' rel='tag'> Gone Google </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Drive' rel='tag'> Google Drive </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Hangouts' rel='tag'> Google Hangouts </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Sheets' rel='tag'> Google Sheets </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='969138131780815833' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/new-templates-in-google-docs-designed.html' itemprop='url' title='New templates in Google Docs: designed by experts, made for you'> New templates in Google Docs: designed by experts, made for you </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Wednesday, March 2, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Brian LeVee, Product Manager</span><br /> <br /> We <a href="http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2015/09/sidekicks.html" target="_blank">launched</a> a collection of templates in <a href="https://goo.gl/XE1RDr" target="_blank">Docs</a>, <a href="https://goo.gl/Jv14Rq" target="_blank">Sheets</a> and <a href="https://goo.gl/g5DMhd" target="_blank">Slides</a> in September to give your documents, spreadsheets, and presentations the extra polish they deserve. Today, we’re adding to that collection with new templates designed by five experts in their fields. All templates are available on the web and on Android and iOS.<br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a4e29b67-3336-410f-5ba4-f66697cea5d5"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="281" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Nx-QnCzMzl8tZcF4fH2mGJSBz7OH6mTS63NOwuKg_9kAK36sF8OC_3e1OgnCYebdemqPwOAsZkb7V6uT-h7CY0hQaX2NeugeTsBDrw4925TrJZFKyIxo50qjVmh2VVXW_hUw8Ked" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="624" /></span></span><br /> <br /> <b>For your big ideas, at work and on the go </b><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.quickbookspartners.com/google-budget-template/?utm_source=google%20template%20gallery&utm_medium=branded%20link&utm_campaign=google%20partnership" target="_blank">Intuit's QuickBooks</a> software helps small business owners get more out of financial planning with tools like automated budgeting, tax time reports, and payroll. Use the new annual business budget template by QuickBooks in <a href="https://goo.gl/Jv14Rq" target="_blank">Sheets</a> to easily manage your budget so you can focus on building your business.<br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a4e29b67-3336-9393-ed2e-36c7295feff5"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="195" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/I7JpGfuGVGAm6c56q6r-qhBxm2RlMH53Q7tOZpj-dubEL8US3tweL48EXLf3PMG5k9J8Z92I_sLd_KrkVv8Ulzh0f5KURpGAqEhspfp6MwGcSb3SNG7WHmQfmFIuxzOuONhqrc1k" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624" /></span></span><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.gv.com/" target="_blank">GV</a> provides venture capital funding to bold new companies. In the fields of life science, healthcare, artificial intelligence, robotics, transportation, cyber security and agriculture, GV’s companies aim to improve lives and change industries.The new GV <b>pitch</b> template in <a href="https://goo.gl/g5DMhd" target="_blank">Slides</a> helps entrepreneurs share their vision, based on proven presentation tactics.<br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a4e29b67-3336-a7ff-7696-fba6908ec1d8"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="195" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Q8kFH2yOdsYhYJ_eR5S8gogviWXsiSiVPKyjTC0UpDfocTwMe554zqezJtuHgeHa37z5jq_XNauXO9OOcZX9vG_p8sWAGAoicLt4VQjYkZHiS9PWl21y_kep1UOlRaDM6gY84_fd" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624" /></span></span><br /> <br /> And, in the bestselling book, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Chip_Heath_Made_to_Stick?id=Yfp79AAohiMC&hl=en" target="_blank">Made to Stick</a>, brothers Chip and Dan Heath revealed that “sticky” messages of all kinds draw their power from the same main traits. In their <b>big idea</b> template in <a href="https://goo.gl/g5DMhd" target="_blank">Slides</a>, they use these principles to help you build and deliver your most memorable presentation yet.<br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a4e29b67-3336-bce3-595c-28c990e68f01"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="195" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/wBxDOF0UnP6XgPpBJjyayvqjG70Nn2RM0e_CGuzOKwkp6A6FK6IN9e_wblVQsjnL3WxZJjfYyr1_gNe2b3ft9Ap67pevLNv3_NJWEYnHvTJNnMKmS66BbfOQU4DfUwgIYodvXDl4" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624" /></span></span><br /> <br /> <b>For a head start, at school and beyond </b><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.readingrainbow.com/" target="_blank">Reading Rainbow</a>, the third longest running children's TV series in US history and award-winning digital service, has been inspiring children to read for over 30 years. Reading Rainbow created a <b>lesson plan</b> and a <b>book report </b>template in <a href="https://goo.gl/XE1RDr" target="_blank">Docs</a> to help teachers and students get things done.<br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a4e29b67-3336-67e1-a3e2-83f161b308c3"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="195" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/B2OmmoCc7X_IgLPE9bQuRZgxJscNElQK9qXjvcAJW3w-VVjU9yylPoAd8_6i5ToryR8XpV5HeorcCz_OsmGhjIVVr4d1KZWEJPEQ4KWI4SfMr2KEmtVlPs9HSnMK5sXFPZBtBcIM" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624" /></span></span><br /> <br /> The <a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/?utm_source=Docstemplatelaunch&utm_medium=Blogpostandsocial&utm_campaign=docstemplatelaunch" target="_blank">Google Science Fair</a> (GSF) is an annual online science and engineering competition open to teens globally. In the competition, young scientists have tackled issues like world hunger, life-threatening diseases and the energy crisis. Use GSF’s <b>science fair</b> template in <a href="https://goo.gl/g5DMhd" target="_blank">Slides</a> for a head start on your next project—or for this year’s GSF.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a4e29b67-3336-7d76-b358-8dda56a699e5"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="195" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/V6HOFD9ny_JExPcg6arffqcUIXGKf7LLjgyTTFJdzOJiaeEJcKBOnehXjM82pRGHx_KmWbul-phE3RvEqJZMogG90v5E6hWw1UuCf8MGSUiJW49NxbXEKdGILZqOWseVAuaFBXA-" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624" /></span></span><b><br /> </b><br /> <br /> Jump-start your next project with these easy-to-use templates in <a href="https://goo.gl/XE1RDr" target="_blank">Docs</a>, <a href="https://goo.gl/Jv14Rq" target="_blank">Sheets</a>, and <a href="https://goo.gl/g5DMhd" target="_blank">Slides</a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">—</span>available on the web and on your Android or iPhone. Let us know what you create!</div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Brian LeVee, Product Manager</span><br /> <br /> We <a href="http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2015/09/sidekicks.html" target="_blank">launched</a> a collection of templates in <a href="https://goo.gl/XE1RDr" target="_blank">Docs</a>, <a href="https://goo.gl/Jv14Rq" target="_blank">Sheets</a> and <a href="https://goo.gl/g5DMhd" target="_blank">Slides</a> in September to give your documents, spreadsheets, and presentations the extra polish they deserve. Today, we’re adding to that collection with new templates designed by five experts in their fields. All templates are available on the web and on Android and iOS.<br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a4e29b67-3336-410f-5ba4-f66697cea5d5"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="281" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Nx-QnCzMzl8tZcF4fH2mGJSBz7OH6mTS63NOwuKg_9kAK36sF8OC_3e1OgnCYebdemqPwOAsZkb7V6uT-h7CY0hQaX2NeugeTsBDrw4925TrJZFKyIxo50qjVmh2VVXW_hUw8Ked" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="624" /></span></span><br /> <br /> <b>For your big ideas, at work and on the go </b><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.quickbookspartners.com/google-budget-template/?utm_source=google%20template%20gallery&utm_medium=branded%20link&utm_campaign=google%20partnership" target="_blank">Intuit's QuickBooks</a> software helps small business owners get more out of financial planning with tools like automated budgeting, tax time reports, and payroll. Use the new annual business budget template by QuickBooks in <a href="https://goo.gl/Jv14Rq" target="_blank">Sheets</a> to easily manage your budget so you can focus on building your business.<br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a4e29b67-3336-9393-ed2e-36c7295feff5"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="195" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/I7JpGfuGVGAm6c56q6r-qhBxm2RlMH53Q7tOZpj-dubEL8US3tweL48EXLf3PMG5k9J8Z92I_sLd_KrkVv8Ulzh0f5KURpGAqEhspfp6MwGcSb3SNG7WHmQfmFIuxzOuONhqrc1k" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624" /></span></span><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.gv.com/" target="_blank">GV</a> provides venture capital funding to bold new companies. In the fields of life science, healthcare, artificial intelligence, robotics, transportation, cyber security and agriculture, GV’s companies aim to improve lives and change industries.The new GV <b>pitch</b> template in <a href="https://goo.gl/g5DMhd" target="_blank">Slides</a> helps entrepreneurs share their vision, based on proven presentation tactics.<br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a4e29b67-3336-a7ff-7696-fba6908ec1d8"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="195" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Q8kFH2yOdsYhYJ_eR5S8gogviWXsiSiVPKyjTC0UpDfocTwMe554zqezJtuHgeHa37z5jq_XNauXO9OOcZX9vG_p8sWAGAoicLt4VQjYkZHiS9PWl21y_kep1UOlRaDM6gY84_fd" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624" /></span></span><br /> <br /> And, in the bestselling book, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Chip_Heath_Made_to_Stick?id=Yfp79AAohiMC&hl=en" target="_blank">Made to Stick</a>, brothers Chip and Dan Heath revealed that “sticky” messages of all kinds draw their power from the same main traits. In their <b>big idea</b> template in <a href="https://goo.gl/g5DMhd" target="_blank">Slides</a>, they use these principles to help you build and deliver your most memorable presentation yet.<br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a4e29b67-3336-bce3-595c-28c990e68f01"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="195" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/wBxDOF0UnP6XgPpBJjyayvqjG70Nn2RM0e_CGuzOKwkp6A6FK6IN9e_wblVQsjnL3WxZJjfYyr1_gNe2b3ft9Ap67pevLNv3_NJWEYnHvTJNnMKmS66BbfOQU4DfUwgIYodvXDl4" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624" /></span></span><br /> <br /> <b>For a head start, at school and beyond </b><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.readingrainbow.com/" target="_blank">Reading Rainbow</a>, the third longest running children's TV series in US history and award-winning digital service, has been inspiring children to read for over 30 years. Reading Rainbow created a <b>lesson plan</b> and a <b>book report </b>template in <a href="https://goo.gl/XE1RDr" target="_blank">Docs</a> to help teachers and students get things done.<br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a4e29b67-3336-67e1-a3e2-83f161b308c3"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="195" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/B2OmmoCc7X_IgLPE9bQuRZgxJscNElQK9qXjvcAJW3w-VVjU9yylPoAd8_6i5ToryR8XpV5HeorcCz_OsmGhjIVVr4d1KZWEJPEQ4KWI4SfMr2KEmtVlPs9HSnMK5sXFPZBtBcIM" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624" /></span></span><br /> <br /> The <a href="https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/?utm_source=Docstemplatelaunch&utm_medium=Blogpostandsocial&utm_campaign=docstemplatelaunch" target="_blank">Google Science Fair</a> (GSF) is an annual online science and engineering competition open to teens globally. In the competition, young scientists have tackled issues like world hunger, life-threatening diseases and the energy crisis. Use GSF’s <b>science fair</b> template in <a href="https://goo.gl/g5DMhd" target="_blank">Slides</a> for a head start on your next project—or for this year’s GSF.<br /> <br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a4e29b67-3336-7d76-b358-8dda56a699e5"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="195" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/V6HOFD9ny_JExPcg6arffqcUIXGKf7LLjgyTTFJdzOJiaeEJcKBOnehXjM82pRGHx_KmWbul-phE3RvEqJZMogG90v5E6hWw1UuCf8MGSUiJW49NxbXEKdGILZqOWseVAuaFBXA-" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="624" /></span></span><b><br /> </b><br /> <br /> Jump-start your next project with these easy-to-use templates in <a href="https://goo.gl/XE1RDr" target="_blank">Docs</a>, <a href="https://goo.gl/Jv14Rq" target="_blank">Sheets</a>, and <a href="https://goo.gl/g5DMhd" target="_blank">Slides</a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">—</span>available on the web and on your Android or iPhone. Let us know what you create!</div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/new-templates-in-google-docs-designed.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:New templates in Google Docs: designed by experts, made for you&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/new-templates-in-google-docs-designed.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/new-templates-in-google-docs-designed.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='9' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/new-templates-in-google-docs-designed.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/new-templates-in-google-docs-designed.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/03/new-templates-in-google-docs-designed.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='9147212896850018140' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/are-all-clouds-created-equal.html' itemprop='url' title='Are all clouds created equal?'> Are all clouds created equal? </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Thursday, February 25, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Sebastien Marotte, VP, Google Apps for Work<br /> </span> <br /> <br /> Cloud-based workplace tools are no longer niche. Companies from small startups to Fortune 500 giants like Whirlpool and PwC have realized that servers are expensive, teams need real-time collaboration and employees need access to email, calendar and collaborative editing tools on their phones. For many companies, deciding to move on-premises systems to the cloud is a no-brainer. Figuring out which cloud solution delivers the most return on investment when both major providers claim their tools are “mobile-friendly” and offer “real-time collaboration” is the tough part. <br /> <br /> To provide customers with concrete data on the benefits that productivity, mobility and collaboration can bring to an organization (even after moving to the cloud), Google commissioned independent market research firm Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study. Forrester surveyed seven companies in North America, EMEA and APAC in a range of industries — including professional services, retail, real estate, IT and media — who migrated from an alternate cloud solutions to Google Apps. For a composite organization based on feedback from the interviews, Forrester found that switching to Google Apps for Work resulted in the following benefits in a three-year period:<br /> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><b>213% return on investment (ROI)</b></li> <li><b>Payback in just 1.9 months</b></li> <li><b>Nearly $1 million in collaboration and productivity gains</b></li> </ul> <br /> In addition to these hard numbers, Forrester uncovered a few common themes that customers experienced after switching from their previous cloud solution to Google Apps for Work:<br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <br /> Google Apps “just works”</h3> People crave simplicity. With Google Apps, teams can create a new document in seconds or add a conference room to a calendar invite with a single click. Customers reported there are no headaches with Google Apps — whether on a desktop, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, Android or iOS, Google Apps works exactly as they expect it to.<br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Quick adoption results in speedy ROI</h3> It’s no surprise that most companies want their employees to use the tools they pay for. <a href="https://apps.google.com/learn-more/cloud-to-cloud-popsugar.html" target="_blank">Popsugar</a> reported that Going Google saves the organization $100 thousand each year in annual enterprise volume software licenses — an agreement that their IT director says included software the company neither wanted nor needed.<br /> <br /> After switching to Google Apps, customers reported that overall platform adoption increased significantly compared to engagement with the previous solution. Many interviewees attributed this rise in engagement to the intuitive nature of Google Apps and broad employee familiarity with Google products like Gmail. <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Collaboration is a breeze </h3> While the interviewees’ previous cloud solution claims users can work together at the same time, their former customers told Forrester they struggled with browser and device compatibility, and had difficulties working with colleagues who had different license types. Google Apps works from any device on any modern browser, and all users can work together, regardless of what type of license they have. <br /> <br /> Easier collaboration means that employees are productive, and when employees are more productive, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/popsugar-ditched-microsoft-for-google-2015-11" target="_blank">companies save money</a>. When it comes to creating content, Forrester found that productivity increased by 20% due to the ease and mobility of real-time collaboration offered by Google Apps — particularly when it comes to Docs, Sheets and Slides. <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Customers’ voices matter</h3> Everyone likes to be heard. Customers said they felt more supported by Google than their previous provider: issues are resolved faster, customers feel like they’re an important part of the product development process, and they reported they were happy to find that feedback can be easily submitted directly from the admin console. <br /> <br /> One customer described Google’s 24/7 phone, email and chat support like this: “The previous platform provider resolved only 3 of 10 issues satisfactorily and often took 12 to 14 hours to do so against an 8-hour SLA. Google is closer to 9 of 10 and always within the 8-hour window.”<br /> <br /> Visit our <a href="https://apps.google.com/learn-more/office-cloud-comparison.html" target="_blank">Insights page</a> to learn more and download “The Total Economic Impact™ Of Google Apps For Work: An Analysis Of Cloud-To-Cloud Migration Value.”</div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Sebastien Marotte, VP, Google Apps for Work<br /> </span> <br /> <br /> Cloud-based workplace tools are no longer niche. Companies from small startups to Fortune 500 giants like Whirlpool and PwC have realized that servers are expensive, teams need real-time collaboration and employees need access to email, calendar and collaborative editing tools on their phones. For many companies, deciding to move on-premises systems to the cloud is a no-brainer. Figuring out which cloud solution delivers the most return on investment when both major providers claim their tools are “mobile-friendly” and offer “real-time collaboration” is the tough part. <br /> <br /> To provide customers with concrete data on the benefits that productivity, mobility and collaboration can bring to an organization (even after moving to the cloud), Google commissioned independent market research firm Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study. Forrester surveyed seven companies in North America, EMEA and APAC in a range of industries — including professional services, retail, real estate, IT and media — who migrated from an alternate cloud solutions to Google Apps. For a composite organization based on feedback from the interviews, Forrester found that switching to Google Apps for Work resulted in the following benefits in a three-year period:<br /> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><b>213% return on investment (ROI)</b></li> <li><b>Payback in just 1.9 months</b></li> <li><b>Nearly $1 million in collaboration and productivity gains</b></li> </ul> <br /> In addition to these hard numbers, Forrester uncovered a few common themes that customers experienced after switching from their previous cloud solution to Google Apps for Work:<br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <br /> Google Apps “just works”</h3> People crave simplicity. With Google Apps, teams can create a new document in seconds or add a conference room to a calendar invite with a single click. Customers reported there are no headaches with Google Apps — whether on a desktop, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, Android or iOS, Google Apps works exactly as they expect it to.<br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Quick adoption results in speedy ROI</h3> It’s no surprise that most companies want their employees to use the tools they pay for. <a href="https://apps.google.com/learn-more/cloud-to-cloud-popsugar.html" target="_blank">Popsugar</a> reported that Going Google saves the organization $100 thousand each year in annual enterprise volume software licenses — an agreement that their IT director says included software the company neither wanted nor needed.<br /> <br /> After switching to Google Apps, customers reported that overall platform adoption increased significantly compared to engagement with the previous solution. Many interviewees attributed this rise in engagement to the intuitive nature of Google Apps and broad employee familiarity with Google products like Gmail. <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Collaboration is a breeze </h3> While the interviewees’ previous cloud solution claims users can work together at the same time, their former customers told Forrester they struggled with browser and device compatibility, and had difficulties working with colleagues who had different license types. Google Apps works from any device on any modern browser, and all users can work together, regardless of what type of license they have. <br /> <br /> Easier collaboration means that employees are productive, and when employees are more productive, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/popsugar-ditched-microsoft-for-google-2015-11" target="_blank">companies save money</a>. When it comes to creating content, Forrester found that productivity increased by 20% due to the ease and mobility of real-time collaboration offered by Google Apps — particularly when it comes to Docs, Sheets and Slides. <br /> <br /> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> Customers’ voices matter</h3> Everyone likes to be heard. Customers said they felt more supported by Google than their previous provider: issues are resolved faster, customers feel like they’re an important part of the product development process, and they reported they were happy to find that feedback can be easily submitted directly from the admin console. <br /> <br /> One customer described Google’s 24/7 phone, email and chat support like this: “The previous platform provider resolved only 3 of 10 issues satisfactorily and often took 12 to 14 hours to do so against an 8-hour SLA. Google is closer to 9 of 10 and always within the 8-hour window.”<br /> <br /> Visit our <a href="https://apps.google.com/learn-more/office-cloud-comparison.html" target="_blank">Insights page</a> to learn more and download “The Total Economic Impact™ Of Google Apps For Work: An Analysis Of Cloud-To-Cloud Migration Value.”</div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/are-all-clouds-created-equal.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Are all clouds created equal?&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/are-all-clouds-created-equal.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/are-all-clouds-created-equal.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='3' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/are-all-clouds-created-equal.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/are-all-clouds-created-equal.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/are-all-clouds-created-equal.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Sheets' rel='tag'> Google Sheets </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Slides%20API' rel='tag'> Google Slides API </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8037495223455874971' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/type-edit-and-format-with-Voice-typing-in-Google-Docs-for-work.html' itemprop='url' title='Type, edit and format with your voice in Google Docs'> Type, edit and format with your voice in Google Docs </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Wednesday, February 24, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Isaiah Greene, Product Manager</span><br /> <span class="byline-author"><br /></span> We launched <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/google-docs-classroom-school.html" target="_blank">Voice typing</a> in Google Docs to help you capture ideas, compose an agenda, or even write the next great proposal — all without touching your keyboard. Starting today, you can also edit and format your documents with your voice.<br /> <br /> To get started, select “Voice typing” in the “Tools” menu when you’re using Docs in Chrome. Say what comes to mind — then start editing and formatting with commands like “copy,” “insert table,” and “highlight.” <br /> <br /> Check out the full list of commands <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226" target="_blank">here</a> or simply say “voice commands help” when you’re voice typing.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KHw1DW1fVcw" width="640"></iframe><br /> As an added bonus, we’re also making it possible to dictate in Docs on the web in dozens of additional dialects and accents, including English with an Indian accent, Spanish with a Mexican accent, and more so you can talk in the most natural way for you.<br /> <br /> You shouldn’t have to use additional complex software to accomplish everyday tasks with voice typing. You can already use your voice to <a href="https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2940021?hl=en" target="_blank">take action</a> in Google search and find content in your inbox or Drive folders. Now you can use it to capture, edit and format your ideas in Docs. <br /> <br /> Try out Voice typing (and editing and formatting) today with Google Apps for Work.</div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Isaiah Greene, Product Manager</span><br /> <span class="byline-author"><br /></span> We launched <a href="https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/google-docs-classroom-school.html" target="_blank">Voice typing</a> in Google Docs to help you capture ideas, compose an agenda, or even write the next great proposal — all without touching your keyboard. Starting today, you can also edit and format your documents with your voice.<br /> <br /> To get started, select “Voice typing” in the “Tools” menu when you’re using Docs in Chrome. Say what comes to mind — then start editing and formatting with commands like “copy,” “insert table,” and “highlight.” <br /> <br /> Check out the full list of commands <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226" target="_blank">here</a> or simply say “voice commands help” when you’re voice typing.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KHw1DW1fVcw" width="640"></iframe><br /> As an added bonus, we’re also making it possible to dictate in Docs on the web in dozens of additional dialects and accents, including English with an Indian accent, Spanish with a Mexican accent, and more so you can talk in the most natural way for you.<br /> <br /> You shouldn’t have to use additional complex software to accomplish everyday tasks with voice typing. You can already use your voice to <a href="https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2940021?hl=en" target="_blank">take action</a> in Google search and find content in your inbox or Drive folders. Now you can use it to capture, edit and format your ideas in Docs. <br /> <br /> Try out Voice typing (and editing and formatting) today with Google Apps for Work.</div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/type-edit-and-format-with-Voice-typing-in-Google-Docs-for-work.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Type, edit and format with your voice in Google Docs&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/type-edit-and-format-with-Voice-typing-in-Google-Docs-for-work.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/type-edit-and-format-with-Voice-typing-in-Google-Docs-for-work.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='3' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/type-edit-and-format-with-Voice-typing-in-Google-Docs-for-work.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/type-edit-and-format-with-Voice-typing-in-Google-Docs-for-work.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/type-edit-and-format-with-Voice-typing-in-Google-Docs-for-work.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='1277390497458298728' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/02/Georgia-schools-revamp-old-processes-and-innovate-using-Google-for-Educationd-processes.html' itemprop='url' title='Georgia schools revamp old processes and innovate using Google for Education'> Georgia schools revamp old processes and innovate using Google for Education </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Tuesday, February 9, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by David Harrington and Brent Sarver, Google for Education team</span> <br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/02/Georgia-schools-revamp-old-processes-and-innovate-using-Google-for-Educationd-processes.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Georgia schools are seeing great success with Google for Education. We talked to educators and administrators in Georgia to reflect on how technology has helped them innovate and create more efficient processes. From creating more efficient ways for parents to pick their children up from school, to enabling more efficient coaching on the baseball field, technology has improved the student, teacher and parent experience across the state. To learn more about Google solutions for education, <a href="https://plus.google.com/events/cttbp7mso85ahqc9bvog44pmkrk?e" target="_blank">join us for a Hangout on Air</a> focused on the next phase of content in the classroom on February 23rd at 2pm ET / 11am PT.</i><br /> <br /> Many schools are replacing former processes with more efficient ways to personalize learning and provide students with the skills to be successful. That level of innovation requires teachers and staff to think about how they can use technology in new ways. Schools in Georgia are using <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a> to drive innovation in small areas that ultimately inspire new ways of thinking across the district. We’d like to shed light on how schools have transformed their old processes using technology.<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> Transforming lectures into project-based learning </h3> <br /> Old: For many students, elementary and high school involves listening to a teacher lecture, reading a textbook and taking tests. This common approach to learning leaves out the interactive elements that often help students learn best.<br /> <br /> New: The <a href="http://cdat.lanierhs.org/" target="_blank">Center for Design and Technology</a>, a project-based STEM program at Lanier High School in Gwinnett County, gives students real-life experiences to apply the skills they’ve learned. Every student works on six team projects per year, and every team creates a website using Google Sites, with links to Google Docs, Sheet and Slides used for team planning and collaboration. “Google Apps helps students learn communication skills, collaborate with teammates and think creatively,” says Mike Reilly, technology teacher at Lanier High School.<br /> <br /> The program has helped teachers and students learn outside of the classroom and expand the skills they’re most interested in developing. For example, a team of four students worked with video editor Walter Biscardi to create a 3D model of a disease spread by flies, which appeared in the PBS movie “Dark Forest Black Fly.” They shared ideas in virtual brainstorming sessions via Google Hangouts and collaborated in real time using Google Docs.<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> Bringing instant communication to an ineffective system </h3> <br /> Old: Picking up students from school is often a slow, disorganized process since schools often have thousands of students to manage and communication isn’t always the smoothest between all staff involved.<br /> <br /> New: At Forsyth County Schools (<a href="https://www.g4w.co/forsyth-county-schools-pdf-google-drive" target="_blank">case study</a>), teachers and staff are using Google Apps beyond the classroom to help make the after-school pick-up queue more efficient. In the past, parking lot attendants who escort students to their cars and cafeteria attendants who supervise students didn’t have clear lines of communication. The principal turned to <a href="https://www.google.com/sheets/about/" target="_blank">Google Sheets</a> as the solution to increase communication.<br /> <br /> All students are assigned a number in a shared spreadsheet. When a parent picks up her child, she displays the student’s number on the windshield, and the parking attendant uses a tablet to flag on the screen in the cafeteria that it’s time for the student to go to the pick-up area. Introducing new technology improved real-time communication and inspired teachers districtwide to talk about innovative ways to use Google Apps to improve processes.<br /> <br /> <h3> </h3> <h3> Creating a more streamlined, collaborative process both in the classroom and out on the field </h3> <br /> Old: Monitoring and recording sports team performance can be a time-consuming and tedious process when it’s done the old-fashioned way with a notebook and pencil.<br /> <br /> New: With Google for Education tools, coaches at Jeff Davis County Schools (<a href="https://drive.google.com/a/google.com/file/d/0B__OTXR_u3Rbb2dtMTFNVUQ4OTA/view" target="_blank">case study</a>) can record and keep track of the high school baseball team’s pitch speeds and number of pitches to make sure a pitcher isn’t throwing too many pitches. A member of the tech staff reads the pitch speed from a radar gun and enters the number into a Google Sheet using a <a href="https://www.google.com/chromebook/" target="_blank">Chromebook</a>. Another Chromebook is connected to a TV in the dugout, so the coaches can monitor the speed and number of pitches thrown. With the sharing feature, the tech staff and coaches are able to view the same information that’s being edited in real time.<br /> <br /> Coaches now have more information to make more informed decisions about their players. “If a pitcher has thrown too many pitches or hit pitch speed begins to decrease, the coach can determine if the pitcher needs to be taken out of the game and a relief is sent in,” says Keith Osburn, technology and special programs director at Jeff Davis County Schools.<br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMluNbmyCEqFVSDBIoCtt-6aTN2oC758PEiqkXad_lJrS7Obycq6H05NtsFdoM7dsxsKv2yEL-DFzNiZLF1QgzidRQINRbYfsa23NLj4DSsqT4hT6izb7lT5vctusUuuWm-dV6Sp_5F-k/s1600/jeff-davis-county-schools.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMluNbmyCEqFVSDBIoCtt-6aTN2oC758PEiqkXad_lJrS7Obycq6H05NtsFdoM7dsxsKv2yEL-DFzNiZLF1QgzidRQINRbYfsa23NLj4DSsqT4hT6izb7lT5vctusUuuWm-dV6Sp_5F-k/s640/jeff-davis-county-schools.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coach at Jeff Davis keeping track of pitch speeds on a Chromebook</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Schools are continuing to reinvent old processes to provide students with a 21st century education. Check out <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/case-studies/" target="_blank">more inspirational stories from schools</a>.<br /> <br /> <i>We’ve heard great stories from many of you about how you’re using technology to do amazing things in your schools, so we're going across the U.S. to see for ourselves! Check out the map below to see where we’ll head next. We’d love to hear what’s happening in your state, so please share your story on <a href="https://twitter.com/googleforedu" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleforEducation/posts" target="_blank">Google+</a> and tag us (@GoogleEdu) or include the #GoogleEdu hashtag.</i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1jdhAwkABlUY63Q_5HJhE0TrHgCYNNoqRvjW2-6P73onQ1E9proPT_OQRrvijTKgIzobMWAnFUblnNJ5GtVGQkXWUNEbQqm96ztDbPK8OP4d_3MotbgrvSnfR0bemHLd-bO1q2Zzqxo/s1600/georgia-map.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1jdhAwkABlUY63Q_5HJhE0TrHgCYNNoqRvjW2-6P73onQ1E9proPT_OQRrvijTKgIzobMWAnFUblnNJ5GtVGQkXWUNEbQqm96ztDbPK8OP4d_3MotbgrvSnfR0bemHLd-bO1q2Zzqxo/s640/georgia-map.png" width="640" /></a></div> <i><br /></i></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by David Harrington and Brent Sarver, Google for Education team</span> <br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2016/02/Georgia-schools-revamp-old-processes-and-innovate-using-Google-for-Educationd-processes.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Georgia schools are seeing great success with Google for Education. We talked to educators and administrators in Georgia to reflect on how technology has helped them innovate and create more efficient processes. From creating more efficient ways for parents to pick their children up from school, to enabling more efficient coaching on the baseball field, technology has improved the student, teacher and parent experience across the state. To learn more about Google solutions for education, <a href="https://plus.google.com/events/cttbp7mso85ahqc9bvog44pmkrk?e" target="_blank">join us for a Hangout on Air</a> focused on the next phase of content in the classroom on February 23rd at 2pm ET / 11am PT.</i><br /> <br /> Many schools are replacing former processes with more efficient ways to personalize learning and provide students with the skills to be successful. That level of innovation requires teachers and staff to think about how they can use technology in new ways. Schools in Georgia are using <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a> to drive innovation in small areas that ultimately inspire new ways of thinking across the district. We’d like to shed light on how schools have transformed their old processes using technology.<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> Transforming lectures into project-based learning </h3> <br /> Old: For many students, elementary and high school involves listening to a teacher lecture, reading a textbook and taking tests. This common approach to learning leaves out the interactive elements that often help students learn best.<br /> <br /> New: The <a href="http://cdat.lanierhs.org/" target="_blank">Center for Design and Technology</a>, a project-based STEM program at Lanier High School in Gwinnett County, gives students real-life experiences to apply the skills they’ve learned. Every student works on six team projects per year, and every team creates a website using Google Sites, with links to Google Docs, Sheet and Slides used for team planning and collaboration. “Google Apps helps students learn communication skills, collaborate with teammates and think creatively,” says Mike Reilly, technology teacher at Lanier High School.<br /> <br /> The program has helped teachers and students learn outside of the classroom and expand the skills they’re most interested in developing. For example, a team of four students worked with video editor Walter Biscardi to create a 3D model of a disease spread by flies, which appeared in the PBS movie “Dark Forest Black Fly.” They shared ideas in virtual brainstorming sessions via Google Hangouts and collaborated in real time using Google Docs.<br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> Bringing instant communication to an ineffective system </h3> <br /> Old: Picking up students from school is often a slow, disorganized process since schools often have thousands of students to manage and communication isn’t always the smoothest between all staff involved.<br /> <br /> New: At Forsyth County Schools (<a href="https://www.g4w.co/forsyth-county-schools-pdf-google-drive" target="_blank">case study</a>), teachers and staff are using Google Apps beyond the classroom to help make the after-school pick-up queue more efficient. In the past, parking lot attendants who escort students to their cars and cafeteria attendants who supervise students didn’t have clear lines of communication. The principal turned to <a href="https://www.google.com/sheets/about/" target="_blank">Google Sheets</a> as the solution to increase communication.<br /> <br /> All students are assigned a number in a shared spreadsheet. When a parent picks up her child, she displays the student’s number on the windshield, and the parking attendant uses a tablet to flag on the screen in the cafeteria that it’s time for the student to go to the pick-up area. Introducing new technology improved real-time communication and inspired teachers districtwide to talk about innovative ways to use Google Apps to improve processes.<br /> <br /> <h3> </h3> <h3> Creating a more streamlined, collaborative process both in the classroom and out on the field </h3> <br /> Old: Monitoring and recording sports team performance can be a time-consuming and tedious process when it’s done the old-fashioned way with a notebook and pencil.<br /> <br /> New: With Google for Education tools, coaches at Jeff Davis County Schools (<a href="https://drive.google.com/a/google.com/file/d/0B__OTXR_u3Rbb2dtMTFNVUQ4OTA/view" target="_blank">case study</a>) can record and keep track of the high school baseball team’s pitch speeds and number of pitches to make sure a pitcher isn’t throwing too many pitches. A member of the tech staff reads the pitch speed from a radar gun and enters the number into a Google Sheet using a <a href="https://www.google.com/chromebook/" target="_blank">Chromebook</a>. Another Chromebook is connected to a TV in the dugout, so the coaches can monitor the speed and number of pitches thrown. With the sharing feature, the tech staff and coaches are able to view the same information that’s being edited in real time.<br /> <br /> Coaches now have more information to make more informed decisions about their players. “If a pitcher has thrown too many pitches or hit pitch speed begins to decrease, the coach can determine if the pitcher needs to be taken out of the game and a relief is sent in,” says Keith Osburn, technology and special programs director at Jeff Davis County Schools.<br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMluNbmyCEqFVSDBIoCtt-6aTN2oC758PEiqkXad_lJrS7Obycq6H05NtsFdoM7dsxsKv2yEL-DFzNiZLF1QgzidRQINRbYfsa23NLj4DSsqT4hT6izb7lT5vctusUuuWm-dV6Sp_5F-k/s1600/jeff-davis-county-schools.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPMluNbmyCEqFVSDBIoCtt-6aTN2oC758PEiqkXad_lJrS7Obycq6H05NtsFdoM7dsxsKv2yEL-DFzNiZLF1QgzidRQINRbYfsa23NLj4DSsqT4hT6izb7lT5vctusUuuWm-dV6Sp_5F-k/s640/jeff-davis-county-schools.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coach at Jeff Davis keeping track of pitch speeds on a Chromebook</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Schools are continuing to reinvent old processes to provide students with a 21st century education. Check out <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/case-studies/" target="_blank">more inspirational stories from schools</a>.<br /> <br /> <i>We’ve heard great stories from many of you about how you’re using technology to do amazing things in your schools, so we're going across the U.S. to see for ourselves! Check out the map below to see where we’ll head next. We’d love to hear what’s happening in your state, so please share your story on <a href="https://twitter.com/googleforedu" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleforEducation/posts" target="_blank">Google+</a> and tag us (@GoogleEdu) or include the #GoogleEdu hashtag.</i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1jdhAwkABlUY63Q_5HJhE0TrHgCYNNoqRvjW2-6P73onQ1E9proPT_OQRrvijTKgIzobMWAnFUblnNJ5GtVGQkXWUNEbQqm96ztDbPK8OP4d_3MotbgrvSnfR0bemHLd-bO1q2Zzqxo/s1600/georgia-map.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1jdhAwkABlUY63Q_5HJhE0TrHgCYNNoqRvjW2-6P73onQ1E9proPT_OQRrvijTKgIzobMWAnFUblnNJ5GtVGQkXWUNEbQqm96ztDbPK8OP4d_3MotbgrvSnfR0bemHLd-bO1q2Zzqxo/s640/georgia-map.png" width="640" /></a></div> <i><br /></i></div> 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</a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/google%20sites' rel='tag'> google sites </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='7893110362183175988' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/IT-makes-a-difference-in-improving-patient-care-at-Wyoming-Medical-Center_28.html' itemprop='url' title='IT makes a difference in improving patient care at Wyoming Medical Center'> IT makes a difference in improving patient care at Wyoming Medical Center </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Thursday, January 28, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Rob Pettigrew, Information Technology Director, Wyoming Medical Center</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today’s guest author is Rob Pettigrew, Information Technology Director at <a href="https://wyomingmedicalcenter.org/" target="_blank">Wyoming Medical Center</a> — the first hospital in the United States to go Google. <a href="https://apps.google.com/customers/" target="_blank">See what other organizations </a>that have gone Google have to say.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> As the IT team at a medical facility, we’re here to help caregivers keep people healthy. <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Work</a> provides superb reliability and security so we can empower our 1,219 staff members and 233 partner physicians to provide exceptional care. The IT team can now focus on maintaining and improving nearly 200 clinical applications that support services such as cardiology and neurological specialties, instead of worrying about email maintenance.<br /> <br /> This is especially important in a rural setting like ours. The state has only about 600,000 people spread over 100 square miles, and we serve as a hub of medical expertise. Even with only 217 beds, we can offer the same services as many larger hospitals by working efficiently. In 2014, we saw 9,000 patients, conducted 5,000 surgeries and welcomed 1,200 new babies into the world. <br /> <br /> We previously used Novell GroupWise for calendaring and email, but it was expensive, difficult to support and suffered frequent outages. My crew often spent many late hours trying to get GroupWise working after a server outage. We considered other alternatives. Microsoft SharePoint was too expensive, as were dedicated applications for telemedicine and video conferencing. Microsoft’s cloud offering was a possible contender for email, but it was much more expensive and a less mature product than we would have liked. We made up our minds that Google was the way to go. We trusted their exceptional security and privacy procedures and signed on. <br /> <br /> Switching to Google Apps has resulted in six figure savings year after year, including decommissioning multiple physical servers. The flexibility of Google Apps helps us collaborate in ways we never could before. <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangouts</a> has helped us advance the quality and reach of care. Now clinicians in remote areas can get advice from specialists, such as our neurosurgeons and cardiologists, helping us spread the wealth of expertise across the state, We also use Google Hangouts to streamline the recruiting and hiring process. Candidates submit resumes by <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/gmail/" target="_blank">Gmail</a>, and HR staff interviews potential hires via Hangouts. <br /> <br /> Nurses also use Google Apps to communicate instantly. With <a href="https://apps.google.com/driveforwork/" target="_blank">Google Drive</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Google Docs</a> they discuss and share data on topics such as medication delivery, credentials, blood-borne pathogens, education and so on. With <a href="https://groups.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Groups</a>, the medical center uses SMS email addresses to communicate directly to users’ cell phones for staffing requests, trauma calls and other communications that require instant responses. <br /> <br /> Much has changed since I joined Wyoming Medical Center in 2006. When I started in 2006, reporting and spotting trends was difficult because data was trapped in rigid enterprise systems such as our electronic medical records (EMR) and human resources (HR) software. Today, we can surface and report on large blocks of data from our electronic medical records and HR databases by using <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Google Sheets</a>. This agility is a big win for strategic activities like spotting population health trends. It’s clear that Google Apps has been among the most positive shifts in helping our IT team make greater contributions that further the health and well-being of people across Wyoming.<br /> <br /></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Rob Pettigrew, Information Technology Director, Wyoming Medical Center</span> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Today’s guest author is Rob Pettigrew, Information Technology Director at <a href="https://wyomingmedicalcenter.org/" target="_blank">Wyoming Medical Center</a> — the first hospital in the United States to go Google. <a href="https://apps.google.com/customers/" target="_blank">See what other organizations </a>that have gone Google have to say.<br /> </i> <br /> <br /> As the IT team at a medical facility, we’re here to help caregivers keep people healthy. <a href="https://apps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Work</a> provides superb reliability and security so we can empower our 1,219 staff members and 233 partner physicians to provide exceptional care. The IT team can now focus on maintaining and improving nearly 200 clinical applications that support services such as cardiology and neurological specialties, instead of worrying about email maintenance.<br /> <br /> This is especially important in a rural setting like ours. The state has only about 600,000 people spread over 100 square miles, and we serve as a hub of medical expertise. Even with only 217 beds, we can offer the same services as many larger hospitals by working efficiently. In 2014, we saw 9,000 patients, conducted 5,000 surgeries and welcomed 1,200 new babies into the world. <br /> <br /> We previously used Novell GroupWise for calendaring and email, but it was expensive, difficult to support and suffered frequent outages. My crew often spent many late hours trying to get GroupWise working after a server outage. We considered other alternatives. Microsoft SharePoint was too expensive, as were dedicated applications for telemedicine and video conferencing. Microsoft’s cloud offering was a possible contender for email, but it was much more expensive and a less mature product than we would have liked. We made up our minds that Google was the way to go. We trusted their exceptional security and privacy procedures and signed on. <br /> <br /> Switching to Google Apps has resulted in six figure savings year after year, including decommissioning multiple physical servers. The flexibility of Google Apps helps us collaborate in ways we never could before. <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/hangouts/" target="_blank">Google Hangouts</a> has helped us advance the quality and reach of care. Now clinicians in remote areas can get advice from specialists, such as our neurosurgeons and cardiologists, helping us spread the wealth of expertise across the state, We also use Google Hangouts to streamline the recruiting and hiring process. Candidates submit resumes by <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/gmail/" target="_blank">Gmail</a>, and HR staff interviews potential hires via Hangouts. <br /> <br /> Nurses also use Google Apps to communicate instantly. With <a href="https://apps.google.com/driveforwork/" target="_blank">Google Drive</a> and <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/docs/" target="_blank">Google Docs</a> they discuss and share data on topics such as medication delivery, credentials, blood-borne pathogens, education and so on. With <a href="https://groups.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Groups</a>, the medical center uses SMS email addresses to communicate directly to users’ cell phones for staffing requests, trauma calls and other communications that require instant responses. <br /> <br /> Much has changed since I joined Wyoming Medical Center in 2006. When I started in 2006, reporting and spotting trends was difficult because data was trapped in rigid enterprise systems such as our electronic medical records (EMR) and human resources (HR) software. Today, we can surface and report on large blocks of data from our electronic medical records and HR databases by using <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/sheets/" target="_blank">Google Sheets</a>. This agility is a big win for strategic activities like spotting population health trends. It’s clear that Google Apps has been among the most positive shifts in helping our IT team make greater contributions that further the health and well-being of people across Wyoming.<br /> <br /></div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/IT-makes-a-difference-in-improving-patient-care-at-Wyoming-Medical-Center_28.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:IT makes a difference in improving patient care at Wyoming Medical Center&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/IT-makes-a-difference-in-improving-patient-care-at-Wyoming-Medical-Center_28.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/IT-makes-a-difference-in-improving-patient-care-at-Wyoming-Medical-Center_28.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='13' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/IT-makes-a-difference-in-improving-patient-care-at-Wyoming-Medical-Center_28.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/IT-makes-a-difference-in-improving-patient-care-at-Wyoming-Medical-Center_28.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/IT-makes-a-difference-in-improving-patient-care-at-Wyoming-Medical-Center_28.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/customer%20love' rel='tag'> customer love </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Gone%20Google' rel='tag'> Gone Google </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Drive' rel='tag'> Google Drive </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Hangouts' rel='tag'> Google Hangouts </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8084387443595247770' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/collaborating-on-mobile-has-never-been-easier.html' itemprop='url' title='Collaborating on mobile has never been easier'> Collaborating on mobile has never been easier </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Wednesday, January 27, 2016 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Ryan Weber, Product Manager, Google Docs</span> <br /> <br /> If you’re like most of our Google Apps customers, there’s a good chance you’re working from different locations throughout the day. Whether you’re on a tablet at the breakfast table, a phone on the train or a laptop at the office, it’s important to have a suite of apps that allow you to be productive from wherever you are. So starting today, you can use the same rich commenting experience across Google Docs, Sheets and Slides on your Android and iOS devices. You can now also quickly add a teammate to the conversation just by starting to type their name in a comment. <br /> <br /> For the times when you’re at your desk, you’ll notice the new commenting experience makes it easy to instantly insert a comment using the comment bubble that appears on the right side of a doc.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0G5hWxbBFNU" width="640"></iframe><br /> At Google, we know that mobility is critical for today’s professionals. That’s why we continue to invest in features that make being productive on the go simple, such as the <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/2481802#android" target="_blank">Research</a> feature in the Docs Android app, or <a href="https://plus.sandbox.google.com/+GoogleDocs/posts/73s9CDZA71c" target="_blank">making the Google Docs app on mobile fullscreen</a> so you can see all the info you need and hide the controls you might not want immediately (although they’re only ever a click away).<br /> <br /> Docs, Sheets and Slides are just part of the mobile experience for Google Apps. Join a video meeting from your phone with Hangouts, check your agenda in Calendar, or see your most important emails in Gmail — your apps are in easy reach and help you collaborate from anywhere. Google Apps for Work also includes advanced security and control with complete <a href="http://googleforwork.blogspot.com/2015/09/complete-mdm-and-mam-mobile-management.html" target="_blank">Device (MDM)</a> and <a href="http://googleforwork.blogspot.com/2015/09/complete-mdm-and-mam-mobile-management.html" target="_blank">App (MAM) </a>Mobile Management.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/" target="_blank">Learn more about Google Docs, Sheets and Slides.</a></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Ryan Weber, Product Manager, Google Docs</span> <br /> <br /> If you’re like most of our Google Apps customers, there’s a good chance you’re working from different locations throughout the day. Whether you’re on a tablet at the breakfast table, a phone on the train or a laptop at the office, it’s important to have a suite of apps that allow you to be productive from wherever you are. So starting today, you can use the same rich commenting experience across Google Docs, Sheets and Slides on your Android and iOS devices. You can now also quickly add a teammate to the conversation just by starting to type their name in a comment. <br /> <br /> For the times when you’re at your desk, you’ll notice the new commenting experience makes it easy to instantly insert a comment using the comment bubble that appears on the right side of a doc.<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0G5hWxbBFNU" width="640"></iframe><br /> At Google, we know that mobility is critical for today’s professionals. That’s why we continue to invest in features that make being productive on the go simple, such as the <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/2481802#android" target="_blank">Research</a> feature in the Docs Android app, or <a href="https://plus.sandbox.google.com/+GoogleDocs/posts/73s9CDZA71c" target="_blank">making the Google Docs app on mobile fullscreen</a> so you can see all the info you need and hide the controls you might not want immediately (although they’re only ever a click away).<br /> <br /> Docs, Sheets and Slides are just part of the mobile experience for Google Apps. Join a video meeting from your phone with Hangouts, check your agenda in Calendar, or see your most important emails in Gmail — your apps are in easy reach and help you collaborate from anywhere. Google Apps for Work also includes advanced security and control with complete <a href="http://googleforwork.blogspot.com/2015/09/complete-mdm-and-mam-mobile-management.html" target="_blank">Device (MDM)</a> and <a href="http://googleforwork.blogspot.com/2015/09/complete-mdm-and-mam-mobile-management.html" target="_blank">App (MAM) </a>Mobile Management.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://apps.google.com/products/" target="_blank">Learn more about Google Docs, Sheets and Slides.</a></div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/collaborating-on-mobile-has-never-been-easier.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Collaborating on mobile has never been easier&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/collaborating-on-mobile-has-never-been-easier.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/collaborating-on-mobile-has-never-been-easier.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='48' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/collaborating-on-mobile-has-never-been-easier.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/collaborating-on-mobile-has-never-been-easier.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2016/01/collaborating-on-mobile-has-never-been-easier.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20for%20Work' rel='tag'> Google for Work </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Hangouts' rel='tag'> Google Hangouts </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Sheets' rel='tag'> Google Sheets </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Slides%20API' rel='tag'> Google Slides API </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='8589357771425649374' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2015/12/Michigan-schools-redefine-the-classroom-with-Google-for-Education-tools.html' itemprop='url' title='Michigan schools redefine the classroom with Google for Education tools'> Michigan schools redefine the classroom with Google for Education tools </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Monday, December 21, 2015 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2015/12/Michigan-schools-redefine-the-classroom-with-Google-for-Education-tools.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i><br /> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Drew Sidel, Google for Education</span><br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Educators and administrators across the state tell us that Michigan schools are seeing great success with Google for Education. From bringing a global experience into the classroom to freeing students to learn from each other and their teachers, from anywhere, technology has improved the learning experience for students across the state. To learn more about Google solutions for Education,<a href="https://goo.gl/1pZbi4" target="_blank"> join us for a webinar</a> on January 28th at 3pm ET / 12pm PT.</i><br /> <br /> If students in Michigan want to learn about life on a farm in New York or a city in Australia, they don’t need to buy a plane ticket or even leave the classroom. Educators in Michigan are bringing global experiences to the classroom using cloud technology, such as <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/devices/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a>. Inspired by how Michigan schools are transforming classroom experiences with technology, we’re highlighting a few success stories in the region.<br /> <br /> <h3> Turning moments of curiosity into learning opportunities </h3> <br /> At Grand Haven Area Public Schools, Google Apps for Education put student learning, collaboration and feedback at the center of the classroom. Grand Haven has launched 4,500 Chromebooks for students and staff and has deployed 8,400 Google Apps accounts. Before introducing the new tools, when students had a question, they had to wait until a teacher had time to work with them. In classrooms of 20 students or more, many of these teachable moments would simply get lost in the shuffle.<br /> <br /> Technology allows those moments of curiosity to turn into learning opportunities for students. With Chromebooks and Google Apps for Education, teachers are able to provide feedback on assignments to each student individually in a single class period. For example, at Grand Haven, students use Google Docs to share their progress on math assignments with their teachers. Math teachers then check-in virtually with each of the students as they’re working on the assignment to provide them with real-time feedback by adding comments in the Doc. The teachers also use Doc’s revision history feature to see the logic students are using to solve the problem, giving them better insight into how students are progressing.<br /> <br /> One high school teacher said she was able to give real-time feedback on an assignment to every single student — during a one hour class period — for the first time in fifteen years of teaching. “It’s much more than just handing a student a device,” says Doug Start, instructional technology coordinator at Grand Haven Area Public Schools: “Google Apps for Education lets our teachers move from being the ‘sage on the stage’ to the ’guide on the side,’ as they now have time to work more directly with students.”<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiRzPiqO0CzyPHGRBXgO0N1HdHMWNmvhN2CgDxwAB3HJXJ_z1HnEXPtBZs5RNwMWiEf6rf_GSUtuWie_Y_gTNJGDnfeJHTHcZn0av9ObzcVGrHT4kqQ5FvepLlBrNIn739X6XowkRV4zV/s1600/Michigan+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiRzPiqO0CzyPHGRBXgO0N1HdHMWNmvhN2CgDxwAB3HJXJ_z1HnEXPtBZs5RNwMWiEf6rf_GSUtuWie_Y_gTNJGDnfeJHTHcZn0av9ObzcVGrHT4kqQ5FvepLlBrNIn739X6XowkRV4zV/s640/Michigan+1.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <h3> <br />Traveling the world from inside the classroom </h3> <br /> Lincoln Park Public School District (<a href="https://www.google.com/edu/case-studies/lincoln-park-public-schools/" target="_blank">case study</a>) considers technology a key part of its mission to prepare and inspire students to achieve educational excellence. Many of the district’s students don’t have access to technology at home, and others struggle with state standardized test questions that are based on the assumption that students have traveled.<br /> <br /> To overcome this challenge, the district launched Google Apps for Education for 4,900 students and introduced 4,400 Chromebooks. Students now have unlimited access to global information online. “We now have the ability to bring virtual knowledge into the classroom. The virtual experience opens up the world for our students and allows them to learn more,” says Cheryl Irving, assistant superintendent for Lincoln Park Public School District.<br /> <br /> <h3> Collaborating with virtual learning </h3> <br /> To provide students with anytime, anywhere learning, <a href="http://www.fentonschools.org/pages/Fenton_Area_Public_Schools" target="_blank">Fenton Area Public Schools</a> launched 1,300 Chromebooks and 4,600 Google Apps for Education accounts for students. “Our Google solutions and services are creating new learning spaces that are spontaneous and less constrained,” says Kevin Powers, technology director at Fenton Area Public Schools.<br /> <br /> Teachers are providing students with opportunities to work, learn and collaborate anytime, anywhere using technology beyond the classroom walls. For example, they created live after school study groups via Google Hangouts and Docs, as well as virtual book clubs during the summer via Google Groups. The district also used Hangouts to host a CNN Hero of the Year nominee, who spoke to three elementary classrooms at once.<br /> <br /> For students and teachers in Michigan, the classroom is now bigger and richer. With Google for Education tools, students and teachers have global opportunities in the classroom and beyond.<br /> <br /> Check out more<a href="https://www.google.com/edu/case-studies/" target="_blank"> schools’ stories</a> and <a href="https://goo.gl/1pZbi4" target="_blank">join us for a webinar</a> on January 28th at 3pm ET / 12pm PT.<br /> <br /> <i>We’ve heard great stories from many of you about how you’re using technology to do amazing things in your schools, so we're going across the U.S. to see for ourselves! Check out the map below to see where we’ve been. We’d love to hear what’s happening in your state, so please share your story on <a href="https://twitter.com/googleforedu" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleforEducation" target="_blank">Google+</a> and tag us (@GoogleForEdu) or include the #GoogleEdu hashtag.</i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXEr6JrIw6t5U8HzLEiHc0PnhTPvRbfyUOZTtZeLGH-GqtEXvWiEJNRpESLHVGV-E4M3hmmRM-iVtXEGl9v-hld9uiZBcE6ZzKzjIVyraD-OwbKMrEyfxSPuB3NP_Zw4JCxjsVu_azEh0M/s1600/Michigan+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXEr6JrIw6t5U8HzLEiHc0PnhTPvRbfyUOZTtZeLGH-GqtEXvWiEJNRpESLHVGV-E4M3hmmRM-iVtXEGl9v-hld9uiZBcE6ZzKzjIVyraD-OwbKMrEyfxSPuB3NP_Zw4JCxjsVu_azEh0M/s640/Michigan+2.png" width="640" /></a></div> <i><br /></i></div> </div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2015/12/Michigan-schools-redefine-the-classroom-with-Google-for-Education-tools.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i><br /> <br /> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by Drew Sidel, Google for Education</span><br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Educators and administrators across the state tell us that Michigan schools are seeing great success with Google for Education. From bringing a global experience into the classroom to freeing students to learn from each other and their teachers, from anywhere, technology has improved the learning experience for students across the state. To learn more about Google solutions for Education,<a href="https://goo.gl/1pZbi4" target="_blank"> join us for a webinar</a> on January 28th at 3pm ET / 12pm PT.</i><br /> <br /> If students in Michigan want to learn about life on a farm in New York or a city in Australia, they don’t need to buy a plane ticket or even leave the classroom. Educators in Michigan are bringing global experiences to the classroom using cloud technology, such as <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/devices/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a>. Inspired by how Michigan schools are transforming classroom experiences with technology, we’re highlighting a few success stories in the region.<br /> <br /> <h3> Turning moments of curiosity into learning opportunities </h3> <br /> At Grand Haven Area Public Schools, Google Apps for Education put student learning, collaboration and feedback at the center of the classroom. Grand Haven has launched 4,500 Chromebooks for students and staff and has deployed 8,400 Google Apps accounts. Before introducing the new tools, when students had a question, they had to wait until a teacher had time to work with them. In classrooms of 20 students or more, many of these teachable moments would simply get lost in the shuffle.<br /> <br /> Technology allows those moments of curiosity to turn into learning opportunities for students. With Chromebooks and Google Apps for Education, teachers are able to provide feedback on assignments to each student individually in a single class period. For example, at Grand Haven, students use Google Docs to share their progress on math assignments with their teachers. Math teachers then check-in virtually with each of the students as they’re working on the assignment to provide them with real-time feedback by adding comments in the Doc. The teachers also use Doc’s revision history feature to see the logic students are using to solve the problem, giving them better insight into how students are progressing.<br /> <br /> One high school teacher said she was able to give real-time feedback on an assignment to every single student — during a one hour class period — for the first time in fifteen years of teaching. “It’s much more than just handing a student a device,” says Doug Start, instructional technology coordinator at Grand Haven Area Public Schools: “Google Apps for Education lets our teachers move from being the ‘sage on the stage’ to the ’guide on the side,’ as they now have time to work more directly with students.”<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiRzPiqO0CzyPHGRBXgO0N1HdHMWNmvhN2CgDxwAB3HJXJ_z1HnEXPtBZs5RNwMWiEf6rf_GSUtuWie_Y_gTNJGDnfeJHTHcZn0av9ObzcVGrHT4kqQ5FvepLlBrNIn739X6XowkRV4zV/s1600/Michigan+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiRzPiqO0CzyPHGRBXgO0N1HdHMWNmvhN2CgDxwAB3HJXJ_z1HnEXPtBZs5RNwMWiEf6rf_GSUtuWie_Y_gTNJGDnfeJHTHcZn0av9ObzcVGrHT4kqQ5FvepLlBrNIn739X6XowkRV4zV/s640/Michigan+1.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <h3> <br />Traveling the world from inside the classroom </h3> <br /> Lincoln Park Public School District (<a href="https://www.google.com/edu/case-studies/lincoln-park-public-schools/" target="_blank">case study</a>) considers technology a key part of its mission to prepare and inspire students to achieve educational excellence. Many of the district’s students don’t have access to technology at home, and others struggle with state standardized test questions that are based on the assumption that students have traveled.<br /> <br /> To overcome this challenge, the district launched Google Apps for Education for 4,900 students and introduced 4,400 Chromebooks. Students now have unlimited access to global information online. “We now have the ability to bring virtual knowledge into the classroom. The virtual experience opens up the world for our students and allows them to learn more,” says Cheryl Irving, assistant superintendent for Lincoln Park Public School District.<br /> <br /> <h3> Collaborating with virtual learning </h3> <br /> To provide students with anytime, anywhere learning, <a href="http://www.fentonschools.org/pages/Fenton_Area_Public_Schools" target="_blank">Fenton Area Public Schools</a> launched 1,300 Chromebooks and 4,600 Google Apps for Education accounts for students. “Our Google solutions and services are creating new learning spaces that are spontaneous and less constrained,” says Kevin Powers, technology director at Fenton Area Public Schools.<br /> <br /> Teachers are providing students with opportunities to work, learn and collaborate anytime, anywhere using technology beyond the classroom walls. For example, they created live after school study groups via Google Hangouts and Docs, as well as virtual book clubs during the summer via Google Groups. The district also used Hangouts to host a CNN Hero of the Year nominee, who spoke to three elementary classrooms at once.<br /> <br /> For students and teachers in Michigan, the classroom is now bigger and richer. With Google for Education tools, students and teachers have global opportunities in the classroom and beyond.<br /> <br /> Check out more<a href="https://www.google.com/edu/case-studies/" target="_blank"> schools’ stories</a> and <a href="https://goo.gl/1pZbi4" target="_blank">join us for a webinar</a> on January 28th at 3pm ET / 12pm PT.<br /> <br /> <i>We’ve heard great stories from many of you about how you’re using technology to do amazing things in your schools, so we're going across the U.S. to see for ourselves! Check out the map below to see where we’ve been. We’d love to hear what’s happening in your state, so please share your story on <a href="https://twitter.com/googleforedu" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleforEducation" target="_blank">Google+</a> and tag us (@GoogleForEdu) or include the #GoogleEdu hashtag.</i><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXEr6JrIw6t5U8HzLEiHc0PnhTPvRbfyUOZTtZeLGH-GqtEXvWiEJNRpESLHVGV-E4M3hmmRM-iVtXEGl9v-hld9uiZBcE6ZzKzjIVyraD-OwbKMrEyfxSPuB3NP_Zw4JCxjsVu_azEh0M/s1600/Michigan+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXEr6JrIw6t5U8HzLEiHc0PnhTPvRbfyUOZTtZeLGH-GqtEXvWiEJNRpESLHVGV-E4M3hmmRM-iVtXEGl9v-hld9uiZBcE6ZzKzjIVyraD-OwbKMrEyfxSPuB3NP_Zw4JCxjsVu_azEh0M/s640/Michigan+2.png" width="640" /></a></div> <i><br /></i></div> </div> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class='share'> <span class='gplus-share social-wrapper' data-href='https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2015/12/Michigan-schools-redefine-the-classroom-with-Google-for-Education-tools.html'> <img alt='Share on Google+' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/branding/google_plus/2x/ic_w_post_gplus_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='twitter-custom social-wrapper' data-href='http://twitter.com/share?text=Official Google Cloud Blog:Michigan schools redefine the classroom with Google for Education tools&url=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2015/12/Michigan-schools-redefine-the-classroom-with-Google-for-Education-tools.html&via=gsuite'> <img alt='Share on Twitter' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_twitter_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> <span class='fb-custom social-wrapper' data-href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://cloud.googleblog.com/2015/12/Michigan-schools-redefine-the-classroom-with-Google-for-Education-tools.html'> <img alt='Share on Facebook' height='24' src='https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/2x/post_facebook_black_24dp.png' width='24'/> </span> </div> <div class='comment-container'> <i class='comment-img material-icons'>  </i> <span class='cmt_count_iframe_holder' data-count='5' data-onclick='' data-post-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2015/12/Michigan-schools-redefine-the-classroom-with-Google-for-Education-tools.html' data-url='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2015/12/Michigan-schools-redefine-the-classroom-with-Google-for-Education-tools.html' style='color: #4184F3;'></span> </div> <div class='post-footer'> <div class='cmt_iframe_holder' data-href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2015/12/Michigan-schools-redefine-the-classroom-with-Google-for-Education-tools.html' data-viewtype='FILTERED_POSTMOD'></div> <a href='https://plus.google.com/112374322230920073195' rel='author' style='display:none;'> Google </a> <div class='label-footer'> <span class='labels-caption'> Labels: </span> <span class='labels'> <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Chromebooks%20for%20Education' rel='tag'> Chromebooks for Education </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Apps%20for%20Education' rel='tag'> Google Apps for Education </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Docs' rel='tag'> Google Docs </a> , <a class='label' href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/search/label/Google%20Hangouts' rel='tag'> Google Hangouts </a> </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class='post' data-id='317914766806124526' itemscope='' itemtype='http://schema.org/BlogPosting'> <h2 class='title' itemprop='name'> <a href='https://cloud.googleblog.com/2015/12/Florida-schools-share-their-tips-for-introducing-new-learning-technology.html' itemprop='url' title='Florida schools share their tips for introducing new learning technology'> Florida schools share their tips for introducing new learning technology </a> </h2> <div class='post-header'> <div class='published'> <span class='publishdate' itemprop='datePublished'> Thursday, December 17, 2015 </span> </div> </div> <div class='post-body'> <div class='post-content' itemprop='articleBody'> <script type='text/template'> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by John Allen and David Harrington, Google for Education team</span><br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2015/12/Florida-schools-share-their-tips-for-introducing-new-learning-technology.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Schools across Florida are seeing great success with Google for Education. Today we’re featuring tips from School District of Lee County, Okeechobee County School District and Escambia County School District. To learn more, <a href="https://youtu.be/dRaoLNwa0og" target="_blank">watch this recent webinar</a> with Lee County. And if you’ll be at FETC from January 12-15, visit us in the Expo Hall at #2221.</i><br /> <i><br /> </i> The state of Florida is leading the way for digital instruction. A recent state mandate requires that K-12 students have access to digital learning resources. The shift from paper-based to digital content is prompting students to research and publish their work online while encouraging teachers to innovate in the classroom. We recently asked instructional technology administrators in Florida who use <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/classroom" target="_blank">Google Classroom</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/devices/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> to share their recommendations for introducing new technologies and tools in the classroom. Here are their top five tips:<br /> <br /> <h3> 1. Create an IT support community </h3> <br /> Providing IT support across campuses can be a drain on resources, so instead of hiring a huge IT team, ask tech-savvy teachers to serve as resources for technology questions. They need not be experts, but rather can act as liaisons to direct teachers and students to the right channels and communicate with the IT team about any overarching challenges.<br /> <br /> The <a href="http://www.leeschools.net/" target="_blank">School District of Lee County</a> (<a href="https://www.google.com/edu/case-studies/lee-county-schools/" target="_blank">case study</a>) uses this model to streamline IT support and strengthen its community. “The small group of teachers act as on-the-ground support,” says Dwayne Alton, director of IT support. “They facilitate conversations and figure out what tech matches the students’ and teachers’ needs.”<br /> <br /> <h3> 2. Encourage teachers to share their success stories </h3> <br /> Tech-savvy teachers often find innovative ways to incorporate new technologies in the classroom, and can be great advocates for helping other teachers identify new ways of teaching. Ask teachers to share the unique ways they’re using new tools. For example, Scott Rust, a high school english teacher at <a href="http://ecsd-fl.schoolloop.com/" target="_blank">Escambia County School District</a>, keeps students attentive and on task when he’s taking attendance by having them fill out five questions in Google Forms. “All of my students participated in the assignment, were engaged and well behaved,” Rust says. “It was amazing to start class on such a positive note — and as a side benefit, all of the students’ answers from <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Forms</a> downloaded into a single spreadsheet.”<br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgW8ihnQ8Cs8KT96wFyqrlPHfTxvPKaiWJTzZxTNSsjmJZ9Oqh37ZyKYL6e8nSCR2qgNKZWsYuHpZCS9_guvTg0CkkzAhQYR8F3De519TleQznqe150BXSZdQ1w0xeU_UR5XJcCHhoFHtz/s1600/Florida+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgW8ihnQ8Cs8KT96wFyqrlPHfTxvPKaiWJTzZxTNSsjmJZ9Oqh37ZyKYL6e8nSCR2qgNKZWsYuHpZCS9_guvTg0CkkzAhQYR8F3De519TleQznqe150BXSZdQ1w0xeU_UR5XJcCHhoFHtz/s640/Florida+1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7th grade students at Caloosa Middle school in Lee County collaborating in Google Docs</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> 3. Make professional development flexible </h3> <br /> Some teachers will be excited to have new teaching tools, but others may prefer to use the whiteboard or pen and paper. Provide teachers with a variety of opportunities to learn how to use technology to improve their teaching, boost productivity and make learning more interactive.<br /> <br /> Okeechobee County School District hosts C@mp IT, a two-day professional development summit with workshops about how to use devices in the classroom. If your schools don’t have the resources or time for a summer summit, consider after-school training sessions or online video training.<br /> <br /> <h3> 4. Consider how technology can improve state-wide testing </h3> <br /> Technology can ease some of the hassle of student testing. When Okeechobee County School District used laptops and PCs for the Florida Standards Assessment testing, the IT team had to prep the devices and make sure no applications ran in the background. <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/devices/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> streamlined the testing process, as the IT team only had to switch the devices to kiosk mode.<br /> <br /> Similarly, Escambia County School District uses Chromebooks for testing to reduce the administrative burden. Says Jim Branton, coordinator of technology services at Escambia County School District: “The ability to test a grade level all at the same time without scavenging computers from all over campus into makeshift labs made scheduling and administering the tests significantly easier than years past.”<br /> <br /> Introducing new technology reduces the amount of time spent on testing, some schools have found. “In our two 1:1 middle schools, it would take two weeks to get all the students through testing. Now with Chromebooks, it should take less than a week,” says Shawna May, director of information technology at Okeechobee County School District. “That’s less time taken away from instructional class time.”<br /> <br /> <h3> 5. Share a resource hub with how-to resources </h3> <br /> Some teachers spend a good chunk of class time teaching students how to use technology most effectively in their studies, rather than teaching them class material. Create a resource hub so teachers have an easy place to find resources, including video tutorials and how-to documents, that they can use to teach students how to use devices and digital learning tools. “Teachers can send students a 3-minute video about how to turn in a Google Doc using <a href="https://classroom.google.com/welcome" target="_blank">Google Classroom,</a> so they don’t have to use valuable class time showing students how to use the tools,” suggests Michelle Branham, coordinator of instructional technology at <a href="http://www.okee.k12.fl.us/" target="_blank">Okeechobee County School District</a>.<br /> <br /> <i>We’ve heard great stories from many of you about how you’re using technology to do amazing things in your schools, so we're going across the U.S. to see for ourselves! Check out the map below to see where we’ve been. We’d love to hear what’s happening in your state, so please share your story on <a href="https://twitter.com/googleforedu" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleforEducation/" target="_blank">Google+</a> and tag us (@GoogleForEdu) or include the #GoogleEdu hashtag.</i><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkn3ghrrL43-Qkj68wfg3z5WIUrzdExQPMNYfEfAZscQdGujYS8gOeHsiQvV24JUYCAjxtMmDRDvaWNIP7Q0rs3i1UdMK8sZZddyhI6cxglcvOk95hZFjvIbMFiDERFgjov6gJrkew1p-/s1600/Florida+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkn3ghrrL43-Qkj68wfg3z5WIUrzdExQPMNYfEfAZscQdGujYS8gOeHsiQvV24JUYCAjxtMmDRDvaWNIP7Q0rs3i1UdMK8sZZddyhI6cxglcvOk95hZFjvIbMFiDERFgjov6gJrkew1p-/s640/Florida+2.png" width="640" /></a></div> <i><br /> </i></div> </script> <noscript> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="byline-author">Posted by John Allen and David Harrington, Google for Education team</span><br /> <br /> <i>(Cross-posted on the Google for Education <a href="http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2015/12/Florida-schools-share-their-tips-for-introducing-new-learning-technology.html" target="_blank">Blog</a>.)</i> <br /> <br /> <i><b>Editor's note:</b> Schools across Florida are seeing great success with Google for Education. Today we’re featuring tips from School District of Lee County, Okeechobee County School District and Escambia County School District. To learn more, <a href="https://youtu.be/dRaoLNwa0og" target="_blank">watch this recent webinar</a> with Lee County. And if you’ll be at FETC from January 12-15, visit us in the Expo Hall at #2221.</i><br /> <i><br /> </i> The state of Florida is leading the way for digital instruction. A recent state mandate requires that K-12 students have access to digital learning resources. The shift from paper-based to digital content is prompting students to research and publish their work online while encouraging teachers to innovate in the classroom. We recently asked instructional technology administrators in Florida who use <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Apps for Education</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/classroom" target="_blank">Google Classroom</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/devices/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> to share their recommendations for introducing new technologies and tools in the classroom. Here are their top five tips:<br /> <br /> <h3> 1. Create an IT support community </h3> <br /> Providing IT support across campuses can be a drain on resources, so instead of hiring a huge IT team, ask tech-savvy teachers to serve as resources for technology questions. They need not be experts, but rather can act as liaisons to direct teachers and students to the right channels and communicate with the IT team about any overarching challenges.<br /> <br /> The <a href="http://www.leeschools.net/" target="_blank">School District of Lee County</a> (<a href="https://www.google.com/edu/case-studies/lee-county-schools/" target="_blank">case study</a>) uses this model to streamline IT support and strengthen its community. “The small group of teachers act as on-the-ground support,” says Dwayne Alton, director of IT support. “They facilitate conversations and figure out what tech matches the students’ and teachers’ needs.”<br /> <br /> <h3> 2. Encourage teachers to share their success stories </h3> <br /> Tech-savvy teachers often find innovative ways to incorporate new technologies in the classroom, and can be great advocates for helping other teachers identify new ways of teaching. Ask teachers to share the unique ways they’re using new tools. For example, Scott Rust, a high school english teacher at <a href="http://ecsd-fl.schoolloop.com/" target="_blank">Escambia County School District</a>, keeps students attentive and on task when he’s taking attendance by having them fill out five questions in Google Forms. “All of my students participated in the assignment, were engaged and well behaved,” Rust says. “It was amazing to start class on such a positive note — and as a side benefit, all of the students’ answers from <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/" target="_blank">Google Forms</a> downloaded into a single spreadsheet.”<br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgW8ihnQ8Cs8KT96wFyqrlPHfTxvPKaiWJTzZxTNSsjmJZ9Oqh37ZyKYL6e8nSCR2qgNKZWsYuHpZCS9_guvTg0CkkzAhQYR8F3De519TleQznqe150BXSZdQ1w0xeU_UR5XJcCHhoFHtz/s1600/Florida+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgW8ihnQ8Cs8KT96wFyqrlPHfTxvPKaiWJTzZxTNSsjmJZ9Oqh37ZyKYL6e8nSCR2qgNKZWsYuHpZCS9_guvTg0CkkzAhQYR8F3De519TleQznqe150BXSZdQ1w0xeU_UR5XJcCHhoFHtz/s640/Florida+1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7th grade students at Caloosa Middle school in Lee County collaborating in Google Docs</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> 3. Make professional development flexible </h3> <br /> Some teachers will be excited to have new teaching tools, but others may prefer to use the whiteboard or pen and paper. Provide teachers with a variety of opportunities to learn how to use technology to improve their teaching, boost productivity and make learning more interactive.<br /> <br /> Okeechobee County School District hosts C@mp IT, a two-day professional development summit with workshops about how to use devices in the classroom. If your schools don’t have the resources or time for a summer summit, consider after-school training sessions or online video training.<br /> <br /> <h3> 4. Consider how technology can improve state-wide testing </h3> <br /> Technology can ease some of the hassle of student testing. When Okeechobee County School District used laptops and PCs for the Florida Standards Assessment testing, the IT team had to prep the devices and make sure no applications ran in the background. <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/products/devices/" target="_blank">Chromebooks</a> streamlined the testing process, as the IT team only had to switch the devices to kiosk mode.<br /> <br /> Similarly, Escambia County School District uses Chromebooks for testing to reduce the administrative burden. Says Jim Branton, coordinator of technology services at Escambia County School District: “The ability to test a grade level all at the same time without scavenging computers from all over campus into makeshift labs made scheduling and administering the tests significantly easier than years past.”<br /> <br /> Introducing new technology reduces the amount of time spent on testing, some schools have found. “In our two 1:1 middle schools, it would take two weeks to get all the students through testing. Now with Chromebooks, it should take less than a week,” says Shawna May, director of information technology at Okeechobee County School District. “That’s less time taken away from instructional class time.”<br /> <br /> <h3> 5. Share a resource hub with how-to resources </h3> <br /> Some teachers spend a good chunk of class time teaching students how to use technology most effectively in their studies, rather than teaching them class material. Create a resource hub so teachers have an easy place to find resources, including video tutorials and how-to documents, that they can use to teach students how to use devices and digital learning tools. “Teachers can send students a 3-minute video about how to turn in a Google Doc using <a href="https://classroom.google.com/welcome" target="_blank">Google Classroom,</a> so they don’t have to use valuable class time showing students how to use the tools,” suggests Michelle Branham, coordinator of instructional technology at <a href="http://www.okee.k12.fl.us/" target="_blank">Okeechobee County School District</a>.<br /> <br /> <i>We’ve heard great stories from many of you about how you’re using technology to do amazing things in your schools, so we're going across the U.S. to see for ourselves! Check out the map below to see where we’ve been. We’d love to hear what’s happening in your state, so please share your story on <a href="https://twitter.com/googleforedu" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://plus.google.com/+GoogleforEducation/" target="_blank">Google+</a> and tag us (@GoogleForEdu) or include the #GoogleEdu hashtag.</i><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkn3ghrrL43-Qkj68wfg3z5WIUrzdExQPMNYfEfAZscQdGujYS8gOeHsiQvV24JUYCAjxtMmDRDvaWNIP7Q0rs3i1UdMK8sZZddyhI6cxglcvOk95hZFjvIbMFiDERFgjov6gJrkew1p-/s1600/Florida+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkn3ghrrL43-Qkj68wfg3z5WIUrzdExQPMNYfEfAZscQdGujYS8gOeHsiQvV24JUYCAjxtMmDRDvaWNIP7Q0rs3i1UdMK8sZZddyhI6cxglcvOk95hZFjvIbMFiDERFgjov6gJrkew1p-/s640/Florida+2.png" width="640" /></a></div> <i><br /> 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