Google Enterprise Blog: Third-party apps: now easier to find and more secure, plus 2 more |  |
- Third-party apps: now easier to find and more secure
- Google Maps helps Vilant’s customers track movements of shipment locations
- Rio de Janeiro’s Center of Operations (COR) sets the stage for a smarter city with Google Maps
| Third-party apps: now easier to find and more secure Posted: 19 Nov 2013 11:45 AM PST There are thousands of third-party applications that integrate with Google Apps for Business to help people to do more on the web and accomplish specific business tasks. These include apps like Mavenlink (project management), Insightly (customer relationship management), and myERP (business management). Starting today, administrators will be able to find, manage and deploy third-party applications, like these, directly from the Google Apps Admin console. To start, over twenty third-party applications will be available in the Admin console. These applications all offer the latest OAuth 2.0 security, single sign-on (SSO), and integration with Google services. Admins can now see reviews from verified users of the applications to help select the best app to meet their needs. As additional applications are updated, they will become available to Admins directly from the Admin console. In the meantime, all third-party applications are available as always in the Google Apps Marketplace.  Many admins have asked for greater control of third-party applications. With this upgrade, third-party applications are moving to OAuth 2.0. This means admins can deploy applications only to specific people or organizational units (rather than the entire company) and developers can design apps to request more narrow access to corporate information.  To learn more about how to add third-party applications that work with Google Apps for Business, visit our Help Center. If you are a developer and would like to learn more about these changes and to see how to migrate your application for easier development and deployment, visit the Google Apps Developer website.    |
| Google Maps helps Vilant’s customers track movements of shipment locations Posted: 19 Nov 2013 09:20 AM PST Editor's note: Today's guest blogger is Antti Känsälä, director of products for Vilant Systems, a Finland-based provider of RFID (radio-frequency identification) information systems for manufacturing and logistics. This post is part of our series on the Transport and Logistics Industry and the ways they're relying on Google Maps for Business to get people, products and assets to their destinations faster. When my Vilant colleagues and I attended a trade show in Stockholm recently, we had to carry a bunch of posters, brochures, and giveaways on the plane, because an earlier shipment of duplicate material got lost in transit. To avoid this scenario in the future, we decided that from now on, we'd place a Vilant Tracker on all event packages, so that we could see their progress on a Google Map. At Vilant, we've made it similarly easy for businesses to track the progress of shipments to their destinations using Google Maps and the Google Geolocation API, and for shipping companies to share this information with their own customers. Vilant technology makes shipping more efficient: Vilant's Tracker devices use GSM (global system for mobile communications) technology, which means they are less expensive to operate and last longer than GPS devices. We also recently developed a unique Air Tracker for one of our customers, and it will be generally available in the future to help track progress of shipments by air. To add even more efficiency to our Tracker systems, we looked at mapping solutions from several vendors, and we found that the Google Maps and Geolocation APIs were the easiest to customize for displaying the information we receive from our tracking devices. We considered some open-source products, but Google Maps' image quality was much higher and the resulting maps were more reliable and faster to get online.  The ability to generate and share maps helps businesses stay on top of shipments without time-consuming dialogue with shippers and warehouses. One of our customers, Tieturi, which provides business training and coaching, ships dozens of computers to training locations and needs to know that the computers will arrive before classes begin. The Google Maps API enables this by showing shipment locations practically in real time.  Like our customers, we see Google Maps as a big competitive advantage. The ability to visualize shipment locations and see delivery progress at a glance is sure to bring us new customers and help us win a larger share of the logistics market.   |
| Rio de Janeiro’s Center of Operations (COR) sets the stage for a smarter city with Google Maps Posted: 19 Nov 2013 09:57 AM PST (Cross-posted on Google Brasil Blog) Editor's note: Our guest blogger today is Pedro Junqueira, CEO and COO at the Center of Operations (COR) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Established in 2010, COR monitors the daily activity of the city and potential crisis situations including traffic, major events and natural disasters. COR coordinates the activities of more than 89,500 public employees. See what other public institutions that have gone Google have to say. Home to more than six million inhabitants, Rio de Janeiro is a vibrant city set in a tropical climate along the coast of Brazil. Rio is known for hosting large festivals and international events that attract hundreds of thousands of people, like the 2013 Confederations Cup, the recent Papal visit, and the beloved Carnaval. We're currently planning for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. At the city's Center of Operations (COR), it's our job to keep the city running efficiently throughout the year, whether it's during a major festival, when traffic is at peak levels, or during the summer rain, when flooding can create emergency situations. It's no easy feat, but by collaborating with 30 public and private agencies and monitoring 75 checkpoints throughout the city, we're able to get in front of potential crises and respond to emergencies when they do occur. Technology plays a pivotal role in helping us do our job. We use Google Maps for Business to build and share geospatial data with partners that allows us to have a common operating picture and detect potential problems. We can act before they turn into real emergency situations. Each summer, for example, Rio is deluged by summer rains, leaving homes and streets flooded, inaccessible and damaged. With Google Maps for Business and a team that monitors meteorological conditions each day, we're able to keep a close watch on flood-prone areas with dense populations. And when rain reaches a critical level, the team warns local officials to prepare for possible evacuation operations. All the information needed to assess risks and take action is shared on one Google Map, enabling the various teams from the Civil Guard, Civil Defense, Mayor's office and others to easily coordinate and respond. We can even use Google Maps for Business to predict when problems will occur in the future based on historical events. It's all on a single map that combines data from a range of different agencies and sources.     |
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