Google Enterprise Blog: Cloud security - something we all agree on, plus 2 more |  |
- Cloud security - something we all agree on
- New tools for schools announced at SXSWEdu
- Celebrating our growing partner community at our second annual Global Partner Summit
| Cloud security - something we all agree on Posted: 03 Mar 2014 02:36 PM PST Last week, I spoke at a panel with a few peers at RSA, a leading security conference. Microsoft CISO Bret Arsenault, Verizon risk expert Wade Baker, security guru Bruce Schneier and I joined together onstage for a session entitled (and begging the question) "Is the Cloud Really More Secure than On-Premise?" It gave us the opportunity to wholeheartedly agree that the cloud can be as safe as — or in many cases, safer than — storing data on-premise. We even contemplated hosting our data in a rival's cloud. It may not surprise you that we believe this — the cloud is what we do. Yet, it was great to hear the panel agree that computing should be outsourced to experts whose job is to provide the best possible security. Leading cloud providers have the size to invest more in security, the speed to react faster to threats and they can work harder to stay ahead of the bad guys. Millions of businesses have placed their trust in the cloud over recent years, and we take this responsibility seriously. Google's business customers now include over half of the Fortune 500 and FTSE indexes, three quarters of the DAX, and more than 30 million students, teachers and other education staff. Looking towards the future, we'll see even more organizations embrace the cloud — because, as many of our customers have testified, the cloud is often more useful and more secure than existing on-premise solutions. And as they do, you can expect us to evolve our protections and drive security innovations to continue to keep our customers safe.    | ||
| New tools for schools announced at SXSWEdu Posted: 03 Mar 2014 11:06 AM PST This week the Google for Education team will be at SXSWEdu. This event brings together educators, innovators, startups, content providers, large companies and hackers, all focused on the same mission: providing the best learning experiences for students. As our team talks to educators and developers alike, we keep hearing the same thing — people want better ways to connect with each other and discover the best tools. Developers need feedback to make great apps, manufacturers want to understand what Administrators need from devices, and teachers need easy ways to find the right content. Today, in collaboration with many partners, the Google for Education team is announcing new tools that will help bring the best of edtech to schools. Providing even more affordable device choices to schools When it comes to technology deployments in education, affordability and manageability can make the difference between leveling the playing field or widening the gap. We're pleased to see that Oakland Unified School District has chosen the Dell Chromebook 11 to bring 8,000 laptops to its 3rd through 12th grade classrooms, helping provide equitable access to information to all of their students. Today we're also adding more choice for schools looking at Chromebooks. Samsung announced the new Samsung Chromebook 2 Series, with more than 8 hours of battery life, more memory, a faster processor and a more durable design. There are two models that will be available for both schools and consumers in April:
The Samsung Chromebook 2 series adds to the already deep line up of Chromebooks for Education, including new Lenovo Yoga and Thinkpad Chromebooks, Toshiba Chromebook and Dell Chromebook 11. .jpg) Making it easier to find the best content for students Tablets with Google Play for Education help K-12 schools put the right apps, books, and educational videos in the hands of students. Today we're introducing multiple improvements that make it easier than ever to incorporate the right digital content into the classroom:
If you are about SXSWEdu stop by the Google Lounge in room 602 on the 6th floor of the Hilton Austin. If you aren't here in person follow the action with hashtags #googleedu and #sxswedu.   | ||
| Celebrating our growing partner community at our second annual Global Partner Summit Posted: 03 Mar 2014 08:30 AM PST Editor's note: This week we're featuring news, stories and updates about our vibrant partner community as we host more than 700 partners for our second annual Global Partner Summit. Keep an eye on this blog and our Google+ page and visit our program site for more information on the Google Apps Reseller program. Millions of businesses around the world—from scrappy startups to large enterprises—rely on Google's solutions for work. And many of them are supported by a community of partners, including more than 10,000 Google Apps Resellers globally, who help businesses set up and get more out of the Apps productivity suite. We've seen our partner program grow up quite a bit since it was launched in 2009. But it's not just growing in size — our community has gotten increasingly diverse, with IT providers from a variety of backgrounds and specialties joining us in the last few years. New partners include well-established companies, like CDW and SHI, who have provided IT solutions to customers since before tools like Hangouts or Drive ever existed. Wix and Weebly, two of the most popular website builders for businesses, also recently integrated with Google Apps after seeing the benefits it provided their own customers. These partners, like UK-based Grove Group, are driven to give their clients IT solutions that drive a better way of working. This week, we're hosting our second annual Global Partner Summit in San Francisco to celebrate the contributions of partners across Google Apps, Enterprise Search, Chrome, Cloud Platform and Maps for Business. The three-day summit brings together more than 700 partners to collaborate on business plans, share best practices, and engage with product experts. At the end of the week, we hope our partners will leave energized with fresh ideas for how to better help their customers.   |
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