Tag: Google

  • MxToolBox Unshaken by Postini Fallout

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Eric Rachal, founder and CEO of MxToolBox, said his company was one of the few large Postini VARs that continued to purchase Postini’s services directly from the company. In February, Google and Postini sparked controversy by pushing most Postini VARs, many of which are small and midsize businesses, to purchase Postini’s e-mail security services through… Read more

  • Google Adds Free BI to Spreadsheets

    Clint Boulton

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    Google is looking to make its Spreadsheets application a little smarter. The Mountain View, Calif., company March 18 said it is using BI (business intelligence) software from Toronto-based Panorama Software to let users leverage analytical and reporting tools. In beta as a free gadget that loads within Google Spreadsheets, Panorama Pivot Tables for Google Spreadsheets… Read more

  • Mobile Show Fails to Show Off

    Bernt Ostergaard

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    Mobile World in Barcelona last week really did encompass the whole telecoms world – you could in most cases do away with "mobile" and just view the event as a  global ITU-dimensioned telecoms get together. However, it now risks collapsing under its own weight measured by the extortionary floor space pricing, and the increased distance… Read more

  • Postini VARs Up in Arms After Google Changes

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Google’s recent changes to pricing and support services for Postini e-mail security products have left partners reeling and searching for more channel-friendly vendors for their customers’ e-mail security needs. Google, which acquired Postini for $625 million in July 2007, said on Feb. 5 it was reorganizing its e-mail messaging security products into three new "Powered… Read more

  • EMC’s New Tech Directions

    EMC’s New Tech Directions

    Wayne Rash

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    EMC has evolved from a storage-oriented business to a company that’s worth more than $11 billion, and has grown and acquired its way to a leardership slot in the storage, protection and distribution of data. At a press and analyst conference held in late November in Cambridge, Mass., company executives outlined a range of new… Read more

  • Beyond Google: Cultivating Workplace Innovation

    Beyond Google: Cultivating Workplace Innovation

    Deborah Perelman

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    ORLANDO, Fla.—Google is often showcased as the poster child for workplace creativity and innovation, in no small part because early on—in their pre-IPO statement of intention, no less—the company declared that, “Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.” Yet most conventional companies will never be a Google. Few have… Read more